Robert Lewandowski got his fourth brace in five games on Sunday as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich overcame the latest Holger Badstuber injury shock with a 3-1 victory at Bavarian rivals Augsburg.
Lewandowski was on target in the 15th minute and 64th as he moved past Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the top of the scorers' chart with 21 goals.
Thomas Mueller got the third for a season tally of 15, the first man apart from Lewandowski to score for them since the January restart; and Raul Bobadilla a late consolation goal.
Lewandowski has six of Bayern's seven goals in the period, and also struck twice in a 3-0 cup win at second tier VfL Bochum in mid-week.
Victory came a day after Badstuber broke his ankle in training for his fourth major injury since December 2012. He is the third sidelined central defender, joining Jerome Boateng and Javi Martinez.
Bayern players wore t-shirts with the writing "We are with you, you will make it again" in honour of Badstuber before the game, and fans unfurled banners saying "always continue, never give up Holger."
The defensive crisis could undermine Bayern's ambitions to get a title treble, but in the Bundesliga they remain eight points clear of Dortmund who won 1-0 against bottom side Hanover Saturday. Augsburg are 14th.
SV Hamburg rose to 11th and six points away from the danger zone with a first win in seven games in the other Sunday game, 3-2 against number seven Borussia Moenchengladbach who lost for the third time in their four 2016 games.
