Leverkusen held to a draw

Leverkusen held to a draw

Hannover dominated against Bayer Leverkusen but the Bundesliga leaders held on for a 0-0 draw on Saturday.

Leverkusen remain top of the table with 31 points despite collecting just two wins in their last seven games. However, Werder Bremen can narrow the gap to a point with victory at struggling Cologne on Sunday.

Hannover secured their first point since the death of goalkeeper and captain Robert Enke to improve to 17 points in 12th place - five points clear of the relegation zone.

Borussia Dortmund extended their unbeaten streak to eight games with a convincing 4-0 victory at home over Nurnburg.

Kevin Grosskreutz opened the scoring after just eight minutes and it was 2-0 after 13 minutes when Lucas Barrios netted.

Mohamed Zidan ended all doubts over the outcome with the third after 35 minutes while Mats Hummels completed the rout in the second half.

Hamburg failed to win in the Bundesliga for the seventh game running as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Hoffenheim at a rain-swept HSV Arena.

Bruno Labbadia's side looked confident early on after their midweek Europa League success, but their dominance lasted only 30 minutes, and failed to produce a goal.

Hoffenheim created even fewer chances in difficult conditions, but did enough to earn a valuable away point which kept them in touch with the top three.

Christian Fuchs equalised in the 89th minute to give 10-man Bochum a crucial 1-1 draw in their relegation battle at struggling Stuttgart.

Serdar Tasci opened the scoring in a low-quality game in the 63rd minute.

Bochum went a man down in the 82nd minute as Diego Klimowicz was shown a red card but Fuchs salvaged a point with his late strike.

Markus Babbel's Stuttgart have now gone eight games without a win, scoring just three goals in that time.

Defending champions Wolfsburg twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw with Freiburg.

Mohamadou Idrissou opened the scoring for Freiburg after 19 minutes and Felix Bastians' own goal levelled matters eight minutes later.

Ivica Banovic restored Freiburg's lead with a 51st-minute penalty before Fabian Johnson equalised eight minutes from time.

Meanwhile. Eintracht Frankfurt beat 10-man Mainz 2-0 with Maik Franz (29) and Alexander Meier (90) grabbing the goals.

Chadli Amri was sent off for the visitors after 68 minutes.

On Friday, Bayern Munich kicked off a crucial week with a 2-1 victory against in-form Borussia Monchengladbach.

Manager Louis van Gaal faces a pivotal few days just months into his reign at the Bavarians' helm, with Friday night's game followed four days later by a winner-takes-all battle against Juventus in the Champions League.

Gladbach came into the match buoyed by their five-game unbeaten streak in the Bundesliga but were undone as Holger Badstuber hit a winning free-kick after Roel Broewers had cancelled out Mario Gomez's opener for the home side.