FOOTBALL NEWS FROM BUNDESLIGA
Leverkusen win at home
Two goals from substitute Sidney Sam earned Bayer Leverkusen a 2-0 win against Greuther Furth, who slipped into the bottom two after their first away defeat of the season.
After a tight first half, Sam sprang from the bench to fire Leverkusen ahead in the 50th minute. He then scored the second in the 62nd minute to give Leverkusen only their third win of the season and lift them up to sixth.
Hamburg rode their luck to end the week with seven points from three games thanks to a tight 1-0 win over Hannover.
The home side managed only two shots on goal over the 90 minutes but one of them, from Artjoms Rudnevs, landed in the back of the net in the 20th minute and that made the difference.
Hannover wasted a hatful of chances and left the HSV-Arena puzzled and empty-handed.
Stuttgart picked up a 2-0 away victory over Nurnberg to lift the pressure off their coach Bruno Labbadia.
Vedad Ibisevic gave the visitors the lead with the quickest goal in the Bundesliga this season inside the opening minute before Martin Harnik wrapped up the win in the 75th minute.
Stuttgart's players celebrated with their coach after claiming their first win of the season while consigning Nurnberg to a third successive defeat.
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Two goals from substitute Sidney Sam earned Bayer Leverkusen a 2-0 win against Greuther Furth, who slipped into the bottom two after their first away defeat of the season.After a tight first half, Sam sprang from the bench to fire Leverkusen ahead in the 50th minute. He then scored the second in the 62nd minute to give Leverkusen only their third win of the season and lift them up to sixth.
Hamburg rode their luck to end the week with seven points from three games thanks to a tight 1-0 win over Hannover.
The home side managed only two shots on goal over the 90 minutes but one of them, from Artjoms Rudnevs, landed in the back of the net in the 20th minute and that made the difference.
Hannover wasted a hatful of chances and left the HSV-Arena puzzled and empty-handed.
Stuttgart picked up a 2-0 away victory over Nurnberg to lift the pressure off their coach Bruno Labbadia.
Vedad Ibisevic gave the visitors the lead with the quickest goal in the Bundesliga this season inside the opening minute before Martin Harnik wrapped up the win in the 75th minute.
Stuttgart's players celebrated with their coach after claiming their first win of the season while consigning Nurnberg to a third successive defeat.