Schalke’s shocking form in the Bundesliga continued with a defeat at home to relegation threatened Werder Bremen.
David Wagner’s side are 11 games without a win and have lost all four matches since the German top flight returned earlier this month.
A match against Werder Bremen, who are second from bottom, looked like the perfect opportunity for them to get their season back on track.
Leonardo Bittencourt scored the only goal of the game when his left-foot shot flew beautifully into the top corner.
Even a change in goalkeeper could not prevent yet another defeat for Wagner’s side.
Schalke dropped down to 10th place while the much needed win for Werder Bremen saw them close the gap to 16th place Fortuna Dusseldorf to just two points.
Eintracht Frankfurt pushed themselves further away from trouble at the bottom of the table with a 2-1 win over Werder Bremen.
Andre Silva opened the scoring for the visitors when he converted from the penalty spot following a foul by Marin Pongracic.
Kevin Mbabu equalised for Wolfsburg in the 58th minute when he headed in before Frankfurt snatched all three points late on.
Daichi Kamada made it 2-1 five minutes before the end while they also finished with 10 men when Lucas Torro was shown a second yellow card.
Hertha Berlin also took three points from their clash with Augsburg thanks to goals from Javairo Dilrosun and Krzysztof Piatek.
Hoffenheim claimed a 1-0 victory against Mainz with Ihlas Bebou scoring the only goal of the game.
Full Bundesliga results from Saturday:
Mainz 0-1 Hoffenheim
Schalke 0-1 Werder Bremen
Hertha Berlin 2-0 Augsburg
Wolfsburg 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Bayern Munich vs Fortuna Dusseldorf (5.30pm kick-off which is live on talkSPORT 2)
