Schalke 04 ended a four-match winless streak after grabbing a 1-0 home win over Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Serbian defender Mladen Krstajic scored in the 76th minute to secure the precious three points for Mirko Slomka's team. Schalke are in charge of the league table with 53 points, six ahead of second-placed Werder Bremen who face Mainz on Sunday. Title holders Bayern Munich squandered a chance to take advantage of Stuttgart's slip-up after they were handed a 1-0 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt. Christoph Preuss notched what proved to be the winner 12 minutes from time to help his team ease their relegation worries. The Bavarian giants remained fourth on 44 points, trailing third-placed Stuttgart by two points. Elsewhere, Thomas Doll's first game in charge of Borussia Dortmund ended in a goalless draw against Nurnberg while HSV Hamburg held Hannover 96 with the same score. Wolfsburg climbed to tenth place after beating Bochum 3-1, courtesy of Isaac Boakye, Alexander Madlung and Marcelo Dos Santos goals while Theofanis Gekas scored Bochum's only goal.
