Schalke 1 – Mainz 1 (Bundesliga, February 4, 2012) Mohamed Zidan had put Mainz into a shock lead on 15. Chinedu Obasi equalised for Schalke with a jinking run and finish just before the hour mark.

Bayer Leverkusen 2 – Stuttgart 2 (Bundesliga, February 4, 2012) The hosts twice took the lead, firstly through Stefan Kiessling on 11 minutes and again two minutes after half-time through Simon Rolfes’ penalty after Julian Schieber had levelled for Stuttgart. Michal Kadlec was then sent off on 63 minutes for Leverkusen before Stuttgart equalised with a minute to go through Martin Harnik and then had Cristian Molinaro sent off in injury time.

Hoffenheim 2 – Augsburg 2 (Bundesliga, February 4, 2012) Augsburg remain in the bottom two, but produced a creditable performance in fighting back to draw 2-2 away with Hoffenheim. The visitors took the lead through Sascha Molders, but an own goal from Peniel Kokou Mlapa and Sejad Salihovic penalty put Hoffenheim in the ascendancy. Sebastian Langkamp drew Augsburg level on 72 minutes and, five minutes later, Augsburg were denied victory when Molders struck the crossbar.

Hertha Berlin 0 – Hannover 1 (Bundesliga, February 4, 2012) Mohammed Abdellaoue’s goal midway through the second half earned Hannover a 1-0 win at Hertha, who had Sebastian Neumann dismissed with 15 minutes to go.

Wolfsburg 0 – Borussia Monchengladbach 0 (Bundesliga, February 4, 2012) Gladbach are now three points adrift of the summit following a 0-0 draw away to another side in mid-table Wolfsburg.