Eintracht narrowly beat Werder Bremen 1-0 in Frankfurt in a meeting of the 11th round of the German Bundesliga, FOCUS reported.
The match was played at the "Deutsche Bank Park" stadium.
The only goal was scored by Mario Gotze in the 45th minute after a pass from Jugo Ekitike.
With the victory, Eintracht climbed to 2nd place in the provisional standings with an asset of 23 points. It was the third consecutive success for them in the championship. Werder are 10th with 15 points.
Bayer Leverkusen achieved a championship turnaround. The champion of Germany took advantage of visiting Heidenheim 5:2 in the 11th round of the Bundesliga at the "Bay Arena" stadium.
Niklas Dorsch opened for the visitors in the 10th minute when he was found by striker Marvin Peeringer. Austria's Matthias Honsack doubled the lead in the 21st with an assist from Dorsch. Argentina midfielder Ezequiel Palacios reduced in the 30th minute after a pass from Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka. 120 seconds later, Czech shooter Patrick Schick restored parity, and Palacios had the final touch. Schick found the target again in the 52nd minute, thanks to a pass from Florian Wirz, and in the 71st the shooter completed his hat trick. Xhaka put an end to the dispute in the 82nd minute.
Borussia Dortmund defeated visiting Freiburg 4:0 in the 11th round of the Bundesliga. The match was at the "Signal Iduna Park" stadium.
Striker Maximilian Bayer opened in the seventh minute through a pass from Algerian defender Rami Bensebaini. Midfielder Felix Nmecha doubled the lead in the 40th when he was found by England's Jamie Binoe-Bittens. Patrick Osterhage left the visitors a man down in the 63rd minute as he received a second yellow card. In the 66th minute, Julian Brandt made it 3-0, and Binoe-Bittens sealed the final score in the 77th, thanks to another pass from Bensebaini.
Hoffenheim won their home game against RB Leipzig 4:3 in the 11th round of the Bundesliga. The meeting was at the "PreZero Arena" stadium.
Vili Orban opened the scoring for the visitors in the 15th minute, but two later the hosts equalized through Adam Hlozek. Antonio Noosa gave Leipzig another lead in the 19th before Tom Bischoff restored parity in the 50th. Stanley Nsoki scored an own goal in the 67th minute for 3:2 in favor of Leipzig. Hložek found the target again in the 82nd minute, and Jakob Bruun Larsen sealed the final score in the 87th minute.
Last season's German vice-champion Stuttgart beat Bundesliga last-placed Bochum 2-0 in a match from the 11th round of the new campaign.
The match was played at the stadium "MHPArena" in Stuttgart in front of 59,000 spectators.
The goals for the hosts were scored by Chris Furich in the 53rd minute after a pass from Leonidas Stergiou and young Justin Dill (pictured).
The 19-year-old youngster registered the final 2:0 in the 78th minute. With the victory, Stuttgart stopped a streak of three matches without success in all competitions.
Wolfsburg recorded a narrow 1-0 success over Union (Berlin) as a host in a meeting of the 11th round of the German Bundesliga.
The match was played at the "Volkswagen Arena" stadium. in Wolfsburg in front of 25,000 spectators in the stands.
The only goal in the match was scored by Ridle Baku in the 71st minute.
It was Wolfsburg's 5th game unbeaten in all competitions and their second Bundesliga win in a row.