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Schalke draw level on points with league leaders Bayern after beating Stuttgart 3-1
Nuremberg defeat Hertha Berlin 2-0; Wolfsburg earn three points with 1-0 win over Cologne
Schalke joined Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after a 3-1 win over Stuttgart at the Veltins Arena.
Schalke’s 20-year-old Cameroon midfielder Joel Matip opened the scoring in the third minute with further goals coming from Greek defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos in the 57th minute.
Eighteen-year-old midfielder Julian Draxler added a third ten minutes from time.
Japan striker Shinji Okazaki scored a consolation goal for Stuttgart near the end but it couldn’t deny Schalke the win which lifts them level on points with Bayern.
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Goals from Alexander Esswein and Dominic Maroh earned strugglers Nuremberg a valuable 2-0 win against Hertha Berlin.
Wolfsburg also claimed three much-needed points with a 1-0 win at home to Cologne courtesy of a goal from striker Sebastian Polter 12 minutes from time.
The clash at the bottom saw Freiburg beat Augsburg 1-0, meaning the clubs swap places at the foot of the table.
The game between fifth-place Werder Bremen and Kaiserslautern ended goalless as did the mid-table match between Hoffenheim and Hannover.
Sunday’s fixtures see fourth-place Borussia Dortmund travel to Hamburg while sixth-place Bayer Leverkusen host Mainz.
