Cacau, Martin Harnik and Shinji Okazaki were on target for Bruno Labbadia's side as they made light work of the Royal Blues, whose defence failed to impress.

Patrick Helmes struck twice as Wolfsburg beat 10-man Cologne 3-0 to make a flying start, having narrowly avoided relegation last term.

Helmes put the Wolves ahead in the 17th minute and then doubled his account late on as Felix Magath's side added two more goals in the final five minutes, Marcel Schafer the other man on the scoresheet after netting direct from a corner.

Hertha Berlin's return to the top flight ended in disappointment as Tomas Pekhart's 80th-minute goal earned Nurnberg all three points.

A second-half brace from Markus Rosenberg helped Werder Bremen to an opening-day 2-0 win over Kaiserslautern.

There had been little in the game until the Swede struck his first on the hour mark, with a second nine minutes from time wrapping things up.

Hannover enjoyed a winning start after downing Hoffenheim 2-1 at the Niedersachsen Stadion.

All three goals came in the opening 30 minutes with Jan Schlaudraff putting Hannover ahead, Sejad Salihovic equalising from the spot for Hoffenheim, and then Mohammed Abdellaoue netting the winner with another penalty.

Sascha Molders' second-half double ensured Augsburg were not beaten in their first ever Bundesliga match at home to Freiburg.

Molders twice dragged the newcomers back after they fell behind to goals from Papis Demba Cisse and Cedric Makiadi after the interval.