Overview
- Borussia Dortmund beat VfB Stuttgart 1-0 on Saturday when Maximilian Beier scored in the 70th minute to give the club a perfect four-from-four start and first place in the table.
- Konstantinos Karetsas returned to training after a circulation scare and rejoined the matchday squad against Stuttgart following a hospital check-up after the Sept. 8 Champions League incident.
- FC Bayern routed 1. FC Union Berlin 7-0 on Friday, handing Union its worst Bundesliga defeat and leaving the club with 17 goals conceded in four league games.
- Other key Saturday results reshaped early form lines: Werder Bremen overturned a 0-2 deficit to beat Augsburg 3-2 with Niclas Füllkrug and Mitchell Weiser deciding the game, and Hamburger SV claimed their first points with a 2-1 win over Köln.
- 1. FC Nürnberg moved briefly to the top of the 2. Bundesliga with a 1-0 win at Karlsruher SC, and the upcoming three-week international break will freeze these storylines while intensifying focus on injuries, squad depth and national-team selections.