BERLIN: RB Leipzig missed the chance to move into second spot when they suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat by Bundesliga basement side FC Cologne on Sunday, while Schalke 04 jumped up to third with a 2-0 win at 10-man Bayer Leverkusen.

Leipzig seemed headed for a narrow victory after taking a fif th-minute lead through Jean-Kevin Augustin but were stunned by two late goals against a Cologne side who remain bottom.

The visitors` Vincent Koziello and Leonardo Bittencourt struck in the 70th and 77th minutes respectively to secure an unexpected win and only their fourth in the league this season that lef t Leipzig down in sixth place.

Cologne remain bottom but are now level on points with Hamburg SV, eight points from safety with 10 games remaining.

Schalke improved their chances of a top-four finish with a win at Leverkusen thanks to a simple sidefooted goal by Guido Burgstaller in the lith minute and Nabil Bentaleb`s penalty in the 89th after Panagiotis Retsos brought down Breel Embolo.

Leverkusen faced an uphill battle after midfielder Dominik Kohr picked up a second yellow card in the 38th for a late challenge on striker Embolo and was given his marching orders.

Schalke are level with second-placed Borussia Dortmund on 40 points a massive 20 behind runaway league leaders Bayern Munich-with Eintracht Frankfurt on 39 while Leverkusen and Leipzig are level on points with 38.-Agencies