Bundesliga: Day Nine - Small teams come up big sometimes

Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 2:1
VfB Stuttgart - Hannover 96 0:2
FC Schalke 04 - Karlsruher SC 0:2
Hertha BSC - FC Energie Cottbus 0:0
Arminia Bielefeld - Hamburger SV 0:1
VfL Wolfsburg - FC Hansa Rostock 1:0
MSV Duisburg - SV Werder Bremen 1:3
Bayern München - 1. FC Nürnberg 3:0
Eintracht Frankfurt - Bayer Leverkusen 2:1

Karlsruher SC continues to be the big surprise of the season. This weekend they beat favourites Schalke 04 away 0:2 to storm into 2nd place behind Bayern Munich who thrashed Nuremburg 3:0 on Sunday. Schalke were looking good during the week winning their away match in the Cahmpions League against Trondheim but they weren't able to keep up the momentum. Karlsruhe simply outran them playing two very nice counter attacks at the end of the game.
Bremen meanwhile is trying to keep track of the top winning against Duisburg 3:1. Duisburg are now firmly at the bottom of the table, just as Nuremburg, Cottbus and Rostock. Hamburg keeps on winning which noone had expected after the hilarious episode with Rafael van der Vaart trying to get to Valencia. Elsewhere at the bottom of the table Dortmund managed to stop a three game skid by winning against Bochum 2:1. Captain Christian Wörns was sent off shortly after half time leaving only 10 Dortmund players to try and make things possible. Bochum looked far better but failed to capitalize on Borussia's failures.
The struggles continue for champions Stuttgart who looked horrible against Hannover.

Looking down to the 2nd division Borussia Mönchengladbach seem to get their campaign for promotion back on track after a convincing 5:0 victory over TuS Koblenz. Just as 1.FC Cologne who downed Kickers Offenbach 4:1 at home.
And even further down the ladder sixth division Fortuna Köln got a 4:1 win on Friday against Rhenania Eschweiler. Now they are 6 points behind leaders Borussia Freialdenhoven and still in a good position for the only promotion spot.