Cologne are in hot pursuit of Bayern Munich as the "Billy Goats" edged Ingolstadt 2-1 to move on the second place of the Bundesliga table.

The hosts needed 28 minutes before top striker Anthony Modeste overcame Ingolstadt's defence by courtesy of a pass into path from Yuya Osako.

The "Schanzer" were unable to stop Cologne as Tobias Levels brought down Osako inside the box to cause a foul play penalty in the 38th minute. Modeste stepped up and doubled the lead from the spot to mark his seventh goal of the season.

Ingolstadt did not pose any threat to Cologne defence. They were yet able to reduce the arrears through a foul play penalty that was converted by Lukas Hinterseer in the closing period.

With the fourth win of the season, unbeaten Cologne moved on the second place of the standings while Ingolstadt suffered their sixth consecutive loss to slump to the Bundesliga bottom.

Elsewhere, Monchengladbach and Hamburg shared the spoil following a goalless draw. Monchengladbach did not grab a win over Hamburg despite a straight red card for Cleber Reis and two awarded penalties.

Augsburg and Schalke played out a 1-1 stalemate after Daniel Baier's goal cancelled out Nabil Bentaleb's opener for Schalke.

Hoffenheim edged newly promoted Freiburg 2-1 thanks to the goals from Sandro Wagner and Andrej Kramaric, and Leverkusen's two-game winning streak came to an end as Werder Bremen snatched a 2-1 win on home soil.

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