Bundesliga matchday 8: Bayern and Dortmund draw 2–2, Stuttgart win 4–2 at Leverkusen

First against second ended level: Bayern München twice led Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena on Saturday evening, and twice Dortmund came back, the second time through Fábio Silva on 89, so the 2–2 draw leaves both on 18 points and both unbeaten. SC Freiburg came from behind to win 2–1 at FC Augsburg and are two points behind them, with RB Leipzig and Werder Bremen a point further back. VfB Stuttgart scored four at Bayer Leverkusen, and at the bottom Borussia Mönchengladbach drew 0–0 with SC Paderborn 07. Matchday 8 brought 28 goals in nine matches: three home wins, three away wins and three draws, and five goals ruled out after VAR checks.

Friday

SV Elversberg 4–1 FSV Mainz 05 was 3–0 at half-time. Felix Keidel scored on 7, Francis Onyeka on 26 from David Mokwa's pass and Maurice Krattenmacher on 45+1. A goal by Ransford Königsdörffer for FSV Mainz 05 was ruled out after a VAR check on 65; Cole Campbell made it 4–0 on 90 from Nicholas Mickelson's pass, and Benedict Hollerbach pulled one back on 90+2. Stefan Posch, booked on 85, was sent off on 90+5. Mainz had eleven corners to five, but two shots on target to SV Elversberg's six.

Saturday afternoon

Bayer Leverkusen 2–4 VfB Stuttgart was 2–0 to Stuttgart after 22 minutes: Ermedin Demirović scored on 14 and Jamie Leweling on 22. Patrik Schick pulled one back on 28 from Aleix García's pass, his seventh league goal, but Bilal El Khannouss, from Chris Führich's pass, scored on 51 and Demirović, from Deniz Undav's, on 65. Ibrahim Maza, from Miguel Gutiérrez's pass, pulled another back for Leverkusen on 79. Leverkusen had 63 per cent of the ball, 24 shots and twelve corners; Stuttgart's goalkeeper made six saves. Leverkusen have lost two in a row, and this was their first home defeat of the season, the league reports. Ibrahim Maza called the referee's display "abysmal" (Sportschau, translated), while Sebastian Hoeneß said his side had "fought like lions" (Bundesliga, translated).

FC Augsburg 1–2 SC Freiburg opened with Michael Gregoritsch's goal on 18, from Arijon Ibrahimovic's pass, his fifth of the season. Freiburg turned it round with their only two shots on target: Igor Matanović scored on 65 from Yannick Engelhardt's pass, and Cyriaque Irié won it on 85 from Vincenzo Grifo's. Augsburg had 15 shots to ten.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 SC Paderborn 07 had four shots on target at each end, and a goal by Joe Scally for Gladbach was ruled out after a VAR check on 35. Gladbach are bottom with four points; Paderborn had 57 per cent of the ball.

Werder Bremen 2–0 1899 Hoffenheim was goalless at half-time. Niclas Füllkrug scored on 57 from a pass by his goalkeeper, Karl Hein, and Eren Dinkci made it 2–0 on 82 from Marco Grüll's. 1899 Hoffenheim had 59 per cent of the ball and two shots on target. Füllkrug has nine league goals, two more than Schick.

FC Schalke 04 0–2 RB Leipzig turned on Antonio Nusa's penalty on 37. A goal by Rômulo was ruled out after a VAR check on 45+4, and he scored again on 78, this time allowed, from Nusa's pass. Leipzig had ten shots on target and FC Schalke 04's goalkeeper made eight saves; Schalke had one. Schalke have scored four goals in eight matches.

