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Leverkusen beat Cologne 2-1 as Freiburg and Hoffenheim also win

Bayer Leverkusen beat FC Cologne 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Nov. 8. SC Freiburg defeated Union Berlin 2-0, while TSG Hoffenheim won 2-1 against Schalke 04.

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Bayer Leverkusen beat FC Cologne 2-1 at RheinEnergieStadion in the Bundesliga on Nov. 8, with Aleix García and Patrik Schick scoring their goals, according to ESPN.

SC Freiburg beat 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.

García opened the scoring for Leverkusen in the seventh minute. His goal separated the teams at halftime, with Cologne entering the break trailing 1-0 in a match that produced two more goals late in the second half.

Schick added Leverkusen's second in the 85th minute, extending the visitors' lead to 2-0. Cologne had gone without a goal before Schick scored, leaving the home side needing two goals to draw level.

Said El Mala scored for Cologne in the second minute of stoppage time to cut the deficit to one goal. His strike completed the scoring, with Leverkusen winning by the same margin as Hoffenheim.

At Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg and Union Berlin reached halftime without a goal. The opening goal came in the 55th minute through an own goal by Union's Rani Khedira, giving Freiburg a 1-0 lead.

Yuito Suzuki scored Freiburg's second in the 67th minute, putting the home side two goals ahead. His goal came 12 minutes after Khedira's own goal and was the last of the match.

Freiburg finished with the widest winning margin of the day's three completed matches. They were also the only winning side among the three to finish without conceding, with both Leverkusen and Hoffenheim allowing one goal.

At PreZero Arena, Fisnik Asllani put Hoffenheim ahead against Schalke in the 10th minute. Tim Lemperle then scored in the 26th minute, giving the home side a two-goal advantage before halftime.

The goals came 16 minutes apart, making Hoffenheim the only team in the three matches to score twice before the break. Schalke entered the second half trailing 2-0, with both Hoffenheim scorers already on the scoresheet.

Junior Adamu scored for Schalke in the 81st minute to bring the visitors within one goal. That was the final goal at PreZero Arena, leaving Hoffenheim with a 2-1 victory after their two first-half strikes.

The three completed fixtures produced eight goals. Freiburg and Hoffenheim won at home, while Leverkusen recorded the day's away victory, with all three winning teams scoring twice.

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