Kaiserslautern shocks Bayern Munich

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08/27/2010 - Kaiserslautern, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ivo Ilicevic and Srdjan Lakic scored in a one-minute span late in the first half and Kaiserslautern shocked Bayern Munich, 2-0, on Friday at Fritz Walter Stadium.

Ilicevic scored in the 36th minute for his second goal of the season and Lakic followed with third in just two games in the 37th minute. Kaiserslautern held on to continue its perfect return to the Bundesliga and leads the league ahead of the weekend matches.

Kaiserslautern, which earned promotion to the Bundesliga this season, defeated Cologne, 3-1, last week to mark its return to Germany's top flight.

Bayern opened defense of its title with a last-second 2-1 win over Wolfsburg when Bastian Schweinsteiger scored in stoppage time. Thomas Muller also scored last week, but Bayern never rebounded from his miss against Kaiserslautern.

Schweinsteiger put Muller through into the area in the 25th minute, but with only Kaiserslautern goalie Tobias Sippel to beat and two teammates open to his right, the World Cup's top scorer fired wide of the right post from 12 yards.

Ivicia Olic glanced a header just wide of the right post in the 33rd as Bayern pressured again, but Kaiserslautern answered with two quick goals on its only good first-half chances.

Christian Tiffert set up the opener with a pass across the top of the box that was dummied by a teammate and rolled to Ilicevic. Ilicevic drove the ball into the upper-right corner from 22 yards, leaving Bayern goalie Hans-Jorg Butt no chance.

Before Bayern could refocus, Kaiserslautern struck again through Lakic. After a turnover in midfield, Ilicevic set up Lakic, who fired into the bottom-left corner. Ilicevic's pass should have been cleared by Bayern center back Holger Badstuber, but it glanced off his foot to leave Lakic wide open against Butt.

Bayern had a few chances to get back in the game, as Miroslav Klose was denied by Sippel in the 47th and then fired high in the 50th.

Kaiserslautern's Rodnei headed just wide of the left post in the 75th to give Bayern some hope in the final 15 minutes, but Toni Kroos fired wide right just one minute later as Bayern's hopes faded.

Bayern failed to produce many chances over the last minutes but Kaiserslautern did suffer a blow when Ilicevic picked up his second yellow card in stoppage time.

On Saturday, Schalke hosts Hannover, Werder Bremen hosts Cologne, Wolfsburg hosts Mainz, Eintracht hosts Hamburg, Nurnberg hosts Freiburg and St. Pauli hosts Hoffenheim.

On Sunday, Bayer Leverkusen hosts Monchengladbach and Stuttgart hosts Borussia Dortmund.

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