Heath Pearce received a unwelcome Bavarian lesson on his debut, while Neven Subotić held firm at the back as Mainz hit for four.

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BAYERN PLAY RUDE HANSA HOSTS
A completely new-look Bayern side, buoyed by millions in summer spending, efficiently dismantled Heath Pearce's Hansa Rostock thanks to goals by both new strikers, Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni, for a 3-0 win.

The American left back shook off an injury picked up midweek to make his Bundesliga debut for his new side.

Toni, who similarly overcame a late injury scare, started off the scoring in the 14th minute as Klose played the Italian in with a crisp ball after getting on the end of Basti Schweinsteiger's work.

Klose, who crossed the threshold from bitter title rivals Bremen this summer, would have to wait until midway through the second half to get on the board himself, but it remained a first half in which Die Kogge struggled to keep up with the pace of Bayern's passing.

In the 24th minute, Rostock keeper Stefan Wächter made a double save to deny both Schweinsteiger and fullback Marcell Jansen, and in doing so, kept his team in the game.

When the teams arrived back from the dressing room, little had changed, and the Bavarians kept their attacking impetus. Toni sent his shot just inches over the bar right from the break, but Klose would be more clinical in the 66th minute, pouncing on a rebound from Philipp Lahm's shot.

The two would link up once more in the 85th minute to put the game completely out of reach for the visitors, Klose this time heading in Lahm's cross.

Next up, Hansa will host FC Nürnberg.

Scoring
BAY - Luca Toni 1 (Miroslav Klose) 14'
BAY - Miroslav Klose 1 66'
BAY - Miroslav Klose 2 (Philipp Lahm) 85'

Line-ups
BAY - Oliver Kahn, Philipp Lahm, Lucio, Martin Demichelis, Marcell Jansen, Zé Roberto, Mark van Bommel, Franck Ribéry (Jose Sosa 80'), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Hamit Altintop 74'), Miroslav Klose (S. Wagner 87'), Luca Toni

HNS - Stefan Wächter, Benjamin Lense, Tim Sebastian, Orestes Junior Alves, Heath Pearce, Stefan Beinlich (Kai Bülow 61'), Mark Stein, Christian Rahn (Dexter Langen 61'), Zafer Yelen (Addy-Waku Menga 83'), Ðordije Cetkovic, Enrico Kern

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BENNY-LESS HSV BEAT HANNOVER
After letting go of USMNT midfielder Benny Feilhaber to English side Derby County, Hamburg seemed not to lose a beat, coming up with a 1-0 win over Steve Cherundolo and Die Roten in this northern derby.

The former Portland fullback and his Hannover side battled to take home advantage, but quickly found themselves on the back foot. HSV playmaker Piotr Trochowski and Dutch talismanic attacker Rafael Van der Vaart combined well to trouble the hosts in the opening minutes.

Fluid attacking play would gain tangibility as fullback Collin Benjamin blasted the ball past new Hannover captain and keeper Robert Enke for the 1-0 after being threaded in by former Ajax utility-man Nigel de Jong.

In the 35th minute, HSV almost doubled the lead when Mohamed Zidan's effort just whistled over Enke and the Hannover goal.

After the halftime break, Hannover pushed for an equalizer as Vahid Hashemian fumbled the ball in front of net, then Jan Rosenthal edged his effort over the bar in the 66th minute.

In the dying minutes, former Hamburg striker now playing in the red of Hannover Benjamin Lauth came close, but it was not to be.

Die Roten get another chance at points away to Karlsruher on Friday, while HSV are treated to a trip to Honved Budapest for UEFA Cup qualification on Thursday.

Scoring
HSV - Collin Benjamin 1 (Nigel de Jong) 23'

Line-ups
H96 - Robert Enke; Steve Cherundolo, Thomas Kleine, Dariusz Zuraw, Michael Tarnat, Hanno Balitsch (Benjamin Lauth 64'), Chavdar Yankov, Sergio Pinto (Jan Rosenthal 55'), Arnold Bruggink, Szabolcs Huszti, Mike Hanke (Vahid Hashemian 46')

HSV - Frank Rost; Guy Demel, Vincent Kompany, Joris Mathijsen, Collin Benjamin, David Jarolim, Nigel de Jong, Piotr Trochowski, Rafael van der Vaart, Ivica Olic (Romeo Castelen 83'), Mohamed Zidan (Eric Choupo-Moting 69')

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MAINZ ROUT KOBLENZ
Longtime youth player Neven Subotić got the nod for a full 90 minute shift at the back as Mainz put on an attacking display to overcome TuS Koblenz 4-1.

