Bayern beat Hoffenheim 2-0 last night to go to the summit for the first time since May 2008, but the writing was on the wall for them today as Leverkusen recovered from going a goal down to lead 3-1 by the half-hour mark.

Tim Hoogland put the visitors into a surprise lead after eight minutes, but Leverkusen hit back with goals from Michal Kadlec (15), Tranquillo Barnetta (19) and Toni Kroos (30).

Niko Bungert pulled one back for Mainz after 67 minutes but Eren Derdiyok settled home nerves with a fourth two minutes from time.

Hamburg kept pace with the leaders with a 2-0 victory at home over Freiburg.

Marcell Jansen opened the scoring in the seventh minute and Mladen Petric made it 2-0 after 55 minutes.

Basement boys Hertha Berlin picked up only their second victory of the season by completing the double over Hannover with a 3-0 victory to end a 16-match winless streak.

Lukasz Piszczek and Raffael netted within three minutes to make it 2-0 after 33 minutes, with Theofanis Gekas rounding off the scoring 10 minutes from time.

The result would have been even worse for the home side had Florian Fromlowitz not saved a late Cicero penalty.

Stuttgart moved out of the relegation zone thanks to a 3-1 victory over champions Wolfsburg.

Roberto Hilbert put the Swabians ahead in the 28th minute and they seemed to be cruising when Pavel Pogrebnyak added a second in the 58th minute.

Edin Dzeko reduced the arrears in the 65th minute and the Wolves missed a hatful of chances to level before Timo Gebhardt sealed the win in the 87th minute.

Bochum earned a vital victory in their fight against relegation as they held on for 2-1 victory at Borussia Monchengladbach.

Stanislav Sestak gave Bochum the lead in the 12th minute and Zlatko Dedic doubled their advantage nine minutes before the break.

Fabian Backer pulled a goal back for the home side in the 80th minute, but they could not find equaliser.

Marco Russ' 57th-minute goal was enough to give Eintracht Frankfurt a 1-0 victory as Frankfurt completed the double over Werder Bremen for the first time since the 1989/90 season.