Miroslav Klose scored a hat-trick in the final half hour to lead Bayern Munich to a 5-0 home win over bottom-of-the-table Energie Cottbus on Wednesday and raise his tally to eight goals in his six Bundesliga games.

BAYERN MUNICH 5 ENERGIE COTTBUS 0

Miroslav Klose got his fourth career hat-trick, raising his season's total to eight in six matches, while Martin Demichelis and Luca Toni added a goal each. Bayern got all five goals in the final half hour. They are averaging three per match.

The match in wet conditions also featured the debut of 17-year-old prodigy Toni Kroos, a highly regarded midfielder from Greifswald who came on for the final 28 minutes and played a big part in two goals with pinpoint crosses to Klose.

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ARMINIA BIELEFELD 0 HANOVER 96 2

Arminia Bielefeld, surprise side of the start of the season, lost their second match in a row, which plunged them from second to 10th in the span of five days ahead of difficult matches at Werder Bremen and at home to Hamburg SV.

Hungary's Szabolcs Huszti converted a penalty in the 54th minute and Sergio Pinto made it 2-0 five minutes from time.

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VFB STUTTGART 1 VFL BOCHUM 0

Roberto Hilbert helped defending champions Stuttgart bounce back from their 4-1 loss at Werder Bremen on Saturday by scoring the match-winner five minutes after the break.

The victory lifted struggling Stuttgart, who entertain Barcelona in a Champions League match next week, to ninth place with 10 points from seven matches.

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NUREMBERG 1 BAYER LEVERKUSEN 2

Bayer Leverkusen jumped into second place with their third straight victory, setting up a showdown at home against leaders Bayern Munich on Saturday.

Stefan Kiessling beat two defenders five minutes before the interval to give Leverkusen the lead but Marek Mintal equalised in the 73rd minute with a penalty. Switerland's Tranquillo Barnetta scored the winner three minutes later.

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EINTRACHT FRANKFURT 0 KARLSRUHE SC 1

Newly promoted Karlsruhe claimed their third away victory of the season, moving up to sixth place from 10th with 12 points from their seven matches.

Defender Maik Franz scored the only goal of the match in the 51st minute, tapping in a loose ball from a corner. Karlsruhe were down to 10 men for the final four minutes after Andreas Goerlitz was sent off with a second yellow card for unsporting conduct.

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