The German Bundesliga after the second round: Bayern and Dortmund lead the early title race.

BUNDESLIGA
Half of the league table remains without a win after the opening two rounds of the Bundesliga season.

August 12.
Freiburg 1-3 Dortmund

August 13.
Leverkusen 1-2 Augsburg
Hertha Berlin 1-1 Frankfurt
RB Leipzig 2-2 FC Koln
Hoffenheim 3-2 Bochum
Werder Bremen 2-2 Stuttgart
Schalke 2-2 Monchengladbach

August 14.
Mainz 0-0 Union Berlin
Bayern Munich 2-0 Wolfsburg

Bayern Munich and Dortmund are part of the 6 teams that remain unbeaten in the league after two rounds, but they are the only two with a 100% winning record in the 2022/23 German Bundesliga season.

Bayer Leverkusen and Bochum remain the two sides with a 100% losing record.
Hertha Berlin, Hoffenheim, Schalke, and Augsburg got points on the table after a losing start.


LEAGUE STANDINGS

1| Bayern Munich – 6 points
2| Borussia Dortmund – 6 points
3| Monchengladbach – 4 points
4| FC Koln – 4 points
5| Union Berlin – 4 points
6| Mainz – 4 points
7| Freiburg – 3 points
8| Hoffenheim – 3 points
9| Augsburg – 3 points
10| Werder Bremen – 2 points
11| RB Leipzig – 2 points
12| Stuttgart – 2 points
13| Schalke – 1 point
14| Hertha Berlin – 1 point
15| Wolfsburg – 1 point
16| Frankfurt – 1 point
17| Bochum – 0 points
18| Bayer Leverkusen – 0 points


Dortmund’s teenagers brought them from a losing position to a win.
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (18) and Youssoufa Moukoko (17) played instrumental roles in getting Dortmund to a 2-1 lead after their side went down a goal in the 35th minute. Dortmund made it two wins in two games after ending the match as 3-1 winners in Freiburg.

Leverkusen start their season with two defeats, while Augsburg bounced back from a 4-0 opening day defeat. Andre Hahn’s 82nd-minute goal sent Augsburg home with three points from a 2-1 win at Leverkusen.

Hertha Berlin took an early lead in the third minute of the first half.
Frankfurt found the equalizer in the second minute of the second half.
Both clubs kicked off their season with a defeat so a point from a 1-1 draw will do.

Simon Zoller’s two goals could not help Bochum avoid another league defeat.
Hoffenheim quickly bounced back from two goals down to win through an 88th-minute goal from Manus Dabbur.
Hoffenheim bounced back from their opening day defeat.

Timo Werner scored the first goal of the game but RB Leipzig dropped another set of two points. From a 1-1 draw at Stuttgart to a 22-draw at home against FC Koln.

Werder Bremen took an early lead but needed a late goal to avoid a home defeat to Stuttgart. Both teams have now started their season with two draws.

Newly-promoted Schalke avoided defeat at home through Marius Bulter’s penalty in the third minute of the final added time. It finished 2-2 as Schalke took points from Monchengladbach.

Mainz and Union Berlin shared the points in a goalless draw to both stay unbeaten.

First-half goals from Jamal Musiala and Thomas Muller were good enough to keep Bayern Munich at the top of the pile with a 2-0 win against Wolfsburg. Musiala’s goal made him the current leading top scorer in the league with 3 goals.