Borussia Dortmund went through to the last 16 of the DFB Pokal after edging Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 thanks to a brace by Julian Brandt on Wednesday at Signal Iduna Park.
The second half came to life as Marcus Thuram broke the deadlock for Monchengadbach with 19 minutes remaining but Dortmund hit back through a brace from Julian Brandt.
Timo Werner netted a brace as RB Leipzig crushed Wolfsburg 6-1 to reach the last 16 of the DFB Pokal on Wednesday evening at Volkswagen Arena.
Pavao Pervan gave Leipzig an early goal after netting to his own net and the other five goals came in the second stanza as Marcel Sabitzer, Emil Forsberg and Konrad Laimer added to Werner's brace in the rout, while Wout Weghorst scored the consolation goal for Wolfsburg in the last minute.
Werder Bremen cruised to the last 16 of the DFB Pokal with a 4-1 victory over Heidenheim on Wednesday evening at Weserstadion.
Milot Rashica, Leonardo Bittencourt, Davy Klaassen and Marco Friedl all netted four first half goals for Werder, while Marc Schnatterer got the consolation goal in first half stoppage time for the second-tier side.
Fortuna Dusseldorf came from behind to down second-tier side Erzgebirge Aue 2-1 and went through to the round of 16 on Wednesday night at Merkur Spiel Arena.
Florian Kruger got the opener for the visitors in the 12th minute but Rouwen Hennings levelled matters for Fortuna on the stroke of half-time and Kasim Nuhu snatched the winner for the hosts with 15 minutes remaining.
Hertha Berlin needed extra-time and penalties to get past second-tie side Dynamo Dresden in the second round of the DFB Pokal.
Dodi Lukebakio and Ondrej Duda scored for Hertha in regulation time, while Moussa Kone and a last minute equaliser by Patrick Ebert of Dynamo forced the game to extra time.
Luka Stor made it 3-2 for the second tie side early in the second stanza of extra-time but Jordan Torunarigha snatched a dramatic equaliser for Hertha deep in stoppage time of extra time to force the game to penalty shoot-out, where Hertha eventually triumphed 5-4.
Eintracht Frankfurt advanced to the round of 16 after edging St. Pauli 2-1 on Wednesday night at Millerntor Stadion.
Bast Dost scored twice for Eintracht while Waldemar Sobota's strike proved to be nothing more than a consolation.
