RB Leipzig’s 5-2 win headlines a 30-goal Bundesliga round

Leipzig’s 5-2 win headlines a 30-goal Bundesliga round

Who leads the Bundesliga after Regular Season - 9? Bayern München are first on 21 points, with Borussia Dortmund second on the same total. Bayern’s goal difference is 20, compared with Dortmund’s 9. Across all nine matches, the round produced 30 goals.

RB Leipzig recorded the round’s highest-scoring result, beating FC Augsburg 5-2. Augsburg took the lead through Anton Kade after one minute, but Ezechiel Banzuzi equalised for Leipzig in the 34th. Christopher Nkunku put Leipzig ahead in the 35th, and David Raum made it 3-1 in the 45th.

Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz added Leipzig’s fourth in the 60th minute, followed by Christoph Baumgartner’s goal in the 66th. Uchenna Ogundu scored Augsburg’s final goal in the 90th minute. Leipzig are third on 18 points, while Augsburg are 13th on 9 points, leaving a 9-point gap between them.

Nmecha and Burkardt lead the round’s scorers

Felix Nmecha scored both goals as Borussia Dortmund defeated SV Elversberg 2-1. He put Dortmund ahead in the 55th minute and doubled the lead in the 71st. Noel Futkeu pulled one back for Elversberg in the 81st minute.

Dortmund remain second on 21 points, while Elversberg are seventh on 13 points. The teams are separated by 8 points in the current table. Nmecha’s two goals make him one of the round’s joint top scorers.

Jonathan Burkardt also scored twice in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2-2 draw at SC Paderborn 07. Burkardt opened the scoring in the 23rd minute before Raphael Obermair equalised for Paderborn in the 45th. Marvin Pieringer put Paderborn ahead with a penalty in the 73rd, but Burkardt equalised for Frankfurt in the 90th minute.

Frankfurt are ninth on 12 points, 2 points ahead of Paderborn, who are 12th on 10 points. Burkardt shares the round’s scoring lead with Nmecha, with 2 goals each.

Bayern stay first as Freiburg occupy fourth

Bayern München beat FSV Mainz 05 2-1. Joshua Kimmich gave Bayern the lead in the 14th minute, and Lennart Karl made it 2-0 in the 57th. Phillip Tietz scored Mainz’s goal in the 90th minute. Bayern are first on 21 points, 11 points ahead of Mainz, who are 11th on 10 points.

SC Freiburg defeated Union Berlin 2-0. Rani Khedira’s own goal counted for Freiburg in the 55th minute, and Yuito Suzuki added Freiburg’s second in the 67th. Freiburg are fourth on 16 points, while Union are 16th on 7 points, a 9-point difference.

Bayer Leverkusen are fifth on 16 points after a 2-1 win at 1. FC Köln. Aleix García scored in the seventh minute, Patrik Schick added Leverkusen’s second in the 85th, and Said El Mala pulled one back for Köln in the 90th. Leverkusen are 7 points ahead of Köln, who are 15th on 9 points.

Hamburg pull clear of Gladbach in the lower table

Hamburger SV beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1. Miro Muheim opened the scoring in the 11th minute, and Robin Hack equalised for Gladbach in the 44th. Shafiq Nandja put Hamburg ahead again in the 59th, while Albert Grönbaek completed the scoring in the 70th minute.

Hamburg are 10th on 12 points, 8 points ahead of Gladbach, who are 18th on 4 points. VfB Stuttgart’s Maximilian Mittelstädt scored in the seventh minute of a 1-0 win over Werder Bremen. Bremen are sixth on 15 points, 3 points ahead of Stuttgart in eighth on 12 points.

1899 Hoffenheim beat FC Schalke 04 2-1. Fisnik Asllani scored in the 10th minute and Tim Lemperle made it 2-0 in the 26th. Junior Chukwubuike Adamu pulled one back for Schalke in the 81st. Hoffenheim are 14th on 9 points, while Schalke are 17th on 6 points, a 3-point gap.