Dortmund lose at home again and Frankfurt held as tennis balls return

Borussia Dortmund's roller-coaster season juddered to yet another home defeat on Sunday as Hoffenheim's Maximilian Beier scored twice in quick succession to pull off a wild 3-2 triumph.

Dortmund have now lost three home games in the Bundesliga this term, compared to only one away clash, while Hoffenheim edged up to seventh with Europe on their minds thanks to a sixth away victory.

Missing out on the title on the final day last season is just a distant memory to Dortmund fans at the moment but they remain in the fourth and final Champions League spot by a point - mainly due to the inconsistency of others.

Fifth-placed RB Leipzig lost 2-1 late on at Bayern Munich on Saturday while in Sunday's early game, Eintracht Frankfurt in sixth failed to make much headway with a last-gasp 2-2 draw at home to Wolfsburg.

Fans threw tennis balls and other objects onto to the pitch in Frankfurt at the start of the second half despite the German Football League (DFL) abandoning unpopular plans to recruit an external investor last week.

Supporter protests against the proposals had been going on for weeks in the Bundesliga but given the DFL's climb-down, Saturday's matches were largely played without incident.

Why fans in Frankfurt continued the protest was initially unclear - although one banner criticized Volkswagen-owned Wolfsburg.

Despite a stoppage-time leveller from Omar Marmoush, it is now four league games in a row without a win for the Eagles, who are seven points off Dortmund with only 11 games left.

Frankfurt, knocked out of the Europa Conference League by Union Saint-Gilloise on Thursday, went behind to Maxence Lacroix's goal after just 2 minutes.

Left wingback Philipp Max soon equalized on the overlap after a quick break for his first of the season.

But the visitors went back ahead on 36 minutes through a first Wolfsburg goal for January recruit Kevin Behrens.

The former Union Berlin forward netted with a header, but Marmoush's late goal means Wolfsburg are still waiting for their first win since mid-December as coach Niko Kovač remains under pressure.

The draw at Kovač's former side left the Wolves in 12th.

In Dortmund, Hoffenheim seized an early lead thanks to Ihlas Bebou but Donyell Malen and Nico Schlotterbeck had the hosts ahead midway through the first half.

As so often this season though, Dortmund lost their way and German under-21 international Beier made them pay with goals on 61 and 64 minutes.

Freiburg, who reached the Europa League last 16 on Thursday amid high drama, sit ninth and visit fourth-bottom Augsburg in the late game.

On Friday, unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen won 2-1 at home to second-bottom Mainz and lead the table by eight points.