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Leverkusen see off Stuttgart to break losing streak

BERLIN, Feb 01, 2014  - Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen broke their three-match losing streak with a 2-1 win at home to VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Swiss striker Eren Derdiyok headed home Leverkusen's winner six minutes from time.

Stuttgart's Moritz Leitner had given the guests an early lead before Bayer striker Stefan Kiessling equalised in the first half.

The result sees Leverkusen close the gap behind league leaders Bayern Munich to ten points with the European champions hosting Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.

Schalke 04 moved up to fourth with a 2-1 victory at home to ten-man VfL Wolfsburg with Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng fireing home the winner nine minutes from time.

The Royal Blues had taken an early lead after a scrappy goal was credited to Brazilian centre-back Felipe Santana as both he and Boateng lunged for the ball.

Wolfsburg drew level when teenager Maximilian Arnold fired home on 65 minutes, despite being reduced to ten men when midfielder Daniel Caligiuri was sent off on 50 minutes for insulting the referee.

But Boateng then fired home the winner for his sixth goal of the season to give Schalke their second straight win and they have lost just once in their last nine games.

Schalke face a tough run of matches with Hanover, Leverkusen and Mainz coming up before they host Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.

There was a strong South Korean influence in Mainz's 2-0 win at home to Freiburg as Park Joo-Ho gave them a first-half lead.

Compatriot Koo Ja-Cheol added the second as the three points lifted Mainz to seventh.

Werder Bremen's poor form continues as they suffered a 3-1 defeat at Bavaria's Augsburg with the guests finishing up with ten men.

An own goal gifted Bremen an early lead they could not maintain.

Midfielder Tobias Werner equalised for Augsburg, then Bremen had defender Santiago Garcia sent off for a second yellow card just before the break.

Goals by Augsburg's Turkey striker Halil Altintop and midfielder Andre Hahn in the first ten minutes after the break sealed their win.

The result left Bremen 12th in the league while Augsburg stay ninth.

Hamburg's slump continues as they were drubbed 3-0 at Hoffenheim, leaving Bert van Marwijk's side third from bottom as they suffered their fifth straight defeat.

On Friday, Borussia Dortmund picked up their first win in five league games with a 2-1 victory at bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig with Gabon winger Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring both goals.

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