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Borussia Dortmund Hamburg's survival hopes were dealt another blow with a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Wolfsburg on Saturday.

Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund's terrible form continued with a 1-0 home defeat to Hannover on Saturday, while Stuttgart edged a nine-goal thriller.

Lionel Messi Former Barcelona youngster Alen Halilovic has stressed everybody at the Catalan giants likes Lionel Messi.

Nicolai Müller Hamburg pulled off a shock 2-0 victory at home to Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga, with Nicolai Muller scoring both goals.

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen were given an almighty scare before coming through their DFB Pokal second round tie 5-4 on penalties.

Johan Djourou Bundesliga strugglers Hamburg have moved to play down a reported fight between Johan Djourou and Valon Behrami at half-time of their loss to Wolfsburg.

Sportfreunde Lotte's prize for their DFB-Pokal giantkilling exploits is a home quarter-final tie with Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.

Hamburger SV Hamburg will move out of the Bundesliga's relegation positions with a win against northern rivals Werder Bremen on Saturday.

Bruno Labbadia Bruno Labbadia said his Hamburg side were shocked by Karlsruher's early goal in their Bundesliga play-off.