Overview
- Borussia Dortmund beat promoted SC Paderborn 3-0 on Saturday to move to three wins from three in the Bundesliga and join Freiburg atop the table.
- Fábio Silva opened after five minutes and substitute Felix Nmecha scored a late brace, the second a bicycle-kick, to seal the win.
- Serhou Guirassy had two first-half goals ruled out for offside by VAR and created the assist for Silva.
- Nico Schlotterbeck and Ramy Bensebaini returned to full training and were available for selection while Konstantinos Karetsas was ruled out after suffering circulatory problems in midweek.
- The match at a sold-out Signal Iduna Park highlighted early-season stresses: VAR decisions shaped the scoreline and Dortmund’s result deepens early table volatility as fixture congestion forces rotation.