Big win for Schalke as they hammer Koln 5-1, Hertha score last-minute equaliser away to Hamburg, while Mainz and Hannover maintained their perfect starts to the season

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Nurnberg

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2

Hannover

Hamburg

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Hertha Berlin

Freiburg

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Mainz

Schalke 5

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Koln 18:30 CET







Monchengladbach

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Stuttgart



Nurnberg 1-2 Hannover

Hannover made it six points from their opening two Bundesliga fixtures as they defeated Nurnberg 2-1. Mohammed Abdellaoue grabbed the first goal of the afternoon on 16 minutes when he tapped in Sofian Chahed’s low cross. Abdellaoue played a part in the second goal 10 minutes later, after he drew a foul on Raphael Schafer in the box. Konstantin Rausch stepped up and made no mistake from the spot to give Hannover a two-goal half-time advantage.

Numberg were back in it within 10 minutes of the restart, after Tomas Pekhart rose highest to head in Timothy Chandler’s floated ball into the box. However, despite the hosts enjoying the majority of the possession in the second-half, they failed to find an equaliser and Hannover came away with the victory.

Hamburg 2-2 Hertha Berlin

It finished all square between Hamburg and Hertha Berlin in an entertaining meeting. The hosts opened the scoring 25 minutes in, when Mladen Petric converted a penalty after he was fouled by Andre Mijatovic. Two minutes before half time, Hertha were level, as Tunay Torun managed to finish into the corner from a difficult angle.

Hamburg regained the lead on the hour mark, when Heung Min Son finished off a fast break with a rasping drive from outside the 18-yard area. However, deep into injury time, Mijatovic made amends for giving away the earlier penalty when he headed home Raffael’s corner with almost the last touch of the game to snatch a dramatic point for Hertha.

Freiburg 1-2 Mainz

Mainz continued their perfect start to the season as they dispatched Freiburg 2-1 at the Dreisamstadion. The away side opened the scoring midway through the second-half, when Marcel Risse smashed the ball into the roof of the net from inside the six-yard box. With 10 minutes remaining, Mainz doubled their lead through a swift counter-attack. Risse turned provider as he fed Eric Choupo-Moting who finished into the bottom corner.

Freiburg pulled one back in stoppage time, when Daniel Caligiuri found last season’s top scorer Papiss Cisse, who stroked home to give the home team hope. However, the goal came too late, and Mainz managed to pick up all three points.

Schalke 5-1 Koln

Schalke thrashed Koln 5-1 to pick up their first points of the Bundesliga season after a 0-3 reverse to Stuttgart on the opening matchday. It was the visitors who took a surprise lead, when Lukas Podolski finished off Slawomir Peszko’s pass following a fast break. However, Schalke were level just before half-time, when Klass Jan Huntelaar stroked home a spot-kick after Kevin McKenna handled inside the area.

Within three minutes of the restart, Schalke were 3-1 up after Marco Holger set up both Huntelaar and Lewis Holtby. The scoring continued on the hour mark, when Jan Movarek found Raul inside the area, and the veteran striker made no mistake from 10 yards out. Huntelaar completed the rout five minutes from the end with a simple finish to Jose Jurardo’s cross to round off his personal treble.

Monchengladbach 1-1 Stuttgart

The first half was largely a forgettable affair, with the hosts predictably having the majority of possession, but failing to create a clear sight on goal. In the 56th minute, Juan Arango let fly from 35 yards out, but his effort flashed inches wide of the post. Ten minutes later, Gladbach were awarded a contentious penalty after Marco Reus was fouled by William Kvist. Fillip Daems stroked home the spot-kick to give the home side the lead.

However, within five minutes Stuttgart found an equalizer. A teasing ball into the area was headed on by Christian Genter to find Cacau at the far post who bundled the ball home. It got better for the visitors in the 80th minute, when Roel Brouwers received his second yellow card after a hard challenge on Martin Hamik. However, the home side defended in numbers after the sending off, and held on to claim a point.