Overview

• The defending champions lead the Bundesliga after three rounds with 14 goals and a five-game competitive winning run, six including the Supercup.
• AP reports Kompany may rotate at Hoffenheim, with recent signing Tom Bischof and forward Nicolas Jackson considered candidates for more minutes.
• Raphaël Guerreiro is out with a stomach muscle injury, Josip Stanišić departed the Chelsea match hurt, and long-term absentees Jamal Musiala, Alphonso Davies and Hiroki Ito remain unavailable.
• With Eintracht Frankfurt losing to Leverkusen, the closest chasers after three rounds are an inconsistent Borussia Dortmund plus overachieving Cologne and St. Pauli.
• A nine-year-old boy was seriously injured by pyrotechnic debris after Hansa Rostock’s third-division game; police said his injuries are not life-threatening, and new floodlights are planned by Sept. 30.