It was coach Jürgen Klopp's first folly back in the 2.Bundesliga after a few years of resting his Reds in the mid-table of Germany's highest division, and he opened with a bang.

Koblenz were missing American defender Josh Grenier through injury.

Markus Feulner headed home off the under side of the crossbar for the 1-0 in the fifth minute, before missing a chance to double the score from a cross just seven minutes later.

Just two minutes before the halftime break, Koblenz captain Anel Džaka leveled the match for the visitors.

Petr Ruman put the hosts back ahead in the 55th minute before Feulner added his second just a minute later to put the hosts up 3-1.

As the visitors sent numbers forward in search of a way back into the match, space opened up, and Mario Vrančić preyed on the open room to find himself in space for the 4-1.

Klopp and his Mainz side travel to Greuther Fürth on Sunday, while TuS host FC Augsburg on Friday.

Scoring
MNZ - Markus Feulner 1 5'
TUS - Anel Džaka 1 43'
MNZ - Petr Ruman 1 55'
MNZ - Markus Feulner 2 56'
MNZ - Mario Vrančić 1 72'

Line-ups
MNZ - Dimo Wache; Tim Hoogland, Neven Subotić, Nikolsce Noveski, Christian Demirtas, Miroslav Karhan (Francis Laurent 75'), Daniel Gunkel (Mario Vrančić 70'), Milorad Peković, Markus Feulner, Petr Ruman (Félix Borja 75'), Srdjan Baljak

TUS - Dennis Eilhoff; Martin Forkel, Matej Mavrić, Branimir Bajić, Frank Wiblishauser (Manuel Hartmann 46'), Du-Ri Cha (Sascha Traut 60'), Goran Šukalo, Marko Lomić, Anel Džaka, Dragan Bogavac (Philipp Langen 77'), Fatmir Vata

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LIONS ROLL OVER AUGSBURG
US duo Gregg Berhalter and Josh Wolff each provided the goods as 1860 Munich steamed over Augsburg with a 6-2 blowout.

Augsburg started the stronger, testing Die Löwen through Mourad Hdiouad in the opening minutes. Nevertheless, Berkant Göktan opened the scoring in the 16th minute to put the hosts ahead 1-0.

Wolff tried for a goal himself through a header, two minutes later, as the hosts took control of the match.

Danny Schwarz played in Antonio di Salvo in for the 2-0 in the 30th minute, but the visitors pulled one back through the dangerous Hdiouad just four minutes later.

Three minutes before the break, former Stuttgart midfielder Daniel Bierofka fired home for the hosts for the 3-1 after taking advantage of a mis-cleared corner.

Di Salvo added his second of the afternoon in the 54th minute after an unselfish layoff by Wolff.

Lars Bender put the hosts up 5-1 in the 72nd minute, before Hdiouad sent his 20-yard effort in to pull one back for Augsburg in the 78th minute.

Three minutes later, 1860 ended the rout as Di Salvo bagged his hat trick after a nice passing routine with former Kansas City Wizard Wolff.

Augsburg have a Friday date at TuS Koblenz, while the Lions welcome Kaiserslautern to the Allianz Arena on Sunday.

Scoring
1860 - Berkant Göktan 1 16'
1860 - Antonio di Salvo 1 30'
FCA - Mourad Hdiouad 1 34'
1860 - Daniel Bierofka 1 42'
1860 - Antonio di Salvo 2 54'
1860 - Lars Bender 1 72'
FCA - Mourad Hdiouad 2 78'
1860 - Antonio di Salvo 3 81'

Line-ups
TSV - Phillip Tschauner, Markus Thorandt (Nikolas Ledgerwood 46'), Mate Ghvinianidze, Gregg Berhalter, Torben Hoffmann, Danny Schwarz, Lars Bender, Josh Wolff, Berkant Göktan (Sven Bender 69'), Daniel Bierofka (Fabian Johnson 76'), Antonio di Salvo

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ON THE SIDELINE
Kamani Hill played no part as Wolfsburg lost 3-1 to Arminia Bielefeld.

Joe Enochs was an unused sub as Osnabrück made a 2-1 winning return to the 2.Bundesliga against FC Freiburg.

Ian Joy was an unused substitute as St. Pauli slipped to a 2-0 home loss to Cologne.