Bayern Munich restored their nine-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga standings after defeating Augsburg 1-0 on Saturday afternoon.
It was a tough outing for the reigning German champions, who had to wait until the 82nd minute for the breakthrough when Robert Lewandowski converted a penalty.
Wolfsburg pulled further away from the drop zone after thrashing Arminia Bielefeld 4-0 at Volkswagen Arena.
Former Manchester City striker Lukas Nmecha put the hosts two goals up with a brace in the first half.
Maximilian Arnold and Max Kruse put the icing on the cake in the second half to round off a good win.
FC Cologne got back to winning ways in the Bundesliga after edging Mainz in a five-goal thriller.
The visitors took a two-goal lead courtesy of strikes from Jonathan Burkardt and Karim Onisiwo.
However, the hosts hit back through Ellyes Skhiri, Dejan Ljubicic and Luca Kilian to secure maximum points.
Greuther Furth are edging closer to relegation after a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Borussia Monchengladbach.
Both goals arrived in the first half, with Marcus Thuram opening the scoring on 18 minutes before Alassane Pléa doubled the lead from the penalty spot four minutes later.
Union Berlin made it back-to-back wins in the Bundesliga with a 4-1 thrashing of Hertha Berlin on Saturday evening.
Genki Haraguchi, Grischa Promel, Sheraldo Becker and Sven Michel were all on target for the visitors.
Hertha got their only goal via Timo Baumgartl own goal, as they remain in 17th position after 28 matches played.
