Bayer Leverkusen failed to move into the top four of the Bundesliga on Saturday as they needed a late goal from Omer Toprak to claim a 1-1 draw against struggling Hoffenheim, who moved off the bottom of the table with a point.
Stefan Kiessling's header was tipped over by Oliver Baumann, at full stretch, in an early sign of what was going to be a busy afternoon for the Hoffenheim custodian.
It was not all happening in front of his goal, however, as Jiloan Hamad scored his first Bundesliga goal just before half-time, showing excellent composure with the way he volleyed his shot into the far corner through a pack of players inside the area.
Hamad missed an even easier chance to double Hoffenheim's lead early in the second half, lifting the ball over the crossbar from close range, before Jonathan Schmid hit the post for the hosts.
Leverkusen were playing a risky game, but it paid off when Toprak brought them level with 15 minutes remaining. After his initial shot hit the post, and Hoffenheim failed to clear their lines, he bravely headed in the loose ball from close range.
The guests peppered Baumann's goal with shots as time ran out, and the Hoffenheim custodian somehow resisted to earn his side a precious point.
Caiuby twice brought instinctive saves out of Rune Jarstein as Augsburg made a bright start in wintry conditions.
Daniel Baier then flashed a header wide of the far post as Augsburg continued to pose a considerable threat on the counter-attack.
Most of the chances continued to fall the Bavarians' way, although Hertha were making a game of it too with Vedad Ibisevic wasting their best chance with a weak finish.
The biggest chance of the game was squandered by Augsburg's Raul Bobadilla, who fired his shot wide having done the hard work in skipping past Berlin's last defender.
It could have earned Augsburg a new club record fourth straight away win, but they instead had to settle for a point, which keeps them six clear of the drop zone.
Berlin climb out of the reach of fourth-placed Borussia Monchengladbach, but will rue an opportunity wasted in view of their excellent home record of having won six of their previous seven at the Olympiastadion.
Stuttgart avenged a 3-1 defeat to Cologne on the opening weekend of the Bundesliga season by beating the same team by the same scoreline.
Cologne took the lead with their first shot on goal, Anthony Modeste converting from the penalty spot in the 18th minute after Georg Niedermeier fouled Marcel Risse inside the area.
Daniel Didavi brought the visitors level 10 minutes before the interval, sliding in to score from five yards after Timo Werner's near-post shot was only parried by Timo Horn.
Werner then put Stuttgart in front early in the second half, heading in Filip Kostic's corner from five yards.
Ingolstadt started the second half of the Bundesliga season the way they had started the first, with a 1-0 win over Mainz.
Moritz Hartmann hit the crossbar for the hosts in the 20th minute before securing the points from the penalty spot after Danny Latza handled the ball inside the penalty area.
Hannover slumped to the bottom of the Bundesliga after Thomas Schaaf's first game in charge, with a 2-1 defeat at home to Darmstadt seeing them hit rock bottom.
Hugo Almeida may have marked his debut in style, drilling the ball into the roof of the net from 15 yards out to give Hannover the lead in the 10th minute, but it was a false dawn for a new-look Reds.
Sandro Wagner levelled for Darmstadt with his fifth of the season, turning in a knock-down from former Hannover forward Jan Rosenthal from close range.
Peter Niemeyer lobbed everybody with a shot which came back off the inside of the post and Konstantin Rausch tested Ron-Robert Zieler before Wagner netted his second, from another Rosenthal knock-down which this time came back to him off the post.
Adam Szalai headed a good chance over the crossbar, but that miss summed up a miserable day for Hannover, whose coach Schaaf is now aware of the size of the task he has taken on with his side now looking up at the rest of the Bundesliga.
