Bundesliga wrap: Mainz drop points at Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt upset second-placed Mainz 2-1 in their Bundesliga clash at the Commerzbank Arena on Saturday.

The home side went ahead when defender Marco Russ netted in the 35th minute, before Mainz pulled a goal back prior to half time through Andre Schurrle’s spot kick.

But the penalty count was squared when the referee pointed to the spot in the 84th minute, to allow Frankfurt’s Theofanis Gekas to net the winner for the ninth-placed side, earning them three valuable points in a congested mid-table.

Hannover moved to within two points of Mainz with a 2-1 win away at cellar-dwellers Borussia Monchengladbach.

The hosts took a surprise lead at Stadion Borussia Park in the 18th minute via Michael Bradley and they looked to have earnt themselves a pathway off the bottom of the table only to allow Hannover two goals in the space of two minutes.

Monchengladbach’s hopes of taking points took a crucial blow when forward Raul Bobadilla was shown a red card late in the first half, and they could not hold out a second-half swoop from the visitors.

Mike Hanke scored in the 73rd minute before Didier Ya Konan made the swift comeback complete in the 75th.

Freiburg’s Papiss Demba Cisse’s third minute goal was the only score in their 1-0 victory over Hamburg.

Cisse scored the winner in the third minute to take his goal tally to 10 for the season.

Stuttgart broke a two game losing streak by snaring a point against the more fancied Hoffenheim at Mercedes Benz Arena.

Sejad Salihovic put the visitors ahead in the 11th minute, but a Martin Harnik equaliser 23 minutes later brought the hosts back to parity and the match finished 1-1.

Hoffenheim were forced to play with 10 men for more than a half when Ghanaian defender Isaac Vorsah was dismissed in the 41st minute.

Wolfsburg’s clash with Werder Bremen went goalless despite both sides earning penalties in the encounter.

Bremen’s Torsten Frings missed his spot kick in the 74th minute, before Edin Dzeko missed his chance from the spot for Wolfsburg three minutes later as the match ended scoreless.