Hoffenheim striker Vedad Ibisevic showed last season's cruciate knee operation is behind him with a
first-half hat-trick in the 5-1 humiliation of bottom side Hertha Berlin on Sunday. Lucien Favre's position as Hertha coach looks increasingly precarious after his side slumped again following last Sunday's 4-0
hammering at home to Freiburg.
The 25-year-old Ibisevic, the league's top-scorer going into January's winter break before his knee injury struck, needed just 21 minutes to wrap up his hat-trick as he marked his first goals in
the league this season. Having smashed home his first shot from 15 metres out after barely a minute, Ibisevic struck with a header on four minutes and again on 21 minutes as he was twice left virtually unmarked in the Hertha penalty area.
Berlin's Raffael pulled back a goal with a direct free-kick right on the stroke of half-time, but Hoffenheim's Nigeria striker Chinedu Obasi then netted in the 58th minute before Carlos Eduardo
struck a penalty in the 62nd minute.
Freiburg also secured their third win in four league games when they routed Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-0.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm):
1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 0-1 (0-1)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm):
Borussia Dortmund - Schalke 04 0-1 (0-1)
Werder Bremen - FSV Mainz 05 3-0 (1-0)
1. FC Köln - Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 (0-0)
Eintracht Frankfurt - VfB Stuttgart 0-3 (0-2)
VfL Wolfsburg - Hannover 96 4-2 (2-1)
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm):
Hamburger SV - Bayern München 1-0 (0-0)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm):
SC Freiburg - Bor. Mönchengladbach 3-0 (0-0)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm):
1899 Hoffenheim - Hertha BSC Berlin 5-1 (3-1)
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Hoffenheim striker Vedad Ibisevic showed last season's cruciate knee operation is behind him with a
first-half hat-trick in the 5-1 humiliation of bottom side Hertha Berlin on Sunday. Lucien Favre's position as Hertha coach looks increasingly precarious after his side slumped again following last Sunday's 4-0
hammering at home to Freiburg.
The 25-year-old Ibisevic, the league's top-scorer going into January's winter break before his knee injury struck, needed just 21 minutes to wrap up his hat-trick as he marked his first goals in
the league this season. Having smashed home his first shot from 15 metres out after barely a minute, Ibisevic struck with a header on four minutes and again on 21 minutes as he was twice left virtually unmarked in the Hertha penalty area.
Berlin's Raffael pulled back a goal with a direct free-kick right on the stroke of half-time, but Hoffenheim's Nigeria striker Chinedu Obasi then netted in the 58th minute before Carlos Eduardo
struck a penalty in the 62nd minute.
Freiburg also secured their third win in four league games when they routed Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-0.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm):
1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 0-1 (0-1)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm):
Borussia Dortmund - Schalke 04 0-1 (0-1)
Werder Bremen - FSV Mainz 05 3-0 (1-0)
1. FC Köln - Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 (0-0)
Eintracht Frankfurt - VfB Stuttgart 0-3 (0-2)
VfL Wolfsburg - Hannover 96 4-2 (2-1)
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm):
Hamburger SV - Bayern München 1-0 (0-0)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm):
SC Freiburg - Bor. Mönchengladbach 3-0 (0-0)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm):
1899 Hoffenheim - Hertha BSC Berlin 5-1 (3-1)
