Bundesliga matchday 6: Díaz hat-trick takes Bayern top, Leverkusen end Freiburg's unbeaten start, Dortmund held at Union

Bayern München are top of the Bundesliga after beating RB Leipzig 6–1 on Saturday night, with a hat-trick from Luis Díaz. Borussia Dortmund drew 0–0 at Union Berlin and are level with Bayern on 14 points, and on Sunday Bayer Leverkusen beat SC Freiburg 2–1 to hand Freiburg their first defeat, so four teams are now separated by a single point. Borussia Mönchengladbach lost again and have no points from six matches. The round brought 27 goals in nine matches: five home wins, two away wins and two draws.

Friday

Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 1. FC Köln was decided by Younes Ebnoutalib on 77, from Noel Aseko's pass, his fifth league goal of the season. Eintracht Frankfurt had seven shots on target to three and seven corners to three, and 1. FC Köln's goalkeeper made six saves.

Saturday afternoon

Union Berlin 0–0 Borussia Dortmund produced two shots on target, both Dortmund's; Union had eleven shots and none on target, while Dortmund had 62 per cent of the ball. Dortmund were booked three times in the first 14 minutes, Ethan Nwaneri on 1, Waldemar Anton on 7 and Serhou Guirassy on 14. Konstantinos Karetsas went off injured after turning his foot in a foul by Rani Khedira and had to be helped from the pitch, Sportschau reports; sporting director Ole Book said he hoped it was not too serious. Union coach Mauro Lustrinelli called it "a nice 0–0, because it was open to the end".

Hamburger SV 1–0 VfB Stuttgart was won by Miro Muheim on 88, from Zakaria El Ouahdi's pass, with what Sportschau calls a spectacular long-range shot. VfB Stuttgart had 66 per cent of the ball and 24 shots to fourteen, but only five on target. It was the third win in a row for Hamburger SV, who move up to ninth.

Werder Bremen 2–2 SC Paderborn 07 saw Werder Bremen come back from two goals down for the second week running. Stefano Marino put SC Paderborn 07 ahead on 18 from Steffen Tigges's pass, and Tigges made it 2–0 on 30. Niclas Füllkrug pulled one back on 59 from Eren Dinkci's pass and equalised from the penalty spot on 65. Bremen had eleven shots on target, and Paderborn's goalkeeper made nine saves.

FC Schalke 04 0–1 FSV Mainz 05 was settled by Phillip Tietz on 24, from Anthony Caci's pass. FSV Mainz 05 have won all three of their away matches this season, and Sportschau counts five away wins in a row across seasons, a club record. FC Schalke 04 have now played three league matches at home without scoring; captain Kenan Karaman said their duelling had been "abysmal".

SV Elversberg 4–3 FC Augsburg had seven goals and two missed penalties. Lukas Petkov missed a penalty for SV Elversberg on 4 and scored in the same minute, Lasse Günther made it 2–0 on 7 from Maurice Krattenmacher's pass, and Maximilian Rohr added the third on 28, from Felix Keidel. FC Augsburg scored two penalties, Fabian Rieder on 45+9 and Michael Gregoritsch on 76. Frederik Schmahl, from Petkov, made it 4–2 on 89, Mert Kömür replied on 90 from Hennes Behrens's pass, and Noel Futkeu missed a second Elversberg penalty on 90+8. Augsburg had 29 shots to nineteen and twelve corners to four; it was Elversberg's first win in four league matches.

Saturday evening

Bayern München 6–1 RB Leipzig was 3–0 at half-time. Luis Díaz opened the scoring on 12 from Joshua Kimmich's pass, Aleksandar Pavlović, from Díaz, made it two on 26, and Michael Olise, from Harry Kane, added the third on 34. Díaz scored again on 47 from Kane, Kane scored on 53 from Nathaniel Brown, and Díaz completed his hat-trick on 69 from Olise. Andrija Maksimović, from Brajan Gruda, scored Leipzig's goal on 90+1. Bayern had 29 shots and 17 on target, and Leipzig's goalkeeper made eleven saves. Díaz had scored only once in the league this season before the hat-trick, Sportschau notes. Leipzig coach Martín Demichelis said his side "must apologise to our fans"; they have lost all three of their away matches.

Sunday

Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 SC Freiburg began with a Freiburg goal: Derry Lionel Scherhant scored on 14 from Philipp Treu's pass. Ibrahim Maza equalised on 19 from Patrik Schick's pass, and Schick, from Maza, scored the winner on 76. Freiburg had two shots on target. Yuito Suzuki was suspended and Keisuke Goto took his place, Bundesliga.com reports. Schick's goal made him the first Leverkusen player to score in each of the first six matchdays of a Bundesliga season, according to Bundesliga.com; "Six in a row, it's very nice," he said. Freiburg have not beaten Leverkusen in their last eight meetings.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 1899 Hoffenheim went to 1899 Hoffenheim. Bambasé Conté scored on 11 from Alexander Prass's pass, Wael Mohya equalised on 49 from Florian Neuhaus, and Prass scored the winner on 54 from Adam Hložek's pass. Hoffenheim had eight shots on target to three. Sportschau reports that Gladbach are only the fourth club in Bundesliga history without a point after six matches; coach Alexander Blessin said nothing was being given to his side.

The table after matchday 6

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

Bayern and Dortmund are level on 14 points, Bayern top on goal difference, +17 to +7, and they are the only unbeaten sides. Freiburg and Leverkusen are a point behind on 13. The points race shows how the gap closed: Freiburg and Dortmund had led together after five matchdays, Bayern climbed from two points behind to the top, and Leverkusen, who lost their first match, have caught Freiburg. Mainz and Elversberg are fifth and sixth on ten. At the bottom, Gladbach are five points behind Schalke, Paderborn and Union, who have five each.

Numbers to know

• Five penalties were awarded in the round: three were scored, by Füllkrug, Rieder and Gregoritsch, and two were missed, both by Elversberg.
• Füllkrug and Schick lead the scorers on six; Olise, Ebnoutalib and Tietz have five each.
• Bayern have scored 22 goals in six matches, the most in the league; Schalke have scored four, the fewest.
• Gladbach have lost six out of six and conceded 20, the most in the league; Union Berlin have conceded 17.
• No player was sent off in the round.

Next up

Matchday 7 opens on Friday 23 October with VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach at 18:30 UTC. On Saturday 24 October, five matches kick off at 13:30 UTC, among them RB Leipzig v SV Elversberg, and Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt follows at 16:30 UTC. On Sunday 25 October, 1899 Hoffenheim host Bayer Leverkusen at 14:30 UTC, and SC Freiburg v Bayern München closes the round at 16:30 UTC. The full round is on the Bundesliga page.

Sources for the context: Bundesliga, Bundesliga, Sportschau, Sportschau, Sportschau, Sportschau, Sportschau, Sportschau.