Saturday evening

Bayern München 2–2 Borussia Dortmund began with a Dortmund goal by Jobe Bellingham ruled out after a VAR check on 34. Konrad Laimer put Bayern ahead on 38, and Harry Kane missed a penalty on 56. Serhou Guirassy equalised on 60 from Carney Chukwuemeka's pass; Dayot Upamecano, from Kane's, restored the lead on 66, and Fábio Silva, from Konstantinos Karetsas's pass, equalised again on 89. Bayern had 23 shots to twelve, but Dortmund had six on target to Bayern's five. Aaron Danks was again in charge of Bayern in place of Vincent Kompany, who had left hospital after a diagnosis of meningeal irritation with no date set for his return, and Joshua Kimmich was back in the starting line-up after missing three matches following the death of his father, the league reports. Fábio Silva said Dortmund were "not afraid of any team"; Niko Kovač called it a great team performance.

Sunday

Union Berlin 1–1 1. FC Köln opened with Janik Haberer's goal on 10, from Tim Skarke's pass. Malek El Mala equalised for 1. FC Köln on 79 from Alessio Castro-Montes's. Köln had 63 per cent of the ball and 13 shots; each side had two on target. Union Berlin have drawn four of their eight matches.

Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Hamburger SV went ahead on 10 through an own goal by Warmed Omari, and Terem Moffi equalised for Hamburger SV on 14 from Albert Grönbaek's pass. Raphael Onyedika scored on 47 and, after a Farès Chaïbi goal was ruled out after a VAR check on 63, Younes Ebnoutalib made it 3–1 on 69 from Can Uzun's pass. Eintracht Frankfurt had ten shots on target and Hamburg's goalkeeper made eight saves. Niko Iličević, on as a late substitute for Frankfurt, became the joint-youngest player in Bundesliga history, according to the league.

The table after matchday 8

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Bayern München	8	5	3	0	+19	18
2	Borussia Dortmund	8	5	3	0	+8	18
3	SC Freiburg	8	5	1	2	+8	16
4	RB Leipzig	8	5	0	3	+11	15
5	Werder Bremen	8	4	3	1	+3	15
6	Bayer Leverkusen	8	4	1	3	+2	13
7	SV Elversberg	8	4	1	3	0	13
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	8	3	2	3	−5	11
9	FSV Mainz 05	8	3	1	4	0	10
10	FC Augsburg	8	2	3	3	+3	9
11	VfB Stuttgart	8	3	0	5	−1	9
12	1899 Hoffenheim	8	3	0	5	−2	9
13	1. FC Köln	8	2	3	3	−3	9
14	SC Paderborn 07	8	2	3	3	−3	9
15	Hamburger SV	8	3	0	5	−12	9
16	Union Berlin	8	1	4	3	−12	7
17	FC Schalke 04	8	1	3	4	−5	6
18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	8	1	1	6	−11	4

Bayern and Dortmund are still level, on 18, Bayern ahead on goal difference, +19 to +8. Freiburg are two points behind, and Leipzig and Bremen three. The points race shows the top two in step since matchday 6, and Leipzig, on three points after matchday 2, closing to within three of them. Ten sides are on nine to 13 points; at the bottom, Gladbach are two behind Schalke and three behind Union.

Numbers to know

• Füllkrug leads the scorers with nine, two ahead of Schick; Olise and Ebnoutalib have six.
• Five goals were ruled out after VAR checks, in five different matches.
• Bayern have scored 27 goals, the most; Dortmund have conceded six, the fewest.
• Schalke have scored four goals in eight matches, the fewest.
• One player was sent off, Mainz's Posch, and one penalty was missed, by Kane.

Next up

Matchday 9 opens on Friday 6 November with Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach at 19:30 UTC. On Saturday 7 November, four matches kick off at 14:30 UTC, among them Borussia Dortmund v SV Elversberg and FSV Mainz 05 v Bayern München, and VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen follows at 17:30 UTC. On Sunday 8 November, 1. FC Köln v Bayer Leverkusen and SC Freiburg v Union Berlin are followed by 1899 Hoffenheim v FC Schalke 04, which closes the round at 18:30 UTC. The full round is on the Bundesliga page.

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