Germany striker Mario Gomez scored twice on Sunday as defending champions Bayern München went sixth in the Bundesliga with a 3-0 win over 1. FC Nürnberg. The defending champions are still 12 points behind league leaders Dortmund, who have a seven-point lead at the top of the table after their 2-0 win over Hamburg on Friday.
Bayern took an early lead in Munich when Gomez took a clever pass from Croatia's Danijel Pranjic and fired home on 10 minutes. Germany captain Philipp Lahm then netted a penalty in the 57th minute before Gomez sealed victory with his 75th-minute header, his seventh league goal.
Earlier on Sunday, Senegal striker Papiss Demba Cisse fired Freiburg up to fourth with his tenth goal in 12 games to seal a 1-0 win at Hoffenheim after he netted in stoppage time. The 25-year-old scored in the 91st minute after forward partner Stefan Reisinger threaded a pass through the Hoffenheim defence for the African to fire home. The win lifts Freiburg into the top four and knocks Hoffenheim - who suffered their third straight league defeat - to eighth in the table.
On Saturday, Mainz 05's title aspirations suffered a serious set-back when they were beaten 1-0 at home by ten-man Hanover. Mainz dropped to third in the table after suffering only their fourth defeat of the season, as Hanover move up to seventh. Leverkusen move into second thanks to their 1-0 win at St Pauli as Brazilian midfielder Renato Augusto scored the winner with time almost up. Mönchengladbach got themselves off the bottom of the Bundesliga with an impressive 4-0 win over Köln.
On Friday, Bundesliga leaders Dortmund underlined their credentials at the top of the table with a 2-0 home win over Hamburg. In pouring rain at Dortmund's packed Signal Iduna Park in front of a sell-out 80,720 crowd, second-half goals by Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa, his sixth of the season, and Lucas Barrios, his seventh, sealed the win.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm cest):
Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV 2-0 (0-0)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cest):
Werder Bremen - Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 (0-0)
VfL Wolfsburg - Schalke 04 2-2 (2-1)
1. FC Köln - Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-4 (0-0)
1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfB Stuttgart 3-3 (0-2)
FC St. Pauli - Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 (0-0)
The matches on Saturday (6.30 pm cest):
FSV Mainz 05 - Hannover 96 0-1 (0-1)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm cest):
1899 Hoffenheim - SC Freiburg 0-1 (0-0)
The matches on Sunday (5.30 pm cest):
FC Bayern München - 1. FC Nürnberg 3-0 (1-0)
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Germany striker Mario Gomez scored twice on Sunday as defending champions Bayern München went sixth in the Bundesliga with a 3-0 win over 1. FC Nürnberg. The defending champions are still 12 points behind league leaders Dortmund, who have a seven-point lead at the top of the table after their 2-0 win over Hamburg on Friday.
Bayern took an early lead in Munich when Gomez took a clever pass from Croatia's Danijel Pranjic and fired home on 10 minutes. Germany captain Philipp Lahm then netted a penalty in the 57th minute before Gomez sealed victory with his 75th-minute header, his seventh league goal.
Earlier on Sunday, Senegal striker Papiss Demba Cisse fired Freiburg up to fourth with his tenth goal in 12 games to seal a 1-0 win at Hoffenheim after he netted in stoppage time. The 25-year-old scored in the 91st minute after forward partner Stefan Reisinger threaded a pass through the Hoffenheim defence for the African to fire home. The win lifts Freiburg into the top four and knocks Hoffenheim - who suffered their third straight league defeat - to eighth in the table.
On Saturday, Mainz 05's title aspirations suffered a serious set-back when they were beaten 1-0 at home by ten-man Hanover. Mainz dropped to third in the table after suffering only their fourth defeat of the season, as Hanover move up to seventh. Leverkusen move into second thanks to their 1-0 win at St Pauli as Brazilian midfielder Renato Augusto scored the winner with time almost up. Mönchengladbach got themselves off the bottom of the Bundesliga with an impressive 4-0 win over Köln.
On Friday, Bundesliga leaders Dortmund underlined their credentials at the top of the table with a 2-0 home win over Hamburg. In pouring rain at Dortmund's packed Signal Iduna Park in front of a sell-out 80,720 crowd, second-half goals by Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa, his sixth of the season, and Lucas Barrios, his seventh, sealed the win.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm cest):
Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV 2-0 (0-0)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cest):
Werder Bremen - Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 (0-0)
VfL Wolfsburg - Schalke 04 2-2 (2-1)
1. FC Köln - Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-4 (0-0)
1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfB Stuttgart 3-3 (0-2)
FC St. Pauli - Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 (0-0)
The matches on Saturday (6.30 pm cest):
FSV Mainz 05 - Hannover 96 0-1 (0-1)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm cest):
1899 Hoffenheim - SC Freiburg 0-1 (0-0)
The matches on Sunday (5.30 pm cest):
FC Bayern München - 1. FC Nürnberg 3-0 (1-0)
