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Bundesliga matchday 4: Dortmund alone on a perfect record, an Olise hat-trick in Bayern's 7–0, and Freiburg held at Frankfurt

Every result of the fourth round — Bayern seven past Union, Dortmund's 1–0 at Stuttgart, Mainz winning 4–3 at Gladbach — and the table after it.

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Four rounds in, Borussia Dortmund are the only side in the Bundesliga with a perfect record. Maximilian Beier's goal on 70 won it 1–0 at Stuttgart and, with SC Freiburg held 2–2 at Eintracht Frankfurt, Dortmund are two points clear. Bayern München beat Union Berlin 7–0 on Friday, Michael Olise scoring three, and are second on goal difference. Hamburg and Paderborn won for the first time this season, and Mainz won a seven-goal match at Gladbach, who are the only club without a point. Nine matches, 33 goals, five home wins, two away wins, two draws and no red cards.

Friday

Bayern München 7–0 Union Berlin was three up at half-time. Jamal Musiala scored on 18 from Alphonso Davies's pass, Harry Kane scored a penalty on 39 and Olise made it three on 43 from Musiala. Kane scored again on 54 from Olise, Ismael Saibari added the fifth on 70 from Davies, and Olise completed his hat-trick on 73 and 76, both from Tom Bischof. Bayern had 68 per cent of the ball and 23 shots, fifteen of them on target; Union had three. The win put Bayern top overnight, as the preview said it would; Dortmund took the place back on Saturday evening.

Saturday

VfB Stuttgart 0–1 Borussia Dortmund was goalless until Beier scored on 70 from Jobe Bellingham's pass. Stuttgart had 56 per cent of the ball and five shots on target; Dortmund had two, and five yellow cards.

Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 SC Freiburg was the first match Freiburg have not won. Younes Ebnoutalib scored for Frankfurt on 10 from Ritsu Doan's pass; Derry Lionel Scherhant equalised on 34 from Jordy Makengo; Jonathan Burkardt restored the lead two minutes later from Robin Koch; and Yuito Suzuki, from Scherhant, levelled on 48. Freiburg had 60 per cent of the ball and 22 shots to ten, seven on target to three.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–4 FSV Mainz 05 had seven goals, eleven yellow cards and two penalties. Florian Neuhaus scored for Gladbach on 11 from Lukas Ullrich's pass; Phillip Tietz equalised on 18 from Sheraldo Becker, and Becker put Mainz ahead a minute into first-half stoppage time from Anthony Caci. Kevin Diks missed a penalty for Gladbach on 57, and Isac Lidberg equalised two minutes later from Ullrich. Eric Martel, from Kaishu Sano, on 78 and Danny da Costa on 89 made it 4–2 before Shuto Machino scored a penalty five minutes into added time. Gladbach had 21 shots and remain without a point.

Werder Bremen 3–2 FC Augsburg turned in the last half-hour. Augsburg led 2–0 through Robin Fellhauer on 18, from Fabian Rieder, and Calvin Marc Brackelmann on 58, from Alexis Claude-Maurice. Marco Grüll pulled one back on 66 from Iván San José Cantalejo, then set up Niclas Füllkrug on 86 and Mitchell Weiser three minutes into added time. Bremen had twenty shots, eleven on target. It was Augsburg's first defeat.

Hamburger SV 2–1 1. FC Köln brought Hamburg their first goals and first points. Nicolás Capaldo scored on 44 and Yussuf Poulsen on 49, both from Albert Grönbaek; Ragnar Ache, from Ellyes Skhiri, replied for Köln on 90. Hamburg put seven of their twelve shots on target.

Sunday

Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 RB Leipzig: Leipzig had a Christopher Nkunku goal cancelled by VAR on 34, and Patrik Schick scored ten minutes later from Miguel Gutiérrez's pass. Gutiérrez scored the second himself on 57. Leverkusen had eighteen shots to twelve and nine corners to six.

FC Schalke 04 0–0 SV Elversberg had 24 shots between the two sides and one on target each. Elversberg had 60 per cent of the ball.

SC Paderborn 07 3–1 1899 Hoffenheim was Paderborn's first win, and their first goals. Santiago Castaneda scored on 29 and Stefano Marino on 42 from Laurin Curda's pass; Adam Daghim pulled one back on 50 from Max Moerstedt, and Steffen Tigges, from Jonah Sticker, made it 3–1 on 69. Hoffenheim had 66 per cent of the ball and 23 shots, two of them on target.

The table after matchday 4

# Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Borussia Dortmund 4 4 0 0 +7 12
2 Bayern München 4 3 1 0 +12 10
3 SC Freiburg 4 3 1 0 +9 10
4 FC Augsburg 4 2 1 1 +5 7
5 Bayer Leverkusen 4 2 1 1 +5 7
6 FSV Mainz 05 4 2 1 1 +4 7
7 SV Elversberg 4 2 1 1 +1 7
8 Werder Bremen 4 2 1 1 0 7
9 RB Leipzig 4 2 0 2 +4 6
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 1 2 1 −1 5
11 FC Schalke 04 4 1 2 1 −1 5
12 SC Paderborn 07 4 1 1 2 −2 4
13 1. FC Köln 4 1 1 2 −3 4
14 1899 Hoffenheim 4 1 0 3 −3 3
15 VfB Stuttgart 4 1 0 3 −3 3
16 Hamburger SV 4 1 0 3 −11 3
17 Union Berlin 4 0 1 3 −13 1
18 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 0 0 4 −10 0

Three clubs are unbeaten: Dortmund, Bayern and Freiburg. Behind them, five clubs are level on seven points, from Augsburg in fourth to Bremen in eighth. Union and Gladbach are the only two without a win, and Union's goal difference of −13 is the worst in the division.

Numbers to know

  • Bayern have scored fourteen, the most in the league, and conceded two; Dortmund have also conceded only two.
  • Four players made two assists in the round: Davies and Bischof for Bayern, Grönbaek for Hamburg and Grüll for Bremen, who also scored.
  • Three penalties: Kane and Machino scored, Diks missed.
  • Hoffenheim had 66 per cent of the ball and 23 shots, and lost 3–1 to a side with 34 per cent. Only two of their shots were on target.
  • Union have conceded seventeen in four matches and Gladbach sixteen.

Next up

Matchday 5 follows the international break and opens on Friday 9 October with Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen. On Saturday Bayern go to FC Augsburg, and on Sunday Freiburg host FC Schalke 04. Kick-off times in your time zone are on the Bundesliga page.

Written from ScoreTable's match data with the help of an AI model, and checked against the results it describes. Spotted something wrong? Let us know.