Hamburg moved out of the relegation zone in the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 2-1 victory against Mainz, who have now gone six games without a win.

Josef Zinnbauer's side claimed a third consecutive home victory thanks to a first-half goal from Brazilian defender Cleber Reis and a second-half Rafael van der Vaart penalty, and move a point clear of the bottom three as a result.

Mid-table Mainz, who grabbed a late consolation through a Shinji Okazaki header, are just one point better off than the northern giants.

While his team struggles for form, 28-year-old Japan star Okazaki is now level with Schalke's Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Alexander Meier of Eintracht Frankfurt as the Bundesliga's leading scorer with eight goals to his name this season.

Frankfurt host Werder Bremen in Sunday's late game as home coach Thomas Schaaf comes up against the team where he spent four decades as a player and then as coach, notably leading them to a league and cup double in 2004.

On Saturday, Bayern Munich maintained their unbeaten record in the Bundesliga to stay seven points clear of nearest challengers Wolfsburg thanks to a 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen as Franck Ribery scored his 100th goal for the Bavarian giants.

Wolfsburg won 3-2 away at Lower Saxony rivals Hanover 96, while Schalke thumped Stuttgart 4-0 away thanks to a Choupo-Moting hat-trick and there were also wins for Borussia Moenchengladbach and Augsburg and Paderborn shared the spoils with Freiburg in a 1-1 draw.

On Friday, Ilkay Gundogan's goal secured a much-needed 1-0 win for struggling Borussia Dortmund against Hoffenheim.