Overview
- Borussia Dortmund won 1-0 at Augsburg for a fourth straight competitive victory, rising at least temporarily to second place.
- RB Leipzig defeated Stuttgart 3-1 to reach 22 points, positioning themselves as Bayern Munich’s closest challenger.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach earned their first league win of the season with a 4-0 at St. Pauli, climbing to 16th.
- Eintracht Frankfurt drew 1-1 at Heidenheim through Rasmus Kristensen’s header, as board spokesman Alex Hellmann urged the team to make that performance level the new baseline after their cup exit on penalties to Dortmund.
- Schalke surrendered a lead in a 1-2 defeat at Karlsruher SC on a 90+3-minute goal, putting their 2. Bundesliga lead at risk days after a 0-4 DFB-Pokal loss at Darmstadt.