Borussia Dortmund proved too strong for Schalke in Saturday's Ruhr derby in the Bundesliga as Bayern Munich edged out Hertha Berlin to stay top of the table. Beaten twice by their bitter rivals last season, Jurgen Klopp's side gained revenge with a 3-1 win at the Veltins Arena, while Bayern came from behind to beat Hertha 3-2 and Bayer Leverkusen also recovered from the loss of the opening goal to win 2-1 against Augsburg.
Bayern remain top of the table, a point clear of Dortmund and Sami Hyypia's Leverkusen. And a clear gap has now opened up below, with Hertha in fourth a further 10 points adrift.
Elsewhere, high-scoring Hoffenheim romped to a 4-1 victory at nine-man Hannover. Roberto Firmino scored twice in the second half for the visitors, while Hannover never recovered from the early dismissal of Mame Diouf and also lost Brazilian defender Marcelo to a straight red card in the second half.
Bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig lost 2-0 at Mainz - Japan star Shinji Okazaki scoring twice - after winless Nuremberg came from behind to draw 1-1 at Stuttgart on Friday in new Dutch coach Gertjan Verbeek's first game at the helm.
New coach, old result: On Friday 1. FC Nürnberg play 1-1 at VfB Stuttgart on tenth round of Bundesliga in the first match with Gertjan Verbeek as coach. Nürnberg remains in bottom regions of the table.
On Sunday, the tenth round end with the match between SC Freiburg and Hamburger SV. Goalkeeper Oliver Baumann of Freiburg sure pulled a boner - not one, three in total and donates the 3-0 victory to Hamburg. Later Borussia Mönchengladbach bet Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 and climbed up to fourth rank.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm):
VfB Stuttgart - 1. FC Nürnberg 1-1 (1-1)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm):
Bayern München - Hertha BSC 3-2 (1-1)
Schalke 04 - Borussia Dortmund 1-3 (0-1)
Bayer Leverkusen - FC Augsburg 2-1 (1-1)
Hannover 96 - 1899 Hoffenheim 1-4 (0-2)
FSV Mainz 05 - Eintr. Braunschweig 2-0 (1-0)
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm):
VfL Wolfsburg - Werder Bremen 3-0 (1-0)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm):
SC Freiburg - Hamburger SV 0-3 (0-1)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm):
Bor. Mönchengladbach - Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 (2-1)
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Borussia Dortmund proved too strong for Schalke in Saturday's Ruhr derby in the Bundesliga as Bayern Munich edged out Hertha Berlin to stay top of the table. Beaten twice by their bitter rivals last season, Jurgen Klopp's side gained revenge with a 3-1 win at the Veltins Arena, while Bayern came from behind to beat Hertha 3-2 and Bayer Leverkusen also recovered from the loss of the opening goal to win 2-1 against Augsburg.
Bayern remain top of the table, a point clear of Dortmund and Sami Hyypia's Leverkusen. And a clear gap has now opened up below, with Hertha in fourth a further 10 points adrift.
Elsewhere, high-scoring Hoffenheim romped to a 4-1 victory at nine-man Hannover. Roberto Firmino scored twice in the second half for the visitors, while Hannover never recovered from the early dismissal of Mame Diouf and also lost Brazilian defender Marcelo to a straight red card in the second half.
Bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig lost 2-0 at Mainz - Japan star Shinji Okazaki scoring twice - after winless Nuremberg came from behind to draw 1-1 at Stuttgart on Friday in new Dutch coach Gertjan Verbeek's first game at the helm.
New coach, old result: On Friday 1. FC Nürnberg play 1-1 at VfB Stuttgart on tenth round of Bundesliga in the first match with Gertjan Verbeek as coach. Nürnberg remains in bottom regions of the table.
On Sunday, the tenth round end with the match between SC Freiburg and Hamburger SV. Goalkeeper Oliver Baumann of Freiburg sure pulled a boner - not one, three in total and donates the 3-0 victory to Hamburg. Later Borussia Mönchengladbach bet Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 and climbed up to fourth rank.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm):
VfB Stuttgart - 1. FC Nürnberg 1-1 (1-1)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm):
Bayern München - Hertha BSC 3-2 (1-1)
Schalke 04 - Borussia Dortmund 1-3 (0-1)
Bayer Leverkusen - FC Augsburg 2-1 (1-1)
Hannover 96 - 1899 Hoffenheim 1-4 (0-2)
FSV Mainz 05 - Eintr. Braunschweig 2-0 (1-0)
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm):
VfL Wolfsburg - Werder Bremen 3-0 (1-0)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm):
SC Freiburg - Hamburger SV 0-3 (0-1)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm):
Bor. Mönchengladbach - Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 (2-1)
