Schalke stuns Dortmund

September 28, 2014 12:50 am | Updated 12:50 am IST - BERLIN:

Schalke 04 defeated rival Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in a Bundesliga Ruhr Valley derby match on Saturday to confirm its improving form after a bad start to the season.

Joel Marip and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored for Schalke, which hosts Maribor in the Champions League on Tuesday, before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pulled one back for the visitor.

Schalke moved up to seventh on eight points while last season’s runner-up Dortmund, which takes on Anderlecht in the Champions League, slipped to ninth, a point behind following its third loss in six league games.

Bayern Munich extended its lead at the top with a patient 2-0 win over promoted Cologne, which was lucky not to concede more. Mario Goetze continued his scoring run with his fourth goal of the season and Daniel Halfar fired in an own goal in the 66th minute to lift the champion to 14 points, two ahead of Borussia Moenchengladbach, which eased past promoted Paderborn 2-1, scoring twice in the opening 14 minutes.

Former champion Suttgart notched its first win of the season under new coach Armin Veh with a 1-0 verdict over Hanover 96.

The results: On Saturday: Schalke 04 2 (Matip 10, Choupo-Moting 23) bt Borussia Dortmund 1 (Aubameyang 26); SC Freiburg 0 drew with Bayer Leverkusen 0; VfB Stuttgart 1 (Schwaab 69) bt Hanover 96 0; FC Cologne 0 lost to Bayern Munich 2 (Goetze 19, Halfar 66-og); SC Paderborn 1 (Wemmer 70) lost to Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 (Herrmann 8, Raffael 14). On Friday: Mainz 05 0 drew with Hoffenheim 0.

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