Hamburg  - Andrey Voronin was the familiar hero as Hertha Berlin defeated Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 on Saturday to maintain a four-point Bundesliga lead.

Voronin scored the winner early in the second half, with plenty of luck on his side as the ball went into the net off his chest after goalkeeper Rene Adler had saved his first shot.

Hertha top the table with 49 points, with Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg following on 45 points each. TSG Hoffenheim have 43 and SV Hamburg take 42 into their Sunday game with lowly Energie Cottbus.

Munich won 3-0 at 10-man VfL Bochum and Hoffenheim were held 1-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt. Elsewhere, Hanover 96 came from two goals down twice to draw 4-4 with Borussia Dortmund, Cologne lost 4-2 at home against Borussia Moenchengladbach and Arminia Bielefeld won 1-0 at bottom club SC Karlsruhe. (dpa)