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Brazilian striker Ailton scored twice as Werder Bremen leaped into the pole position of the Bundesliga standings with a 5-3 victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday.
VfB Stuttgart fell from first to third due to its scoreless tie against last-place FC Cologne, but remained unscored upon and undefeated after eight rounds.
Stuttgart goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand set a Bundesliga record of going 824 minutes without conceding a goal. Hildebrand bettered Bayern Munich netminder Oliver Kahn's mark of 802 minutes from last season. Ticketmaster
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Ailton scored in the first 21 minutes to get Bremen going. He is tied for the
league lead with seven goals.
Frenchman Johan Micoud was the playmaker for Ailton's markers and scored one of his own 12 minutes after the break. Canadian Paul Stalteri and Croat Ivan Klasnic also got on the scoreboard.
Bremen has scored at least three goals in four of the eight games this season.
Bayer Leverkusen moved up to second, equal on 18 points with Bremen, by finding the back of the net three times in a 19-minutes second half span. Leverkusen beat Hansa Rostock, 3-0. Ticketmaster
Argentine defender Diego Placente, Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov and midfielder Daniel Bierofka scored for Leverkusen. Leverkusen defender Jens Novotny made his return to action after recovering from a career-threatening knee injury.
Hertha Berlin remained winless this season and against Bayern Munich for the 26th straight year after a 4-1 loss at the Bavarian club. The last time Hertha won against Bayern was a 2-0 result on October 29, 1977.
Dutch striker Roy Makaay scored for the fourth straight game and assisted on one of the goals. Bayern Munich is two points behind the leader in fourth place.
Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian and Peter Madsen of Denmark scored two goals each as VfL Bochum routed Kaiserslautern, 4-0. The last time Bochum beat Lautern at home was in 1989. Ticketmaster
Hamburg's Bosnian forward Sergej Barbarez also dented the net twice in the second half for a 2-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Gladbach has not won since a 1-0 victory over Cologne in the opening round.
Dortmund and SC Freiburg posted identical 1-0 wins on Saturday.
Dortmund did it on the road at Eintracht Frankfurt thanks to a 10th minute goal by Giuseppe Reina. It was Dortmund's first away win since December 14, 2002 (10 months). Ticketmaster
Bosnian striker Zlatan Bajramovic netted his fifth goal for Freiburg's win against TSV 1860 Munich.
Dario Rodriguez
of Uruguay scored in the last three rounds and his 41st-minute goal Saturday
gave Schalke 04 a 2-1 win at Hannover 96.