Cisse´s late strike fires Freiburg fourth

Senegal striker Papiss Demba Cisse fired Freiburg up to fourth in the Bundesliga on Sunday with his tenth goal in 12 games to seal a 1-0 win at Hoffenheim after he netted in stoppage time.

The 25-year-old scored in the 91st minute after forward partner Stefan Reisinger threaded a pass through the Hoffenheim defence for the African to fire home.

The win lifts Freiburg into the top four and knocks Hoffenheim — who suffered their third straight league defeat — to seventh in the table.

Freiburg now have the chance to take on top side Dortmund, who have a seven-point lead, at home next Saturday.

On Sunday evening, defending champions Bayern Munich host Bavarian rivals Nuremberg.

On Saturday, Mainz 05’s title aspirations suffered a serious set-back when they were beaten 1-0 at home by ten-man Hanover.

Mainz dropped to third in the table after suffering only their fourth defeat of the season, while Hanover are up to sixth.

Leverkusen move up to second thanks to their 1-0 win at St Pauli as Brazilian midfielder Renato Augusto scored the winner with time almost up.

Moenchengladbach got themselves off the bottom of the Bundesliga with an impressive 4-0 win over Cologne.

After last Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Bayern Munich, ‘Gladbach picked up only their second win of the season to put Cologne bottom of the table with just eight points.

Schalke claimed a point as they fought back from 2-0 down to draw at Wolfsburg after strikers Edin Dzeko and Grafite both scored for the hosts.

The result leaves Schalke 16th and Wolfsburg, coached by ex-England manager Steve McClaren, in 12th.

Stuttgart allowed a 3-0 lead to slip to a 3-3 draw at Kaiserslautern.

The draw lifts Stuttgart to 14th and puts Kaiserslautern 15th while Werder Bremen remain in midtable after their goalless draw with Eintracht Frankfurt.

On Friday, Bundesliga leaders Dortmund underlined their credentials at the top of the table with a 2-0 home win over Hamburg in the rain to open a seven-point lead with second-placed Mainz playing Hanover on Saturday evening.

In pouring rain at Dortmund’s packed Signal Iduna Park in front of a sell-out 80,720 crowd, second-half goals by Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa, his sixth of the season, and Lucas Barrios, his seventh, sealed the win.