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Bayern, with maximum points from three games, saw their two-point lead stay untouched when Arminia Bielefeld crashed 3-0 at Duisburg, Bochum went down 3-2 at Hanover and Eintracht Frankfurt lost 2-1 at Werder Bremen.

 Hamburg could at least draw level on points at the top if they beat Bayern in Sunday evening's game, while Bremen's victory puts them back in the frame, now level on seven points with Bielefeld, Bochum and Frankfurt.

 Bielefeld were hit by three goals in a dizzying six-minute spell  at Duisburg where Nigerian striker Manasseh Ishiaku scored a double in two minutes in a 3-0 drubbing.

 Brazilian midfielder Maico opening the scoring in the 64th minute before Ishiaku powered his way through the Bielefeld defence in the 68th and headed a second from a corner two minutes later for his fourth goal of the season.

 Bochum, who had last week enjoyed an overnight Bundesliga lead, came back from 2-0 down before slipping to a 3-2 defeat at Hanover.

 Mike Hanke hit a shot from over 20 metres into the roof of the net to put the home side ahead in the 12th minute, and Jan Rosenthal added a second in the 36th with a similar long-range effort.

 Danish striker Tommy Bechman scored from close range for the visitors shortly before half-time for his fourth goal of the season and Marcel Maltritz equalized from the penalty spot in the 66th.

 But Bochum's hopes of a win were dashed by Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian who came off the substitutes' bench to head the winner for Hanover in the 71st with his first touch of the ball.

 Werder Bremen put paid to Eintracht Frankfurt's hopes of going top in a 2-1 win, with striker Boubacar Sanogo in the 35th and an unstoppable Petri Pasanen free-kick in the 79th doing the damage before Michael Thurk netted a consolation five minutes from time.

 "It was a concentrated performance. We were focused from the start and moved well. We also showed patience when it got a bit tighter," said Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf.

 Cottbus were held 1-1 by visiting Nuremberg who were down to 10 men after Robert Vittek was dismissed for a second yellow card in the 63rd minute.

 A 15th-minute penalty from Danish striker Dennis Sorensen had given the home side the advantage but Nuremberg defender Andreas Wolf headed a late equalizer from a corner.

 Bottom-side Hansa Rostock, looking for a first point, were without luck at home in a 1-0 home defeat to Borussia Dortmund for whom new signing Giovanni Frederico netted a 76th-minute winner.

 Rostock had seen new-signing Victor Agali hit the inside of both posts with a header, while Enrico Kern had a shot parried onto the bar by goalkeeper Marc Ziegler in the first half.

 Hertha Berlin grabbed a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg, thanks to an 88th-minute goal from substitute Soloman Okoronkwo.

 Hertha took a first-half lead with a Marko Pantelic header but Felix Magath's side looked to have secured a point when ex-Berlin player Ashkan Dejagah levelled on the hour.

 On Friday evening, last season's runners-up Schalke were held to a 1-1 draw by visiting Leverkusen, leaving the Gelsenkirchen club on six points.

 "We don't have enough points. Six points from four matches don't match our requirements," said Schalke coach Mirko Slomka.

 "Again we created a lot of chances without putting them away."

   For the trip to Hamburg Sunday, Bayern Munich will be without Italy striker Luca Toni who has failed to recover from a thigh injury.

 Striker Miroslav Klose is expected to start after recovering from a knee injury, and midfielder Franck Ribery, who had a calf knock, has been pronounced fit.

 Meanwhile Hamburg have problems in defence where centre-half Vicent Kompany is serving a one-match suspension and right-back Guy Demel begins a four-match ban imposed Friday for unsporting behaviour.

 In Sunday's other game, champions VfB Stuttgart visit regional rivals SC Karlsruhe.

DPA