Bayer Leverkusen beat FC Cologne 2-1 at RheinEnergieStadion in the Bundesliga on Nov. 8, according to ESPN's scoreboard. Aleix García and Patrik Schick scored the visitors' goals in the away win. Their goals gave Leverkusen a lead that Cologne reduced with a goal of their own before the match ended.
SC Freiburg also won, beating 1. FC Union Berlin 2-0 at Europa-Park Stadion, while TSG Hoffenheim defeated Schalke 04 2-1 at PreZero Arena on the same day. Freiburg won their home match without conceding a goal. Hoffenheim also won at home, with Schalke scoring in reply to their goals.
García scored in the seventh minute to put Leverkusen ahead in Cologne. His goal gave the visitors the opening goal of the match against the home side. Schick added their second goal in the 85th minute, giving the visitors a two-goal advantage with his addition to García's earlier goal.
Said El Mala scored for Cologne in the second minute of second-half stoppage time. His goal reduced the deficit to one, and the match finished 2-1 to Leverkusen. Cologne's goal brought the home side closer to the visitors, but Leverkusen's goals from García and Schick were enough for the win.
Freiburg's two goals came in the second half of their home match against Union Berlin. Rani Khedira's own goal put Freiburg ahead in the 55th minute. That opening goal gave the home side the lead, with Freiburg's second goal still to come later in the same half of the match.
Yuito Suzuki scored Freiburg's second in the 67th minute, 12 minutes after the opening goal. His goal added to the lead Freiburg had taken through Khedira's own goal. The final score left Freiburg as the only team to keep a clean sheet across the three completed matches, winning without a goal in reply.
Hoffenheim scored both their goals in the opening 26 minutes against Schalke. Fisnik Asllani opened the scoring in the 10th minute, and Tim Lemperle made it 2-0 in the 26th. Asllani's goal put Hoffenheim ahead before Lemperle added the home side's second goal to extend their advantage over the visitors.
Junior Adamu scored for Schalke in the 81st minute to cut Hoffenheim's lead to one goal. His goal reduced the advantage established by Asllani and Lemperle, with Hoffenheim finishing as the winners. Hoffenheim finished with the same winning margin as Leverkusen, while Freiburg won by two goals.
