Antonio Raimondo on Friday scored a hat-trick for Frosinone in a 4-2 win over US Sassuolo in Serie A, while Toulouse netted three times in the second half to overcome a plucky Le Mans 3-0 in Ligue 1.
Younes Ebnoutalib’s late goal gave Eintracht Frankfurt a 1-0 win over Cologne and ended their six-game winless run at home in the Bundesliga.
In La Liga, lowly Levante UD picked up points for the second game in a row when they came from behind to draw 1-1 against Deportivo la Coruna.
Frosinone’s Antonio Raimondo celebrates after scoring during their Serie A match against US Sassuolo at the Stadio Benito Stirpe in Frosinone, Italy, on Friday.
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In Germany, neither side created many chances, but Ebnoutalib finished neatly in the 77th minute after being set up by Noell Aseko Nkili, who had replaced Mario Gotze moments earlier.
The result was a welcome win for a side who lost 6-0 against Leipzig in their previous game as they rose to eighth place.
Cologne fell to 11th after a 16th straight away game without a win, the longest current streak in the Bundesliga.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s Younes Ebnoutalib and Fares Chaibi celebrate a goal during their Bundesliga game against Cologne at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Friday.
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Giacomo Calo opened the scoring for Frosinone with the aid of a goalkeeping error and although Domenico Berardi equalized for the visitors after a quarter of an hour, Raimundo took charge soon after with a series of classic poacher goals.
The striker on loan from Bologna scored in the 26th and 30th minutes, and added his side’s fourth in the second half after Kristian Thorstvedt had cut the deficit.
It marked seven goals in seven games for the 22-year-old Raimondo, coming after doubles against Fiorentina and Venezia before the international break.
The win got Frosinone back on track after a 3-0 loss to SSC Napoli and lifted them into fifth place on the Serie A table.
Sassuolo were 11th and have now failed to keep a clean sheet in all seven of their Serie A games this season.
Toulouse used a dominant second half to end Le Mans unbeaten home run in Ligue 1.
Back in the top tier after 16 years, Le Mans had not lost in their first three home matches this season.
However, a 46th-minute goal from Canadian striker Jacen Russell-Rowe put Toulouse in front and Norwegian midfielder Aron Donnum added a second on the hour mark. Dane Casper Tengstedt netted the third in the 87th minute.
Le Mans have now conceded goals in all seven of their league games this season.
The newly promoted side were in 15th place, while Toulouse moved into seventh.
Daniel Requena’s first goal of the season earned Levante a draw against Deportivo La Coruna and extended the home side’s winless run to five matches.
Coruna started the season with an unbeaten run of five games, but they have not won since.
Levante took the lead through Cameroon forward Bil Nsongo after 63 minutes, but Requena equalized eight minutes from the end.
Levante moved one point further from the bottom three.
Coruna remained in eighth with 11 points.