On Saturday, there were seven matches of the 11th round in the first Bundesliga in Germany. Finally, the leader "Wolfsburg" managed to slightly break away from the competitors, taking advantage of their unexpected defeats.
In a thrilling and beautiful match at home, "Wolfsburg" defeated the season's surprise team, "Mainz". The hosts scored four goals, with Bulgarian legionnaire Martin Petrov scoring four of them.
The biggest surprise was delivered by "Gladbach", who fired their coach last week and still managed to win against "Bayern" with a two-goal advantage at home. After the victory against "Stuttgart", "Schalke" rose to second place, while "Hannover" club broke into the fourth position by defeating "Bochum".
"Borussia" secured their second consecutive victory by defeating "Bayer" with a minimal result, while "Werder" played a draw with "Hamburger" and dropped to sixth place. In other matches of the day, "Hertha" won against "Freiburg" away.
League table
Results
1 - 0
41' [1 - 0] Ewerthon
90' Jens Nowotny ("Bayer") sent off the field
1 - 3
25' [1 - 0] Ellery Cairo
36' [1 - 1] Nando Rafael
50' [1 - 2] Gilberto
63' [1 - 3] Arne Friedrich
3 - 0
16' [1 - 0] Thomas Christiansen
64' [2 - 0] Daniel Stendel
88' [3 - 0] Fonseca Leandro
2 - 0
49' [1 - 0] Marcelo Jose Pletsch
84' [2 - 0] Joris van Hout
54' Lucio ("Bayern") sent off the field
3 - 2
1' [1 - 0] Ailton
2' [2 - 0] Levan Kobiashvili
25' [3 - 0] Lincoln
30' [3 - 1] Zvonimir Soldo
33' [3 - 2] Imre Szabics
1 - 1
22' [0 - 1] David Jarolim
74' [1 - 1] Christian Schulz
4 - 3
15' [0 - 1] Mathias Abel
17' [0 - 2] Conor Casey
45' [1 - 2] Martin Petrov
45' [2 - 2] Martin Petrov (Penalty)
57' [3 - 2] Martin Petrov (Penalty)
62' [4 - 2] Martin Petrov
75' [4 - 3] Christof Babatz
57' Jurgen Kramny ("Mainz") sent off the field