( CNN ) -- Schalke joined Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after a 3-1 win over Stuttgart at the Veltins Arena . Schalke 's 20-year-old Cameroon midfielder Joel Matip opened the scoring in the third minute with further goals coming from Greek defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos in the 57th minute . Eighteen-year-old midfielder Julian Draxler added a third ten minutes from time . Japan striker Shinji Okazaki scored a consolation goal for Stuttgart near the end but it could n't deny Schalke the win which lifts them level on points with Bayern . Bayern lose at Moenchengladbach as Bundesliga resumes . Goals from Alexander Esswein and Dominic Maroh earned strugglers Nuremberg a valuable 2-0 win against Hertha Berlin . Wolfsburg also claimed three much-needed points with a 1-0 win at home to Cologne courtesy of a goal from striker Sebastian Polter 12 minutes from time . The clash at the bottom saw Freiburg beat Augsburg 1-0 , meaning the clubs swap places at the foot of the table . The game between fifth-place Werder Bremen and Kaiserslautern ended goalless as did the mid-table match between Hoffenheim and Hannover . Sunday 's fixtures see fourth-place Borussia Dortmund travel to Hamburg while sixth-place Bayer Leverkusen host Mainz .
Schalke are level on points with league leaders Bayern after beating Stuttgart 3 - 1 . Nuremberg defeat Hertha Berlin 2 - 1 ; Wolfsburg earn two points with 1 - 0 win over Cologne .