BIELEFELD - Arminia Bielefeld posted their first win of the season by scoring two goals inside three minutes to beat Cologne on Saturday.
Jonas Kamper got the ball rolling in the 74th minute and Artur Wichniarek made the points safe for the home side just two minutes later.
The win means Bielefeld climb to 12th place in the Bundesliga with five points from five matches, while Cologne are one place and one point further adrift.
Cologne had the first chance of the match at the Schuco Arena but Armando Petit's strike from 20 yards crashed off the crossbar in the 12th minute.
Cologne goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon then denied Bielefeld's Michael Lamey five minutes later, while he also parried away Wichniarek's goal-bound header on the half-hour mark as the home side clawed their way back into the match.
It was the visitors who dominated the second half though but could not find a way through, allowing Bielefeld to eventually break the deadlock 16 minutes from time.
The hosts won a free-kick just outside the box and Kamper's curling effort took a deflection off the Cologne wall and past a helpless Mondragon.
Two minutes later, Mondragon came charging out to clear a long ball forward from Bielefeld but Wichniarek beat him to it and lofted a shot over the Cologne keeper into an empty net.
A back pedaling Kevin McKenna tried to clear the ball off the line for the visitors but his header was in vain.
