Bundesliga matchday 7 preview: Freiburg v Bayern, Dortmund v Frankfurt, pointless Gladbach at Stuttgart

Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund share the lead on 14 points, both unbeaten, Bayern ahead on goal difference after a 6–1 win over Leipzig. The match to watch first is on Sunday evening, when Bayern go to third-placed SC Freiburg, a point behind with Bayer Leverkusen, who visit 1899 Hoffenheim earlier that afternoon. Dortmund host Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday evening. The round opens on Friday with Borussia Mönchengladbach, who have lost all six, at VfB Stuttgart.

Friday

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach (18:30 UTC, MHP Arena). Stuttgart, thirteenth on six, lost 1–0 at Hamburg to a goal on 88 minutes, then drew 1–1 with Atlético Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday. Gladbach lost 2–1 at home to Hoffenheim and have conceded 20, the most in the division. Bundesliga.com says eight players were missing for that match, that Nicolas Kühn and Jens Castrop are back in team training but Friday probably comes too early for Castrop, and that Mainz in 2020/21 and Bochum in 2022/23 also had no points after six matchdays and still stayed up. Stuttgart won both meetings last season, 3–0 in Mönchengladbach in January and 1–0 here in August 2025; Gladbach won 2–1 here in February 2025.

Saturday

RB Leipzig v SV Elversberg (13:30 UTC, Leipzig Red Bull Arena). RB Leipzig, seventh on nine, lost 6–1 at Bayern and then 4–1 at Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday. SV Elversberg, sixth on ten, beat Augsburg 4–3. This is their first Bundesliga meeting; in the 3. Liga in 2013/14, Elversberg won 1–0 at home in September 2013 and Leipzig 2–0 at home in March 2014.

FC Augsburg v Union Berlin (13:30 UTC, WWK Arena). FC Augsburg, tenth on eight, lost that 4–3 at Elversberg, with penalties from F. Rieder and M. Gregoritsch. Union Berlin, seventeenth on five, held Dortmund 0–0 but have conceded 17, the second most. Union won 4–0 at home in May and 2–1 here in May 2025; the meeting here in January finished 1–1.

FSV Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen (13:30 UTC, MEWA Arena). FSV Mainz 05, fifth on ten, won 1–0 at Schalke with a goal from P. Tietz, his fifth. Werder Bremen, eighth on nine, came from 2–0 down to draw 2–2 with Paderborn through two goals from N. Füllkrug, the second a penalty; he leads the scorers with six, level with P. Schick. Mainz won 2–0 in Bremen in March; the meeting here in November 2025 finished 1–1.

1. FC Köln v FC Schalke 04 (13:30 UTC, RheinEnergieStadion). 1. FC Köln, twelfth on seven, lost 1–0 at Frankfurt; FC Schalke 04, fifteenth on five, lost 1–0 at home to Mainz and have scored four, the fewest in the division. In the 2. Bundesliga, Köln won 1–0 here in February 2025 and 3–1 in Gelsenkirchen in September 2024; their last Bundesliga meeting, in January 2023, finished 0–0.

SC Paderborn 07 v Hamburger SV (13:30 UTC, Home Deluxe Arena). SC Paderborn 07, sixteenth on five, drew 2–2 in Bremen after leading 2–0 at half-time. Hamburger SV, ninth on nine, beat Stuttgart 1–0 with M. Muheim's goal on 88. Their last five meetings were in the 2. Bundesliga, and Hamburg won none of them: Paderborn won 2–0 here in March 2025 and 1–0 here in May 2024, and the meeting in Hamburg in September 2024 finished 2–2.

Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt (16:30 UTC, Signal Iduna Park). Dortmund drew 0–0 at Union and won 2–1 at Sabah in the Champions League on Tuesday; they have conceded four, the fewest in the division. Frankfurt, eleventh on eight, beat Köln 1–0 with Y. Ebnoutalib's fifth goal but have conceded 16. Frankfurt's club site notes that Dortmund have won 14 of the last 15 home league meetings and that Frankfurt's last win here came in April 2021. Dortmund won 3–2 here in May; the meeting in Frankfurt in January finished 3–3 and the cup tie there in October 2025 1–1, and Frankfurt won 2–0 at home in January 2025.

Sunday

1899 Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen (14:30 UTC, SNP Arena). Hoffenheim, fourteenth on six, won 2–1 at Gladbach, their second win. Leverkusen, fourth on 13, beat Freiburg 2–1 with goals from I. Maza and Schick, who set up each other's goal; they have won four of their last five. Hoffenheim won both meetings last season, 1–0 here in January and 2–1 in Leverkusen in August 2025; Leverkusen won 3–1 at home in February 2025.

SC Freiburg v Bayern München (16:30 UTC, Europa-Park Stadion). Freiburg, third on 13, lost 2–1 at Leverkusen for their first defeat of the season. Bayern beat Leipzig 6–1 with three goals from L. Díaz and have scored 22, the most in the division. On Wednesday they drew 2–2 with Arsenal in the Champions League without the suspended M. Olise; Sportschau reports that Vincent Kompany was back on the bench after illness and that Manuel Neuer returned in goal after injury. Bayern have won the last four meetings: 3–2 here in April, 6–2 at home in November 2025, 2–1 here in January 2025 and 2–0 at home in September 2024.

The table before the round

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Bayern München	6	+17	14
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	+7	14
3	SC Freiburg	6	+9	13
4	Bayer Leverkusen	6	+7	13
5	FSV Mainz 05	6	+4	10
6	SV Elversberg	6	+1	10
7	RB Leipzig	6	+5	9
8	Werder Bremen	6	0	9
…
15	FC Schalke 04	6	−3	5
16	SC Paderborn 07	6	−4	5
17	Union Berlin	6	−12	5
18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	−12	0

Dortmund play first among the leaders and can go top for a night with a win on Saturday; Leverkusen and then Freiburg against Bayern answer on Sunday.

Numbers to know

• N. Füllkrug and P. Schick lead the scorers with six; M. Olise, Y. Ebnoutalib and P. Tietz have five each.
• Bayern and Dortmund are the only unbeaten clubs; Gladbach the only one without a point.
• Dortmund have conceded four goals, the fewest; Gladbach 20 and Union 17.
• Bayern have scored 22; Schalke four and Paderborn and Union five each.

The full round with kick-off times in your time zone is on the Bundesliga page.

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