Bayern Munich dominates Dortmund in Der Klassiker
Leverkusen maintains top position with thrilling win over Hoffenheim
Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich hold firm at the top
Takuma Asano leads Bochum to first league win
Freiburg stages remarkable comeback to avoid defeat
Union Berlin’s losing streak extends to 12 matches
Stuttgart struggles continue with second consecutive defeat
Frankfurt moves closer to top 6 with victory over Union Berlin
Stuttgart and Dortmund suffer defeats, Dortmund’s unbeaten streak ends
FC Koln drops to bottom, Mainz remains in relegation zone
Bochum escapes relegation playoff with first league win
RESULTS
[ 1-2 ] DARMSTADT vs. BOCHUM
[ 1-1 ] FC KÖLN vs. AUGSBURG
[ 3-3 ] FREIBURG vs. BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH
[ 2-3 ] HOFFENHEIM vs. BAYER LEVERKUSEN
[ 2-0 ] MAINZ vs. RB LEIPZIG
[ 0-3 ] UNION BERLIN vs. EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
[ 0-4 ] BORUSSIA DORTMUND vs. BAYERN MUNICH
[ 2-2 ] WOLFSBURG vs. WERDER BREMEN
[ 2-0 ] HEIDENHEIM vs. STUTTGART
There were no positional changes in the top 13 spots.
Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich picked up wins to hold onto first and second place as the only unbeaten clubs left in the league.
Stuttgart and Dortmund remain 3rd and 4th, despite both losing their games.
For Dortmund, the defeat was a Der Klassiker loss that ended their unbeaten start to the season.
Frankfurt moved a point away from the top 6 with a win over Union Berlin, after all four teams directly above them suffered defeat.
FC Koln dropped to the bottom of the table, but the occupants of the relegation spots remain the same, with Mainz being their companion.
Bochum moved out of the relegation playoff with their first league win, and Union Berlin replaces them.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Bayer Leverkusen [1st, 10/34 games, 28 pts]
Bayern Munich [2nd, 10/34 games, 26 pts]
Stuttgart [3rd, 10/34 games, 21 pts]
Borussia Dortmund [4th, 10/34 games, 21 pts]
RB Leipzig [5th, 10/34 games, 20 pts]
Hoffenheim [6th, 10/34 games, 18 pts]
Eintracht Frankfurt [7th, 10/34 games, 17 pts]
Freiburg [8th, 10/34 games, 14 pts]
Wolfsburg [9th, 10/34 games, 13 pts]
Augsburg [10th, 10/34 games, 12 pts]
Borussia Mönchengladbach [11th, 10/34 games, 10 pts]
Werder Bremen [12th, 10/34 games, 10 pts]
Heidenheim [13th, 10/34 games, 10 pts]
Bochum [14th, 10/34 games, 8 pts]
Darmstadt [15th, 10/34 games, 7 pts]
Union Berlin [16th, 10/34 games, 6 pts]
Mainz [17th, 10/34 games, 6 pts]
FC Köln [18th, 10/34 games, 5 pts]
Takuma Asano scored twice to give Bochum their first win of the season. Asano’s second goal restored Bochum’s lead and secured a 2-1 victory over Darmstadt.
It was a morale-saving result for Freiburg after two recent defeats (2-1 league defeat to Leverkusen and a 3-1 Pokal defeat to Paderborn). Freiburg took the lead in the 7th minute through Lucas Holer, but Monchengladbach scored twice before halftime to take a 3-1 lead. Frieburg found the goals in the second half to avoid defeat at home, with the equalizing goal coming from Vincenzo Grifo’s late penalty in the 96th minute
A 3-2 win in Hoffenheim keeps Leverkusen unbeaten and in their position on top of the Bundesliga standings. Alex Grimaldo’s second goal of the match restored Leverkusen’s lead after they had blown a 2-goal first-half lead in the opening 15 minutes of the second half.
A 2-0 league defeat at Mainz was the best RB Leipzig could do after their DFB-Pokal title defense was ended in a midweek defeat at Wolfsburg.
Union Berlin has lost their last 12 matches, including 8 league games. Omar Marmoush’s goals had Frankfurt 2-0 up in the opening 15 minutes as they went on to beat Union Berlin 3-0 in Berlin.
Dayot Upamecano scored the game-winning goal in the 4th minute, before Harry Kane went on to get his hat-trick for a 4-0 Der Klassiker win for Bayern in Dortmund. Both teams came into the game unbeaten, and Bayern Munich extended their run at Dortmund’s expense. Dortmund have not won a league game against Bayern since 2018/19 season. It is back-to-back leage hattricks for Harry Kane.
With a goal a piece in each half, Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen shared the points in a ‘2-2’ for both to bounce back from a league defeat in the last round, and add to their midweek successes in the DFB-Pokal.
Stuttgart seem to be missing the goals of their injured striker Serhou Guirassy.
Silas Mvumpa’s penalty miss in the 57th minute proved costly, as Stuttgart ended up losing ‘2-0’ to Heidenheim. This was Stuttgart’s second consecutive league defeat, after winning seven of their opening 8 games.
MATCH RESULTS – GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
[ 1 ] Darmstadt || Fabian Nurnberger 43′
[ 2 ] Bochum || Takuma Asano 25′ 54′
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[ 1 ] FC Köln || Linton Maina 16′
[ 1 ] Augsburg || Phillip Tietz 25′
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[ 3 ] Freiburg || Lucas Holer 7′ Noah Weisshaupt 70′ Vincenzo Grifo 90+6′(pen)
[ 3 ] Borussia Mönchengladbach || Jordan Pefok 25′ Alassane Plea 29′ Julian Weigl 39′(pen)
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[ 2 ] Hoffenheim || Anton Stach 56′ Wout Weghorst 58′
[ 3 ] Bayer Leverkusen || Florian Wirtz 9′ Alex Grimaldo 45+1′ 70′
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[ 2 ] Mainz || Jae-Sung Lee 76′ Leandro Barreiro 80′
[ 0 ] RB Leipzig
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[ 0 ] Union Berlin
[ 3 ] Eintracht Frankfurt || Omar Mamoush 2′ 14′ Nacho Ferri 82′
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[ 0 ] Borussia Dortmund
[ 4 ] Bayern Munich || Dayot Upamecno 4′ Harry Kane 9′ 72′ 90+3′
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[ 2 ] Wolfsburg || Vaclav Cerny 37′ Kevin Paredes 59′
[ 2 ] Werder Bremen || Marvin Ducksch 7′ Rafael Borre 65′
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[ 2 ] Heidenheim || Jan Schoppner 70′ Tim Kleindienst 90+4′
[ 0 ] Stuttgart
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