Borussia Dortmund made it 11 straight wins in all competitions with a 1-0 Bundesliga triumph at Hertha Berlin. A 63rd-minute strike from Dortmund's Kevin Grosskreutz proved to be the difference between the two teams at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Saturday.
Bayern Munich were held to a goalless draw at Freiburg.
Borussia Moenchengladbach climbed to second place courtesy of their 2-1 away win over Kaiserslautern.
Patrick Herrmann and Juan Arango each scored within the first 13 minutes for Moenchengladbach at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion.
Leon Jessen got a goal back for Kaiserslautern on 62 minutes, but it was not enough for the home side.
A Stefan Kiessling brace helped Bayer Leverkusen dispatch Augsburg 4-1 at home.
Kiessling opened the scoring 25 minutes into the match at the BayArena, with Koo Ja-Cheol levelling for Augsburg four minutes into the second half.
The visitors had no answer to three Leverkusen goals in the space of 10 minutes, as Gonzalo Castro, Kiessling again, and Andre Schuerrle put the outcome beyond doubt.
Werder Bremen came away from their trip to Hamburg with all three points, courtesy of a 3-1 victory.
Marko Marin and Tom Trybull struck to give Bremen a 2-0 half-time lead.
Mladen Petric got one back for Hamburg on 76 minutes, but Marko Arnautovic made the result safe for the away side when he scored with five minutes to go.
Nuremberg left it late to secure a 2-1 victory at home to Cologne.
The hosts led through Alexander Esswein's 28th-minute strike, with Milivoje Novakovic equalising for visitors Cologne in the 65th minute.
Tomas Pekhart scored on 85 minutes to help his Nuremberg side across the line.
