There were several eyebrow raisers on Matchday 4 of the Bundesliga season, and that’s before Sunday’s Rhein Derby and a big Wolfsburg match versus Bayer Leverkusen.
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Paderborn 2-0 Hannover 96
First off, yes, that is newly-promoted SC Paderborn at the top of the table. In the German third-flight back in 2009, they’ve now beaten Hamburg and Hannover to go with draws against Koln and Mainz. Saturday’s win came versus Hannover, a decisive 2-0 win behind goals from Elias Kachunga (above) and Moritz Stoppelkamp. The 22-year-old Kachunga has three goals in four matches this season. Next week for Paderborn? A trip to Bayern.
Hamburger SV 0-0 Bayern Munich
That’s because Bayern Munich couldn’t take advantage of struggling Hamburger SV… at all. On loan from Bayern, American attacker Julian Green couldn’t produce a goal as a substitute, but all of Hamburg will take a point in the fixture against the reigning champions.
Mainz 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
A Champions League win against Arsenal won’t make up for Dortmund’s second league loss in four outings. Shinji Okazaki scored in the 66th minute before a Matthias Ginter own goal gave the hosts breathing room. Dortmund out-chanced Mainz 20-8, but that doesn’t mean anything on the table.
Schalke 2-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
A wild one in Gelsenkirchen saw four goals and three red cards… in that order. American back Timmy Chandler played 90 minutes, and his Eintracht side opened up a 2-0 lead after 24 minutes on goals from Alexander Meier and Marco Russ. But Schalke’s stars responded, with Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Julian Draxler scoring on each side of halftime.
Then, Kevin Prince-Boateng found a second yellow in the 61st minute and, on his birthday, Draxler put Schalke down to 9-men with a 71st minute red for a kick out.
Despite 24 minutes up one-man and 14 up two, Eintracht couldn’t find a winner. Then Slobodan Medojevic took a red for the visitors in the 85th minute, and the game finished with the score line even and Schalke down one man.
Elsewhere
Augsburg 4-2 Werder Bremen — Four different goal scorers for the Fuggerstädter.
Stuttgart 0-2 Hoffenheim — The hosts put more shots on net, but zero into it
Freiberg 2-2 Hertha Berlin — John Anthony Brooks goes 90, Ronny scores two for visitors
Wolfsburg vs. Bayer Leverkusen — Sunday
FC Koln vs. Borussia Monchengladbach — Sunday
Standings |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| SC Paderborn | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 8 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 8 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 8 |
| Bayern Munich | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2-0-0 | 0-2-0 | 8 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 7 |
| Hannover 96 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2-0-0 | 0-1-1 | 7 |
| FC Augsburg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1-0-1 | 1-0-1 | 6 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 1-0-1 | 1-0-1 | 6 |
| Mönchen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 5 |
| 1. FC Köln | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 5 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1-0-1 | 0-2-0 | 5 |
| Werder Bremen | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 0-1-0 | 0-2-1 | 3 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-1 | 2 |
| SC Freiburg | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 0-2-0 | 0-0-2 | 2 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 0-1-1 | 0-1-1 | 2 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 0-2-0 | 0-0-2 | 2 |
| Hamburger SV | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0-1-1 | 0-1-1 | 2 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0-0-2 | 0-1-1 | 1 |