Borussia Dortmund drew 0:0 at 1. FC Union Berlin on Saturday, 17 October, three days after a 0:1 Champions League defeat at FK Bodö/Glimt. It was the third league match in a row without a win for the side coached by Niko Kovac, following the 2:2 draw with Werder Bremen. Dortmund still moved up to 14 points, enough to sit top of the table for now ahead of SC Freiburg on 13. Freiburg visit Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday, 18 October, at 15:30 on DAZN, and could overtake Dortmund with a win. Bayern Munich, on 11 points, host RB Leipzig on Saturday, 17 October, at 18:30 on Sky, a game that could also push Dortmund off the top.
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Phillip Tietz scored the only goal of the match in the 24th minute, giving FSV Mainz 05 a 1:0 win at promoted Schalke 04. It was Mainz's fifth consecutive Bundesliga away win and their second victory in Gelsenkirchen, the first having come on 7 May 2011. Schalke, who have five points from six games, have not scored at home this season and are still waiting for a first home league goal since May 2023. Coach Miron Muslic's side have now lost ground in the table, while Mainz have climbed into a European qualification place.
Werder Bremen trailed 0:2 at half-time after Stefano Marino scored in the 18th minute and Steffen Tigges doubled the lead in the 30th. Niclas Füllkrug then scored in the 59th minute and again from the penalty spot in the second half, salvaging a 2:2 draw on the 100th birthday of the Weserstadion. Füllkrug has now scored in five consecutive Bundesliga matches. Bremen earned points from a 0:2 deficit for the third time in a row, a feat no other club has managed in Bundesliga history. Before kick-off, coach Daniel Thioune had said the team needed to put the anniversary celebrations out of its mind.
“We have to detach ourselves from that.”
Hamburger SV beat VfB Stuttgart 1:0, with defensive player Miro Muheim scoring from distance in the 88th minute. It was the second match in a row in which Muheim scored Hamburg's winner, after his late goal in the 3:2 win at Hoffenheim in the previous round. Stuttgart, who remain behind expectations, dropped to a 0:1 defeat at the Hamburger SV. In Elversberg, the hosts led 3:0 after goals from Lukas Petkov in the 5th minute, Lasse Günther three minutes later and Maximilian Rohr in the 28th minute. Fabian Rieder converted a handball penalty in added time of the first half to make it 3:1, and Michael Gregoritsch scored a penalty in the 76th minute for Augsburg. Frederik Schmahl (89th) and Mert Kömür (90th) completed the 4:3 scoreline, while Noel Futkeu missed a late penalty for the home side in the 90+8th minute.
Bayern Munich face RB Leipzig on Saturday, 17 October, at 18:30 on Sky, and SC Freiburg play Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday, 18 October, at 15:30 on DAZN. Those two fixtures will decide whether Dortmund keep first place after this round.
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Borussia Dortmund drew 0:0 at Union Berlin and stayed top on points for now, while Mainz beat Schalke 1:0, Elversberg beat Augsburg 4:3, Hamburg beat Stuttgart 1:0 and Werder Bremen came back to draw 2:2 with Paderborn.
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