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Bundesliga Round-Up

Bayern Munich and Schalke moved to the top of Die Bundesliga with victories.

Bayern Munich and Schalke moved to the top of Die Bundesliga with wins on Saturday afternoon, whilst Hamburg's game against Werder Bremen was one of four games that ended 1-1.

Felix Magath's reigning champions moved to the top of the table thanks to a 2-1 win over Alemania Aachen.

The visitors even had the temerity to take the lead at the Allianz Arena when Sacha Dum scored on 38 minutes.

However, Claudio Pizarro equalised within 60 seconds and summer signing Mark van Bommel (55) made sure of the three points.

Schalke join Bayern on 10 points from five games courtesy of a 2-0 win at home to Wolfsburg.

Kevin Kuranyi (57) and Lincoln (89) were the match-winners for Schalke as the visitors' poor start to the season continued.

The crunch game between two title hopefuls Hamburg and Werder Bremen ended 1-1 at the AOL Arena.

Bastian Reinhardt (68) replied to Tim Borowski's opener just before the hour mark, as Hamburg ended the game with ten men after Mehdi Mahdavikia was dismissed for serious foul play.

Stuttgart also drew 1-1 at home, but Eintracht Frankfurt left it late to equalise through Alexander Meier (88) after Mario Gomez broke the deadlock with 17 minutes to go.

Mainz saw Bakary Diakite's 50th minute goal cancelled out by Kevin-Prince Boateng (55) as high-flying Hertha Berlin were held to a draw.

Hannover began to address their disappointing start to the season when Thomas Brdaric (74) rescued a point at home to Bayer Leverkusen, who had taken the lead through Sergei Barbarez.

Click below for individual match summaries:
Bayern Munich 2-1 Alemannia Aachen
Hamburg 1-1 Werder
Hannover 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen
Mainz 1-1 Hertha Berlin
Schalke 2-0 Wolfsburg
Stuttgart 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt