BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - In the second round of the DFB Cup, the top clubs in the Bundesliga face tough challenges on Wednesday. League leader Bayer Leverkusen (at Sandhausen, 6:00 p.m./Sky) and runner-up FC Bayern (at Saarbrücken, 8:45 p.m./ARD and Sky) face third-league teams away from home. Borussia Dortmund has a higher hurdle to overcome when it hosts league rivals TSG Hoffenheim (6:00 p.m./Sky). Last year's semifinalists SC Freiburg also enjoy home rights against second-division SC Paderborn (6:00 p.m./Sky).

Bundesliga last-place Mainz 05 is only slightly favored at second-division Hertha BSC (8:45 p.m./Sky), while Eintracht Frankfurt travels to third-tier Bremen defeat Viktoria Koln (8:45 p.m./Sky). Intra-league duels take place between second-division teams Kiel and Magdeburg (6 p.m./Sky) and Nuremberg and Rostock (8:45 p.m./Sky)./dj/DP/he