Bayer Leverkusen warmed up for their Champions League clash at home to Manchester United by going second in the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 1-0 win at Hertha Berlin.

With Borussia Dortmund later hosting leaders Bayern Munich, in a repeat of May's Champions League final, Leverkusen took the chance to pass Dortmund into second.

Striker Stefan Kiessling, who has been repeatedly overlooked by Germany coach Joachim Loew since 2010, hit Leverkusen's first-half winner for his eighth goal in 13 league games.

Leverkusen, who are just a point behind Wednesday's opponents United in the Champions League's Group A, hit Hertha on the counter-attack when Jens Hegeler's final pass was buried by Kiessling on 29 minutes.

Sixth-placed Schalke, who are away to Steau Bucharest in the Champions League on Tuesday and second in Group E behind Chelsea, drew 3-3 at Eintracht Frankfurt.

The Royal Blues flew into a 2-0 lead after only 18 minutes away from home, but leaked three goals in 12 disasterous second-half minutes.

Eintracht, who are just above the relegation places, hit the back of the Schalke net four times in those 12 minutes, but one of their efforts was ruled offside.

Frankfurt's Spanish midfielder Joselu scored twice with the ex-Real Madrid player adding to his earlier header when he slammed home a long-range shot on 68 minutes.

Germany defender Benedikt Hoewedes saved Schalke's blushes when he hit the top-right hand corner to equalise with just four minutes left.

Wolfsburg's four-match winning streak, which has seen them climb to fifth in the league, was ended when they were held to a 1-1 draw at second-from-bottom Nuremberg.

The host team's striker Daniel Ginczek equalised after 19-year-old Maximilian Arnold had converted Brazilian play-maker Diego's final pass for Wolves just before the break.

Freiburg stay in the relegation places despite their 1-0 win at bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig, while Augsburg are up to tenth after their 2-0 win at Hoffenheim.

On Sunday, Hamburg host Hanover without Dutch captain Rafael van der Vaart, who is expected to miss the next four weeks with an ankle injury.

On Friday, Borussia Moenchengladbach stayed fourth with a 2-0 win at VfB Stuttgart, their fourth straight win, with goals by Brazil's Raffael and Sweden's Oscar Wendt.