Luis Díaz’s hat-trick powers Bayern München past RB Leipzig 6-1

Bayern’s six-goal statement reshapes the top

Bayern München produced the round’s defining result, beating RB Leipzig 6-1 as Luis Díaz scored three times. The victory leaves Bayern München first on 14 points, level with Borussia Dortmund, while RB Leipzig are seventh on 9 points and five points behind Bayern München.

Luis Díaz opened the scoring in the 12th minute, Aleksandar Pavlović made it 2-0 in the 26th, and Michael Olise added a third in the 34th. Díaz struck again in the 47th minute, Harry Kane scored in the 53rd, and Díaz completed his three-goal performance in the 69th. Andrija Maksimović scored RB Leipzig’s goal in the 90th minute.

Across all nine matches, the round produced 27 goals. Díaz finished as its leading scorer with three, while Niclas Füllkrug scored twice for Werder Bremen.

The leading positions tighten

Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund both have 14 points, but Bayern München’s goal difference is 17 compared with Borussia Dortmund’s 7. Dortmund drew 0-0 at Union Berlin, a result that preserved their unbeaten record in the listed standings while Union Berlin remain 17th on 5 points.

SC Freiburg and Bayer Leverkusen are third and fourth respectively, both on 13 points. Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to beat SC Freiburg 2-1: Derry Lionel Scherhant put Freiburg ahead in the 14th minute, Ibrahim Maza equalised five minutes later, and Patrik Schick scored the winner in the 76th. The result leaves the two sides level on points, with SC Freiburg holding goal difference of 9 to Bayer Leverkusen’s 7.

FSV Mainz 05 strengthened fifth place with a 1-0 win at FC Schalke 04, Phillip Tietz scoring in the 24th minute. Mainz are on 10 points, five ahead of Schalke, who are 15th on 5 points. SV Elversberg also have 10 points in sixth after beating FC Augsburg 4-3 in the round’s highest-scoring match.

Elversberg survive a seven-goal contest

SV Elversberg raced into a 3-0 lead through Lukas Petkov, Lasse Günther and Maximilian Rohr, scoring in the fourth, seventh and 28th minutes. Fabian Rieder pulled one back for FC Augsburg from the penalty spot in the 45th minute, and Michael Gregoritsch’s penalty in the 76th made it 3-2.

Frederik Schmahl restored Elversberg’s two-goal advantage in the 89th minute before Mert Kömür scored FC Augsburg’s third in the 90th. Elversberg are sixth on 10 points, two ahead of Augsburg in 10th on 8 points.

Pressure at the bottom

Borussia Mönchengladbach remain 18th on 0 points after a 2-1 home defeat by 1899 Hoffenheim. Bambasé Conté gave Hoffenheim the lead in the 11th minute, Wael Mohya equalised for Mönchengladbach in the 49th, and Alexander Prass restored Hoffenheim’s advantage in the 54th. Hoffenheim are 14th on 6 points, six ahead of Mönchengladbach.

Hamburger SV moved to ninth on 9 points by beating VfB Stuttgart 1-0, with Miro Muheim scoring in the 88th minute. Werder Bremen are eighth on 9 points after drawing 2-2 with SC Paderborn 07. Paderborn led through Stefano Marino and Steffen Tigges before Füllkrug scored in the 59th and 65th minutes, the latter from a penalty.

Eintracht Frankfurt’s 1-0 win over 1. FC Köln, settled by Younes Ebnoutalib in the 77th minute, puts Frankfurt 11th on 8 points, one ahead of Köln in 12th on 7. The bottom three positions currently contain Union Berlin on 5 points, SC Paderborn 07 on 5 points and Borussia Mönchengladbach on 0 points, while the standings show FC Schalke 04 15th on 5 points.