Bayern Munich And Bayer Leverkusen Record Comfortable Wins, St. Pauli Claim Crucial Victory

The early Saturday kickoffs in the Bundesliga had plenty of goals to go around, with eighteen scored among six matches. Mario Gómez set the tone early on, putting Bayern Munich a goal up within two minutes as they rebounded from defeat in Cologne with a 4-0 thrashing of TSG Hoffenheim. Thomas Müller scored the second and Arjen Robben picked up a late brace to move the Bavarians back into third place. Bayer Leverkusen ensured that they will keep hold of second as they beat Frankfurt 3-0; Simon Rolfes scored his fourth goal of the season to set the tone early on, Renato Augusto doubled the visitors’ advantage before the break, and substitute Hanno Balitsch wrapped the game up with the third goal with six minutes to play.

Down at the bottom end of the table St. Pauli turned around an early deficit against Borussia Mönchengladbach to win 3-1 and move three points clear of the relegation zone. Igor De Camargo had ‘Gladbach a goal ahead inside of ten minutes, but was sent off just over ten minutes later and St. Pauli took advantage, dominating the game and picking up the win with goals from Max Kruse, Gerald Asamoah, and Matthias Lehmann. Elsewhere, Nürnberg continued the Bavarian success as they ran out 4-1 winners over VfB Stuttgart, a lone goal from Jefferson Farfán gave Schalke 04 a 1-0 victory over SC Freiburg, and Hamburg SV piled more problems on VfL Wolfsburg as a Mladen Petric penalty was enough for a 1-0 win at the Volkswagen Arena.