Wolfsburg suffered a Champions League hangover on Saturday with a 1-0 defeat at relegation-threatened Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga as Andrej Kramaric scored a third-minute winner.

Wolfsburg reached the last eight in Europe on Tuesday for the first time in the club's history as their 1-0 win at home to Gent sealed a 4-2 win on aggregate in the last 16.

But Dieter Hecking's side were stunned by second-from-bottom Hoffenheim in Sinsheim as Kramaric, on loan from Leicester until the end of the season, scored after just three minutes for his third goal in the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim should have scored a second as Germany forward Kevin Volland had a penalty saved after Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels brought down Kramaric in the area.

Volland had demanded to take the second-half spot-kick, which Kramaric had wanted to attempt himself, but held his head in his hands when Casteels palmed his effort away

This was Wolfsburg's first defeat in four games since going down 2-0 to league leaders Bayern Munich at the end of last month.

The defeat leaves Wolfsburg outside the top six while Hoffenheim remain two points from safety.

Hoffenheim's win pushed bottom side Hanover 96 closer to relegation as they suffered a 2-0 defeat at home to Cologne with Leonardo Bittencourt scoring both goals.

Eintracht Frankfurt's new coach Niko Kovac suffered a 3-0 defeat on his Bundesliga debut as his side were humbled at Borussia Moenchengladbach to stay in the relegation places.

Kovac, who coached Croatia to the 2014 World Cup and took over after Armin Veh was sacked last Sunday, made four changes to the starting line-up, but it did little to stop Frankfurt going eight games without a win.

Hanover's Lars Stindl opened the scoring by drilling in his shot on 36 minutes and the hosts doubled their lead when Raffael casually curled home a clearance kick from Frankfurt goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky on 53 minutes.

Gladbach's Syria-born midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud added Gladbach's third 11 minutes from time after a mistake from Frankfurt midfielder Stefan Reinartz.

A foul on South Korea midfielder Ja-Cheol Koo in the dying stages of Augsburg's 2-2 draw at Darmstadt led to his side taking a crucial point.

Darmstadt took a 2-0 lead through Sandro Wagner and Mario Vrancic before Augsburg hit back with goals from Markus Feulner and a penalty by Alfred Finnbogason after Koo was fouled with a minute left to play.

Things remain tight in the relegation battle with three points now separating five teams.

Australia striker Mathew Leckie scored only his second goal of the season as he headed home from close range in mid-table Ingolstadt's 3-3 draw at home to Stuttgart.

German league leaders Bayern Munich host Werder Bremen on Saturday night while second-placed Borussia Dortmund host Mainz on Sunday.

On Friday, Hertha Berlin cemented third place in the table with a 2-0 win over nearest rivals Schalke thanks to goals from defender Niklas Stark and striker Vedad Ibisevic.