The Bundesliga 1st round ended on Sunday with a hard fought draw between hannover and Schalke. Both teams looked engaged, with the 96ers perhaps having the edge in the early going. The Blues finally got going on a counter-attack, with Huntelaar cutting across the top of the box and rocketing in a perfect left footed shot into the corner. Schalke began to assert themselves, and were soon in front as Holtby headed in from a crowd. Hannover then made a few subs, and it paid off with a late goal by Nikci, after a nice run by Schlaudraff.

Overall, a deserved draw and a decent way to end the opening day.

Hannover 96	 - 	FC Schalke 04      2:2 (1:0)   49,000

                1:0  Felipe (43., Pander)
                1:1  Huntelaar (52., Holtby)
                1:2  Holtby (64., J. Jones)
                2:2  Nikci (80., Schlaudraff)

 1  Bayern München	  	1 	1 	0 	0 	3:0  +3 	3 
 2  Fortuna Düsseldorf (N)	1 	1 	0 	0 	2:0  +2 	3 
 3  Borussia Dortmund (M, P)	1 	1 	0 	0 	2:1  +1 	3	  	
 4  Eintracht Frankfurt (N)	1 	1 	0 	0 	2:1  +1 	3	  	
 5  Borussia M'gladbach	  	1 	1 	0 	0 	2:1  +1 	3 
 6  1. FC Nürnberg	  	1 	1 	0 	0 	1:0  +1 	3	  	
 7  VfL Wolfsburg	  	1 	1 	0 	0 	1:0  +1 	3 
 8  Hannover 96	  	        1 	0 	1 	0 	2:2   1 	1 	  	
 9  FC Schalke 04	  	1 	0 	1 	0 	2:2   1 	1 
10  SC Freiburg	  	        1       0 	1 	0 	1:1   0 	1	  	
11  1. FSV Mainz 05	  	1 	0 	1 	0 	1:1   0 	1 
12  Werder Bremen	  	1 	0 	0 	1 	1:2  -1 	0 	  	
13  1899 Hoffenheim	  	1 	0 	0 	1 	1:2  -1 	0 	  	
14  Bayer Leverkusen	  	1 	0 	0 	1 	1:2  -1 	0 
15  Hamburger SV	  	1 	0 	0 	1 	0:1  -1 	0	  	
16  VfB Stuttgart	  	1 	0 	0 	1 	0:1  -1 	0
17  FC Augsburg	  	        1 	0 	0 	1 	0:2  -2 	0 
18  SpVgg Greuther Fürth (N)	1       0 	0 	1 	0:3  -3 	0