Bayern Munich thrashed Leverkusen to move a point clear in the lead. The German Bundesliga after eight rounds.

BUNDESLIGA

Bayern Munich is a point clear in the Bundesliga title race after thrashing Leverkusen.
The result allowed Dortmund to use a win against Mainz to move up a position for second place and seeing Leverkusen drop a position down to third.
Freiburg kept fourth place with a point aginst and 8th-placed RB Leipzig.
Union Berlin beat Wolfsburg to take 5th place from them. Wolfsburg dropped a position down to 6th while Union Berlin climbed two positions up.

Hoffenheim climbed into the top half of the standings to 9th after kicking the round off with a 5-0 win against FC Koln.

Arminia Bielefeld and Greuther Furth remained without a win.

LEAGUE STANDINGS AFTER ROUND EIGHT
1. Bayern Munich – 19 points
2. Borussia Dortmund – 18 points
3. Bayer Leverkusen – 16 points
4. Freiburg – 16 points
5. Union Berlin – 15 points
6. Wolfsburg – 13 points
7. FC Koln – 12 points
8. RB Leipzig – 11 points
9. Hoffenheim – 11 points
10. Monchengladbach – 11 points
11. Mainz – 10 points
12. Stuttgart – 9 points
13. Hertha Berlin – 9 points
14. Frankfurt – 8 points
15. Bochum – 7 points
16. Augsburg – 6 points
17. Arminia Bielefeld – 5 points
18. Greuther Fürth – 1 points





Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) and Erling Haaland (Dortmund) added two goals to their tally to remain at the top of the scoring list in the league. Both have 9 goals to their name.

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – 9 goals
Erling Haaland (Dortmund) – 9 goals
Patrick Schick (Leverkusen) – 7 goals
Taiwo Awoniyo (Union Berlin) – 6 goals


MATCH RESULTS
Hoffenheim 5-0 FC Koln
Dortmund 3-1 Mainz
Frankfurt 1-2 Hertha Berlin
Freiburg 1-1 RB Leipzig
Greuther Furth 0-1 Bochum
Union Berlin 2-0 Wolfsburg
Monchengladbach 1-1 Stuttgart
Leverkusen 1-5 Bayern Munich
Augsburg 1-1 Arminia Bielefeld

HOFFENHEIM 5-0 FC KOLN
Ihlas Bebou kicked off the scoring with his brace as Hoffenheim went on to a whopping 5-0 win over FC Koln.
The result pulled Hoffenheim a point away from FC Koln the standings.

DORTMUND 3-1 MAINZ
Erling Harland was on the scoresheet [2x] as Dortmund scored three for three points against Mainz.

FRANKFURT 1-2 HERTHA BERLIN
A win at Frankfurt pushed Hertha Berlin a point above Eintracht Frankfurt in the standings.

FREIBURG 1-1 RB LEIPZIG
Freiburg came from behind to take a point at home against RB Leipzig. Both teams were in search of their third win in a row.

GREUTHER FURTH 0-1 BOCHUM
Bochum doubled their victories to keep Greuther Furth winless when the two recently promoted teams faced off. Anthony Losilla’s goal decided the game in the 80th minute.

UNION BERLIN 2-0 WOLFSBURG
Wolfsburg continues to sink after starting the Bundesliga season with four wins in a row.
A 2-0 defeat to Union Berlin meant that Wolfsburg have now gone four league matches without a win while dropping two points behind Union Berlin.

MONCHENGLADBACH 1-1 STUTTGART
Jonas Hofmann got Monchengladbach on level terms when he scored a 42nd minute equalizing goal to cancel
Stuttgart’s lead that had been installed in the 15th minute by Konstantinos Mavropanos.

LEVERKUSEN 1- 5 BAYERN MUNICH
It was a reminder to the chasing pack in the title race: Bayern Munich superiority remains intact.

Bayern Munich got the job done in the first half to get the result that installed a 3- point gap between them and Leverkusen.
Bayern Munich re-opened a point gap at the top of the standings with a brace from Robert Lewandowski as the foundation.

AUGSBURG 1- 1 ARMINIA BIELEFELD
Arminia Bielefeld remains winless but happy with a point. It will feel like points dropped for Augsburg after losing a lead and having two goals denied by the offside rule.