Bayer Leverkusen beat FC Cologne 2-1 at RheinEnergieStadion in the Bundesliga on Nov. 8, according to ESPN's scoreboard. Patrik Schick scored their second goal of the match, adding to the lead they had taken earlier. That goal provided the margin they needed to finish ahead after the home side also scored.
Cologne scored in stoppage time but finished a goal behind, with their late goal reducing the gap without bringing them level. SC Freiburg beat 1. FC Union Berlin 2-0, while TSG Hoffenheim defeated Schalke 04 2-1 in the day's other completed matches. Both joined the visitors in winning their respective matches.
Aleix García scored in the seventh minute to give Leverkusen the lead against Cologne, putting them ahead in the first half. Schick added their second in the 85th minute, taking the score to 2-0 with five minutes of regulation time left. His goal extended the advantage they had held since the opening goal.
Said El Mala scored for Cologne in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, getting his side on the scoresheet late in the match. His goal reduced the deficit to one after Leverkusen had scored once in each half. It narrowed the visitors' lead but left the home side still trailing at the finish.
Freiburg scored both their goals after halftime at Europa-Park Stadion, with each coming in the second half of the match. An own goal by Union Berlin's Rani Khedira put Freiburg ahead in the 55th minute. Yuito Suzuki then made it 2-0 in the 67th, adding to the lead established by the own goal.
The two goals came 12 minutes apart, with the second extending the advantage secured by the first. Freiburg finished without conceding, recording the only win by a two-goal margin among the three completed matches. Their opponents did not score in reply, leaving the gap intact at the end of the match.
Hoffenheim scored twice in the first half against Schalke at PreZero Arena, establishing their lead before halftime. Fisnik Asllani opened the scoring in the 10th minute before Tim Lemperle added the second in the 26th. Those goals put the home side ahead and then extended their advantage before the break.
Junior Adamu scored for Schalke in the 81st minute to make it 2-1, reducing the home side's lead late in the second half. As in Cologne's match against Leverkusen, the losing side scored after falling two goals behind. The goal narrowed the gap, but the home side finished with a goal separating the teams.
