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BERLIN, May 15-- While the 27th Bundesliga title is already in the bag, Bayern Munich still has a few minor aims for their final league game next weekend. After not being able to fulfill its goals in the Champions League and the German Cup, the club and team are eager to help Robert Lewandowski end the season as the top scorer. Fans can expect a thrilling race that will go to the wire as second-placed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (29 goals) is only one goal behind the Pole. Lewandowski is aiming for his third title in four years as he won in 2017 (30) and 2016 when he was the first Bundesliga striker to break the 30-goal barrier since Dieter Mueller (1. FC Cologne) who struck 34 times in the 1976/77 season. Lewandowski was the first foreign player in the Bundesliga to score 30 goals. Last season, Aubameyang's 25 goals left him in second place behind Lewandowski. This time around the French-born Gabon player is desperate to beat his Bayern rival. A tough job is waiting for him as Lewandowski is in top form having hit the back of the net 18 times in 16 games in 2017. He is optimistic of topping the goal-scoring list as he is reckoning with an "open game" against SC Freiburg. The 27-year old also knows he can count on the support of his teammates to win the title. His teammates have assured him that they will approach the game as if it were a final so that he can win his own personal crown. While Bayern are home to a Freiburg team fighting for a place in the Europa League, Dortmund will be at home to Werder Bremen, a team with little chance of securing a place in a European competition. In contrast to Bayern, Dortmund (61 points and four-goal better goal difference) needs a victory to come third and secure the direct qualification for the Champions League ahead of fourth-placed TSG Hoffenheim (61). | 
