Weekly round-up · Football Hours · Saturday, 17 October 2026
German Bundesliga round-up: 9 matches, 5–11 October 2026
Christopher Nkunku fired a hat-trick as RB Leipzig crushed Eintracht Frankfurt, while Borussia Dortmund threw away a two-goal lead against Werder Bremen in the week's most dramatic game.
The standout result came at the Red Bull Arena, where Christopher Nkunku scored three times in RB Leipzig's emphatic 6-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund looked set for a comfortable win after Daniel Svensson and Nico Schlotterbeck had put them 2-0 up at home to Werder Bremen, but Ludovit Reis and Niclas Füllkrug struck in the final ten minutes to snatch a 2-2 draw. In another thriller, Bayer Leverkusen led Mainz 4-2 with 25 minutes remaining, only for Benedict Hollerbach's late goal to set up a tense finish that ended 4-3.
The weekend also saw 1. SC Freiburg held on for a 2-1 victory against Schalke 04 despite Yuito Suzuki's red card, and FC Cologne beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 at the RheinEnergieStadion. VfB Stuttgart moved clear of trouble with a 2-0 win at Paderborn, and Hamburg SV snatched a 3-2 victory at Hoffenheim in a match that saw Bernardo sent off and Miro Muheim score a 90th-minute winner.
Friday 9 October: Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen drew 2–2 at Signal Iduna Park. Borussia Dortmund: Daniel Svensson (80') and Nico Schlotterbeck (85'). Werder Bremen: Ludovit Reis (88') and Niclas Füllkrug (90'+2').
Saturday 10 October: 1. FC Union Berlin beat SV Elversberg 1–0 at Stadion An der Alten Försterei. 1. FC Union Berlin: Livan Burcu (81').
Saturday 10 October: FC Augsburg and Bayern Munich drew 2–2 at WWK Arena. FC Augsburg: Robin Fellhauer (1') and Rodrigo Ribeiro (64'). Bayern Munich: Ismael Saibari (55') and Nathaniel Brown (80').
Saturday 10 October: Bayer Leverkusen won 4–3 at Mainz (MEWA ARENA). Mainz: Anthony Caci (33', 42') and Benedict Hollerbach (90'+2'). Bayer Leverkusen: Robert Andrich (5'), Patrik Schick (9'), Jarell Quansah (55') and Moussa Diaby (65').
Saturday 10 October: VfB Stuttgart won 2–0 at SC Paderborn 07 (Home Deluxe Arena). VfB Stuttgart: Jeff Chabot (25') and Chris Führich (83').
Saturday 10 October: Hamburg SV won 3–2 at TSG Hoffenheim (PreZero Arena). TSG Hoffenheim: Sebastiaan Bornauw (45'+6' og) and Bambasé Conté (53'). Hamburg SV: Yussuf Poulsen (12'), Terem Moffi (83') and Miro Muheim (90'+4'). Bernardo (TSG Hoffenheim) was sent off (65').
Saturday 10 October: RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0 at Red Bull Arena. RB Leipzig: Ezechiel Banzuzi (1'), Christopher Nkunku (5', 41', 44'), Antonio Nusa (54') and Tidiam Gomis (89').
Sunday 11 October: FC Cologne beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 at RheinEnergieStadion, in front of 50,000. FC Cologne: Ísak Jóhannesson (26') and Said El Mala (67'). Borussia Mönchengladbach: Joe Scally (39').
Sunday 11 October: SC Freiburg beat Schalke 04 2–1 at Europa-Park Stadion. SC Freiburg: Maximilian Eggestein (10') and Keisuke Goto (85'). Schalke 04: Kenan Karaman (30'). Yuito Suzuki (SC Freiburg) was sent off (64').
The table: 1. SC Freiburg 13 pts (+10), 2. Borussia Dortmund 13 pts (+7), 3. Bayern Munich 11 pts (+12), 4. Bayer Leverkusen 10 pts (+6), 5. RB Leipzig 9 pts (+10), 6. FC Augsburg 8 pts (+5), 16. 1. FC Union Berlin 4 pts (-12), 17. TSG Hoffenheim 3 pts (-4), 18. Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 pts (-11).
Written by Football Hours with the help of AI, from ESPN's match data.