Overview
- Ritsu Doan decided the Rhine-Main derby in the 81st minute, dribbling past two defenders before finishing from a tight angle for a 1-0 Eintracht Frankfurt victory.
- The result lifted Eintracht to seventh in the Bundesliga, while Mainz stayed second from bottom after a seventh defeat in ten league matches.
- Mainz's league slump contrasts with their perfect Europa Conference League record, intensifying pressure during the early season.
- VfB Stuttgart came from behind to beat Augsburg 3-2, with Deniz Undav scoring twice to move the German Cup holders up to fourth.
- Freiburg defeated St. Pauli 2-1 as Yuito Suzuki netted his first Bundesliga goal to open the scoring.