Berlin - South Korea's Hong Jeong-Ho netted and Brazilian winger Caiuby hit a late winner as struggling Augsburg shocked Schalke 2-1 on Sunday to stay above the Bundesliga relegation places.
Host Augsburg took the lead when Dominik Kohr's strike from outside the area cannoned off Hong's boot at a right angle, taking a wicked deflection, to wrong-foot Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Fahrmann on 34 minutes.
It was centre-back Hong's first Bundesliga goal in his third season with Augsburg.
Schalke, who like Augsburg has qualified for the Europa League's knockout stages, hit back when Sead Kolasinac slotted home on 70 minutes after Eric Choupo-Moting's shot was saved.
But unmarked Caiuby fired home at the far post in the 92nd minute to give Augsburg its first home league win since September and lift the club up to 13th.
Schalke drops to eighth with just one league win in its last seven games to put pressure on coach Andre Breitenreiter.
On Saturday, Robert Lewandowski and Philipp Lahm netted as leader Bayern Munich laboured to a 2-0 win against Ingolstadt to get back on track after last week's shock Bundesliga defeat at Borussia Monchengladbach.
After losing in the league for the first time this season with a 3-1 humbling at 'Gladbach last Saturday, Bayern produced a subdued performance at the Allianz Arena before pulling away with two second-half goals.
Bayern coach Pep Guardiola gave Lahm a note on 58 minutes which contained tactical instructions which had an almost immediate effect.
Lewandowski claimed his 15th league goal of the season when he pounced on Jerome Boateng's long pass on 65 minutes before Lahm struck with 15 minutes left.
With second-placed Borussia Dortmund playing at Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday evening, Bayern took its chance to go eight points clear.
'Gladbach crashed to its first defeat in 11 league games under coach Andre Schubert in a 5-0 hammering at Bayer Leverkusen, for whom Javier Hernandez claimed a hat-trick.
Chicharito needed just 13 second-half minutes to score his three goals with ex-Germany striker Stefan Kiessling also scoring either side of half-time for Leverkusen, who is sixth after only its second win in its last nine games. 'Gladbach is fifth.
Hertha Berlin took the chance to leapfrog 'Gladbach into third when the club romped to a 4-0 win at SV Darmstadt 98 as Bosnia striker Vedad Ibisevic scored twice, Marvin Plattenhardt hit a free-kick and Salomon Kalou netted a fourth.
Fresh from Tuesday's Champions League win over Manchester United, which confirmed its place in the last 16 as group winner, fourth-placed VfL Wolfsburg laboured to a 1-1 draw at home to Hamburger SV.
Werder Bremen continues to hover just above the relegation places after a 1-1 draw at home to 1. FC Koln as Nigeria striker Anthony Ujah had a first-half penalty saved for the host.
Hoffenheim enjoyed its first win since September when Jonathan Schmid's first-half goal sealed their 1-0 win at home to Hannover 96 which lifted the club to 17th.
VfB Stuttgart is bottom again after its goalless draw at FSV Mainz 05 on Friday.
