Bayern has 65 points, Schalke 56, Stuttgart 55 and Berlin 53. Bremen and Hamburg lead the UEFA Cup hopefuls with 50, with Leverkusen at 49.
Pavel Nedved scored in the closing minutes as Juventus won 1-0 at Lazio to restore a two-way leadership with defending champion AC Milan in the Serie A with five rounds to play.
Czech midfielder Nedved beat two defenders inside the area and volleyed the winner in the 85th minute to make up for the absence of strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Trezeguet and Alessandro Del Piero.
Ibrahimovic is suspended, Trezeguet is nursing an ankle injury and Del Piero limped off the field during the first half.
The win at Stadio Olimpico lifted Juventus to 73 points, tied with AC Milan, which beat Parma 3-0 at San Siro Saturday.
Lazio, which was left with 41 points in ninth place, claimed a first-half penalty but did not cause any serious problem to Juventus' defense in a lackluster match.
Juventus and AC Milan piled up a 14-point lead over third-place Inter Milan, which tumbled 2-1 at Messina and was left with 59.
Midfielder Juninho scored his 12th league goal of the season as Lyon coasted to a 3-0 win at Auxerre on and moved closer to a fourth straight first division title.
Ghana midfielder Michael Essien and Brazil defender Cris added further goals as Lyon moved 11 points clear of second-placed Lille.
Lyon, looking to join Saint-Etienne and Marseille as the only French teams to have won four consecutive titles, has 69 points from 34 rounds of matches -- needing two wins to secure the championship.
"Lyon is on a different level to other teams," Auxerre coach Guy Roux told French television. "We couldn't do any more."
Lille, which has 58 points, has played one match less than Lyon and is four points ahead of third-place Monaco.
Lyon had not won in four matches but dominated from the start against sixth-place Auxerre, which suffered its first home loss of the campaign.
Essien hit the crossbar with an early header before Juninho capped off a fine Lyon move in the 27th minute, his 40th league goal in 120 appearances for Lyon.
Benfica scored twice in the last 15 minutes to beat Estoril 2-1 and hold its lead in the league with four rounds left.
Paulo Sousa put Estoril up in the 11th minute, but in the second half Anderson "Luisao," who hadn't scored for Benfica in 13 months, headed home an equalizer in the 75th.
Striker Pedro Mantorras scored the winner in the 82nd, for Benfica stretch its lead in the standings to three points ahead of Sporting, and four in front of Braga, which visits Penafiel on Monday, and defending champion FC Porto.
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