Hertha beat their ex-captain in front of 70,000 fans, Bielefeld and Magdeburg cruising - 5 things we learned from 2. Bundesliga Matchday 11

@eskeFussball Hertha BSC's narrow win over ten-man Wolfsburg headlines matchday 11 action in 2. Bundesliga continues after a hard-fought win over Wolfsburg on matchday 11.

Hertha prevail in front of 70,000 fans 70,000 fans were in attendance for Hertha BSC's narrow win over fellow promotion hopefuls VfL Wolfsburg in the last 2. Bundesliga Topspiel before the season's second international break.

After Cleiton's early red card, the league leaders scored two goals at the end of the first-half, but they had a difficult time after the restart as Tobias Strobl's men halved the deficit almost immediately. However, Hertha still managed to take all three points as they only dropped two points after 11 rounds.

Stefan Leitl's side weren't one of the pre-season favorites after the departures of key players, but they're now ten points ahead of third-placed Kaiserslautern. Fabian Reese is one of the star players who left Hertha in the summer, but he was unable to make an impact on his return to a packed Olympiastadion.

It was only the third time that the former Hertha captain didn't register a direct goal contribution in Wolfsburg colors. Eighth clean sheet for Kaiserslautern Nürnberg and Kaiserslautern will spend the international break in the top three after their respective wins over Darmstadt and Osnabrück.

Miroslav Klose's men scored two second-half goals to return to winning ways at Max-Morlock-Stadion against relegation-threatened Darmstadt. Meanwhile, Kaiserslautern's robust defense recovered from conceding three goals to all-conquering Hertha by keeping their eighth clean sheet of the season to help Torsten Lieberknecht's side record another narrow victory.

Nürnberg and Kaiserslautern will host bottom half teams Eintracht Braunschweig and Dynamo Dresden after the international break. Sixth time lucky: Bochum finally win at home Uwe Rösler's troops are in a good run of form as they won three games on the trot.

After qualifying for the Round of 16 in DFB-Pokal, Bochum won back-to-back games in 2. Bundesliga against Energie Cottbus and Karlsruher SC.

Sunday's late win against Karlsruhe ended their long wait for a first home win. The club's top-scorer Philipp Hofmann scored a second-half brace, including the winning goal in injury-time.