Saturday 14 March 2015 22:59, UK
Augsburg's hopes of playing in Europe next season suffered a setback as they were beaten 2-0 at home by Mainz.
Shinji Okazaki put the visitors in front against the run of play and Augsburg were unable to make the most of their superiority, falling to a second goal from Koo Ja-cheol late on.
Defeat means Augsburg now only have a two-point advantage over seventh-placed Hoffenheim, who enjoyed a 3-0 win over 10-man Hamburg.
Eugen Polanski put Markus Gisdol's men in front from the penalty spot after Jaroslav Drobny was given his marching orders midway through the first half.
Polanski added a second late on before Sebastian Rudy completed the scoring in a win which revives Hoffenheim's hopes of playing in Europe next season while leaving Hamburg still on the brink of the bottom three.
Eintracht Frankfurt got back to winning ways after a heavy defeat in Cologne last week by dishing out a punishment of their own against Paderborn.
The prolific Alexander Meier opened the scoring in a 4-0 win with Marc Stendera and Stefan Aigner also on target to leave the East Westphalian side inside the bottom three.
Nelson Valdez, making his return after a six-month injury absence, put the cherry on top for the Eagles late on with his team's fourth at the Waldstadion.
