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Belt games decided by 3 points or less

1,412 belt games have come down to 3 points or less. These are the clubs who got closest without taking it, and the holders who survived by a whisker.

So close: challengers

Lost a belt game by 3 or less

VfB Stuttgart51
Werder Bremen45
1. FC Köln42
Eintracht Frankfurt42
Borussia Mönchengladbach39
FC Schalke 0438
Hamburger SV36
1. FC Nurnberg31
Borussia Dortmund29
Hertha BSC29
Bayern Munich28
VfL Bochum28

Lost it by a whisker

Holders beaten by 3 or less

Bayern Munich54
Werder Bremen43
Borussia Dortmund36
Hamburger SV35
Borussia Mönchengladbach32
Eintracht Frankfurt30
VfB Stuttgart27
Bayer Leverkusen27
1. FC Kaiserslautern26
1. FC Köln25
FC Schalke 0422
Hertha BSC21

Escape artists

Holders who defended by 3 or less

Bayern Munich159
Borussia Dortmund83
Bayer Leverkusen65
Werder Bremen62
Hamburger SV55
VfB Stuttgart52
1. FC Köln39
Borussia Mönchengladbach38
FC Schalke 0427
Eintracht Frankfurt26
1. FC Kaiserslautern26
Hertha BSC22

Latest nail-biters

Sep 13, 2026Bayern Munich beat SV Elversberg 2–1Defense
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Apr 19, 2026Bayern Munich beat VfB Stuttgart 4–2Defense
Apr 4, 2026Bayern Munich beat SC Freiburg 3–2Defense
Mar 6, 2026Bayern Munich beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1Defense
Feb 28, 2026Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 3–2Title change
Feb 7, 20261. FSV Mainz 05 beat FC Augsburg 2–0Title change
Jan 31, 2026FC Augsburg beat FC St. Pauli 2–1Defense
Jan 24, 2026FC Augsburg beat Bayern Munich 2–1Title change
Jan 14, 2026Bayern Munich beat 1. FC Köln 3–1Defense
Nov 29, 2025Bayern Munich beat FC St. Pauli 3–1Defense
Nov 1, 2025Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen 3–0Title change
Oct 26, 2025Bayer Leverkusen beat SC Freiburg 2–0Defense
Oct 18, 2025Bayer Leverkusen beat 1. FSV Mainz 05 4–3Defense
Oct 4, 2025Bayer Leverkusen beat 1. FC Union Berlin 2–0Defense
Sep 27, 2025Bayer Leverkusen beat FC St. Pauli 2–1Defense
Sep 12, 2025Bayer Leverkusen beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1Title change
Aug 30, 2025Eintracht Frankfurt beat TSG Hoffenheim 3–1Defense
Aug 23, 2025Eintracht Frankfurt beat Werder Bremen 4–1Defense
May 17, 2025Eintracht Frankfurt beat SC Freiburg 3–1Title change
May 10, 2025SC Freiburg beat Holstein Kiel 2–1Defense
Apr 26, 2025SC Freiburg beat VfL Wolfsburg 1–0Defense
Apr 19, 2025SC Freiburg beat TSG Hoffenheim 3–2Defense
Apr 12, 2025SC Freiburg beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1Title change

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