Bayern Munich moved up to third spot in the Bundesliga with a 3-1 triumph away to Freiburg on Wednesday evening.
Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring with his 30th goal of the season after 16 minutes.
Vincenzo Girfo looked to have secured a point for Freiburg in the 58th minute, but Joshua Zirkzee and Serge Gnabry netted in stoppage to seal the win for Bayern.
Bayer Leverkusen suffered a third straight defeat in all competitions following a 1-0 loss at home to Hertha Berlin.
Karim Rekik netted the game's only goal four minutes after the hour mark.
Borussia Monchengladbach got back to winning ways in the Bundesliga with a 2-0 success over Paderborn.
Alassane Plea and Lars Stindl found the back of the net as Gladbach moved up to second spot.
Kevin Mbabu cancelled out Ozan Kabak's opening goal as Wolfsburg and Schalke settled for a share of the spoils at the VOLKSWAGEN ARENA.
Koln moved out of the bottom three after rallying back from two goals down to thumping Eintracht Frankfurt at the Commerzbank-Arena.
Jonas Hector, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Dominik Drexler and Ismail Jakobs were on target for the visitors after Frankurt raced into an early lead through Martin Hinteregger and Gonçalo Paciência.
