Robert Lewandowski put the hosts in front in the 16th minute and Felipe Santana added the second after an hour as the reigning champions moved above Borussia Monchengladbach on goal difference.

Bayern Munich are just a point behind the top two and can return to the top of the pile with victory at Mainz tomorrow.

Eren Derdiyok's hat-trick was not enough to seal a win for Bayer Leverkusen as Hertha Berlin fought back for a 3-3 draw after they had given up a two-goal lead.

After Levan Kobiashvili missed a penalty, Pierre-Michel Lasogga opened the scoring in the seventh minute and an own goal by Omer Toprak in the 17th minute gave Hertha a 2-0 advantage.

Derdiyok scored in the 24th, 64th and 79th minutes to put Leverkusen in charge before Lasogga's second goal in the 82nd minute meant the spoils were shared.

Bottom club Augsburg scored twice in the second half to pick up their second victory of the season as Wolfsburg's Bundesliga struggles continued.

Daniel Brinkmann hit first for the promoted side in the 65th minute and Edmond Kapllani wrapped up a 2-0 triumph four minutes into stoppage time.

Garra Dembele's last-minute goal earned Freiburg a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim. Roberto Firmino gave Hoffenheim the lead after 24 minutes but Mali international Dembele equalised in the 90th minute.

Timothy Chandler's early goal saw Nurnberg snap their eight-game winless streak with a 1-0 victory at home to Kaiserslautern.

In the day's late game, Hannover and Hamburg played out a 1-1 draw.

Hamburg took the lead through Jeffrey Bruma after 64 minutes but Hannover rescued a point when Jan Schlaudraff fired home 11 minutes from time.