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Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting (r.) contends the ball early on with Milorad Pekovic in the opening game of the weekend: <b>Mainz 05 - SpVgg Greuther Fürth</b>. It proved to be a frustrating night at the Coface Arena for Thomas Tuchel's charges as they came up against a disciplined and defensive Fürth - Maro Caligiuri (r.) here trying to get past Felix Klaus. Choupo-Moting could hardly hide the frustration as yet another chance went begging for the home side. And Mainz's frustration was compounded when Felix Klaus' deflected shot nestled in the back of the net to earn Greuther Fürth their first ever win in the Bundesliga. Klaus did not know who to call first after nettng an historic goal for Fürth - one which was worth their first ever victory in the Bundesliga. Kyriakos Papadopoulos got the ball rolling for Schalke, who cruised to a 3-1 victory over FC Augsburg. Jermaine Jones netted a fine individual strike for the Royal Blues. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's (r.) header came down off the bar, but the Dutchman knew straight away it was over the line. Gonzalo Castro (hidden by the post) was right to gamble as he turned home from Stefan Kießling's initial header. New signing Philipp Wollscheid (m.) later doubled the <i>Werkself</i>'s lead. Aaron Hunt put Bremen ahead against Hamburg from the spot - despite missing an earlier penalty. Nils Petersen (r. challenging Hamburg's Michael Mancienne) later consolidated the home side's lead with a strike of his own. Tomas Pekhart (second from l.) gave Nuremberg a surprise lead against Dortmund However, the champions soon hit back through Jakub Blaszczykowski (front) to earn a point. It was a miserable afternoon for Hoffenheim, who went down 4-0 at home to promoted side Frankfurt. Alex Meier (r.) netted the visitors' first from the spot. Pirmin Schwegler (r.) then netted a peach of a goal to double Eintracht's advantage. Meier grabbed his second and Frankfurt's third... ...before Martin Lanig, signed in the summer from Köln, rounded off the scoring and a good day's work for Armin Veh's boys. No goals in the Rhineland derby between Fortuna Düsseldorf and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Here Fortuna's Adam Bodzek (l.) challenges Gladbach's Juan Arango (r.). Patrick Herrmann (l.) does his best to get beyond Düsseldorf's Axel Bellinghausen (r.) Hannover 96 could hardly have wished for a better performance as they demolished Wolfsburg 4-0 away from home Szabolcs Huszti (r.) was the star of the show for Hannover, setting up all four of his side's goals Indeed, it turned into something of a miserable day for Ivica Olic and the Wolfsburg team, who can look forward to a roasting from coach Felix Magath on Monday Hannover boss Mirko Slomka (m.), meanwhile, was looking pretty pleased with himself on the 96ers bench The Bundesliga's record signing Javi Martinez was on the bench for Bayern as they demolished Stuttgart 6-1. After Martin Harnik had put the visitors ahead with a sweet volley, Thomas Müller (r.) poked in a swift equaliser for the Bavarians. Toni Kroos then sent Bayern into the lead with a rocket of a strike from the edge of the area. Jerome Boateng effectively sewed up the points for the hosts as the afternoon became all the more frustrating for Shinji Okazaki (bottom l.) and his Stuttgart colleagues. Mario Mandzukic, Müller (l.) and Toni Kroos each added further strikes to round off an emphatic 6-1 victory for the record champions.
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