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Wolfsburg's shock defeat throws Bundesliga wide open

Relegation-threatened Energie Cottbus threw the Bundesliga title race wide open on Sunday when the strugglers inflicted a shock 2-0 defeat on league leaders Wolfsburg. Wolfsburg were cruising towards a point before Bulgaria striker Dimitar Rangelov headed Cottbus ahead in the 72nd minute and the hosts proved the goal was no fluke when Albania midfielder Ervin Skela added a second on 86 minutes. The valuable three points takes Cottbus out of the bottom three while Wolfsburg missed the chance to go five points clear and suffered their first league defeat since they lost 2-1 at Werder Bremen in December.

The results of Round 29

The match on Friday (8.30 pm)

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Hertha BSC Berlin 0-1 (0-1)

The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm)

Bayern München - Schalke 04 0-1 (0-0)

Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV 2-0 (1-0)

VfB Stuttgart - Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 (1-0)



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Relegation-threatened Energie Cottbus threw the Bundesliga title race wide open on Sunday when the strugglers inflicted a shock 2-0 defeat on league leaders Wolfsburg. Wolfsburg were cruising towards a point before Bulgaria striker Dimitar Rangelov headed Cottbus ahead in the 72nd minute and the hosts proved the goal was no fluke when Albania midfielder Ervin Skela added a second on 86 minutes. The valuable three points takes Cottbus out of the bottom three while Wolfsburg missed the chance to go five points clear and suffered their first league defeat since they lost 2-1 at Werder Bremen in December.

The results of Round 29

The match on Friday (8.30 pm)

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Hertha BSC Berlin 0-1 (0-1)

The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm)

Bayern München - Schalke 04 0-1 (0-0)

Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV 2-0 (1-0)

VfB Stuttgart - Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 (1-0)

Bayer Leverkusen - Karlsruher SC 0-1 (0-0)

Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 3-2 (0-2)

Hannover 96 - 1. FC Köln 2-1 (2-0)

The matches on Sunday (5 pm)

Energie Cottbus - VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 (0-0)

Bor. Mönchengladbach - Arminia Bielefeld 1-1 (1-1)