Only miracle will stop Wolfsburg, admits Bayern's Podolski

Germany striker Lukas Podolski admits only a miracle can now stop Wolfsburg winning the Bundesliga title after defending champions Bayern Munich slipped to a 2-2 draw against Hoffenheim.

While Bayern were held, Wolfsburg hammered Hanover 5-0 with three goals from striker Edin Dzeko and two from Brazilian Grafite which put the league leaders two points clear at the top of the table with just one game to play.

Second-placed Bayern face title rivals Stuttgart at Munich's Allianz Arena next Saturday with both sides on 64 points and mathematically able to claim top spot if Wolfsburg slip.

Podolski said Bayern have to hope Werder Bremen can beat Wolfsburg on Saturday to give his side a fighting chance of winning a consecutive title.

"Now we have to win our last game, and who knows, maybe there'll be a miracle and Wolfsburg will slip up," said Podolski.

"Whatever, if we win, we're sure of second place."

After Frank Ribery put Bayern 1-0 up at Hoffenheim after 16 minutes on Saturday, the home side hit back through striker Demba Ba on 21 minutes.

Hoffenheim took the lead through Carlos Eduardo eight minutes later before Luca Toni levelled for Bayern on the stroke of half-time to share the points.

"We were a goal up and could have made it two or three, but then we let in two silly goals in the space of seven minutes," complained Podolski.

"That made it much harder for us, now we need the miracle."

Stuttgart have won eight and drawn one of their last nine games leaving Bayern defender Philipp Lahm to admit they face an uphill task against Markus Babbel's side.

"We have to beat Stuttgart at home, and that's a big ask because Stuttgart are on a roll," Lahm said.

"We need to win the game and see where we end up."

Thanks to their rout of Hanover, Wolfsburg, who have topped the table since April 4, are now in pole position to win their first Bundesliga title.

"This was a step in the right direction for the Bundesliga," said Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath, who will leave the club at the end of the season for Schalke 04.

"It is too early for speeches, but it is clear that we have made our life easier by winning. We now have a huge chance to bring the title to Wolfsburg."