Schalke 1-2 Wolfsburg
Bayern 2-1 Nurnberg
Bochum 2-3 Mainz
Stuttgart 0-2 Cologne
Hannover 1-1 Dortmund
Monchengladbach 2-4 Hoffenheim
Eintracht 1-1 Hamburg
Leverkusen 0-0 Bremen
Hertha 0-4 Freiburg
Oktoberfest attracts visitors from all over the world and one particularly high-profile attendee this week was Jens Lehmann. The problem was that he was there just hours before Stuttgart were due to play Cologne, he didn't have permission from the club to be there and he was subsequently dropped. Stuttgart then went and lost, handing Cologne their first win of the season. Sebastien Freis gave Cologne a lead midway through the first half and Wilfried Sanou wrapped it up late on. Hertha assume the position in Cologne's place, going down 4-0 at home to Freiburg, piling the pressure on Lucien Favre. Three first half goals from the Breisgau-Brasilianer set them on their way, Ivica Banovic, Cedric Makiadi and Mohammed Idrissou the scorers. Banovic's second half way through the second period condemned Hertha to bottom spot.
Bochum remain one place above Hertha after a home defeat to Mainz and they compounded Marcel Koller's misery at getting hoofed out of the managerial role by announcing it on the club website before the board had seen fit to inform Koller of their decision. Mimoun Azaouagh put Bochum ahead and they remained in front at the break after Andreas Ivanschitz had equalised and Diego Klimowicz restored the lead. After the break, it was all Mainz and Andre Schurrle bagged a brace to win it.
Up at the top, Wolfsburg got back into winning ways on Friday night with a win over Schalke, and their former boss. Edin Dzeko was back in the groove and swept home the opener half way through the first half. Ten minutes from time, Benedict Howedes headed in under no pressure to level it up, but the celebrations were short-lived as Dzeko put the Wolves back on front within thirty seconds. Bayern scrambled to a win over Nurnberg. A goalless first half disappointed, but Ivica Olic put the Bavarians ahead ten minutes after the break. Eric Choupo-Moting equalised twenty minutes later, but Daniel van Buyten - in the habit of scoring important club goals - nodded in the winner eight minutes from time. Hoffenheim are going well and came from two down against Gladbach to win. They left it late though, three goals going in in the last four minutes. Gladbach led through Juan Arango and Robert Colautti inside twenty minutes and though Sejad Salihovic pulled one back quickly, it looked like they'd hang on. Late goals from Maicosuel, Chinedu Obasi and Demba Ba turned the game on it's head and propelled TSG into fourth place.
Top two Hamburg and Leverkusen were both held to draws, the latter to a dull 0-0 by Bremen, the former 1-1 with Eintracht, Marco Russ equalising Ze Roberto's early strike. Hannover and Dortmund also finished 1-1, Nuri Sahin and Didier Yo Konan getting the goals within a couple of minutes of each other.
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