Bundesliga: Paderborn shock Hanover to break winless run
Paderborn claimed a 2-1 come-back win at mid-table Hanover 96 on Sunday to break their 10-match winless streak and climb out of the Bundesliga`s relegation places.
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Berlin: Paderborn claimed a 2-1 come-back win at mid-table Hanover 96 on Sunday to break their 10-match winless streak and climb out of the Bundesliga`s relegation places.
Replacement striker Srdjan Lakic levelled just a minute after coming on and his 72nd-minute header was followed up when Alban Meha found the back of the net with a free-kick on 79 minutes.
It was Paderborn`s first win since the start of November and saw them climb from 17th before kick-off to 12th.
Earlier, Freiburg had briefly escaped the bottom three with a 2-0 win at Hertha Berlin in Sunday`s basement battle.
The defeat dampened Pal Dardai`s debut in charge of Hertha after the Hungarian national team coach took charge when Jos Lukukay was sacked earlier this month.
But Paderborn`s victory pushed Freiburg back to 16th and in the relegation places with Hertha second from bottom on a bumper weekend of goals in the German league.
There were 38 goals in the German league`s nine games as leaders Bayern Munich enjoyed an 8-0 rout of Hamburg while Wolfsburg won a 5-4 thriller at Bayer Leverkusen.
On Saturday, Bayern claimed the biggest Bundesliga win for 30 years to warm up for Tuesday`s Champions League clash at to Shakhtar Donetsk by hammering Hamburg in Munich.
Stars Arjen Robben, Thomas Mueller and Mario Goetze all netted twice as Bayern ran riot at Munich`s Allianz Arena ahead of Tuesday`s last-16, first-leg clash against Shakhtar in Lviv.
This was Bayern`s biggest league win since routing Kickers Offenbach 9-0 in March 1984 and it was the league`s highest score since Borussia Moenchengladbach crushed Eintracht Braunschweig 10-0 in October the same year.
It was Hamburg`s heaviest ever league defeat.
Just over two years after their 9-2 drubbing at Munich`s Allianz Arena, Hamburg were again made to suffer having also been beaten 3-1, 5-0 and 6-0 on their last four visits to Bavaria.Second-placed Wolfsburg had Bas Dost to thank for their 5-4 win at Leverkusen as the towering Dutch striker claimed four goals while Bayer`s Son Heung-Min scored a hat-trick, yet still lost.
Having gone 3-0 up, Wolfsburg survived a spirited fight-back as Son claimed a hat-trick in just ten second-half minutes.
Leverkusen finished with 10 men after Bosnia defender Emir Spahic was sent off late on for a second yellow card before Dost hit his fourth goal in the 93rd minute to secure a dramatic victory.
The result leaves Wolfsburg both eight points ahead of third-placed Gladbach and as many behind leaders Bayern.
Moenchengladbach claimed a 1-0 win at Cologne as Swiss midfielder c headed their 91st-minute winner.
Two home fans were arrested after a 30-strong group invaded the pitch after the final whistle.
Schalke 04 suffered a 1-0 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt in preparation for hosting holders Real Madrid in Wednesday`s Champions League last 16, first-leg, tie.
Frankfurt`s Brazilian midfielder Lucas Piazon headed home from a corner with 65 minutes gone to leave his side ninth while Schalke dropped to fourth.
Werder Bremen`s remarkable run continues with a 3-2 win at Augsburg for their fifth straight victory which has taken them from 18th to eighth and the verge of a European place.
VfB Stuttgart stayed bottom of the table after their 2-1 defeat at Hoffenheim, thanks to Sebastian Rudy`s 93rd-minute winner.
On Friday, Borussia Dortmund moved out of the relegation zone with a 4-2 home victory over Mainz as Germany winger Marco Reus got on the scoresheet, just days after committing to Dortmund until 2019.