Borussia Dortmund moved to a league-best 20 points on Saturday, ensuring that we’ll have a table leader not named Bayern Munich when the calendar turns to November.
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Stuttgart 0-4 Borussia Dortmund
It’s been a very good time to be a supporter or member of Borussia Dortmund, who leads the table after another convincing win.
Red-hot Paco Alcacer now has seven goals in four Bundesliga matches after scoring the third goal on Saturday, while Jadon Sancho, Marco Reus, and Marvin Philipp also scored for the visitors.
USMNT winger Christian Pulisic returned to the fold for BVB, subbing into the match and providing an assist on Philipp’s 85th minute marker.
Schalke 0-2 Werder Bremen
Josh Sargent wasn’t on the bench for the visitors, but American teammate Weston McKennie did start for the hosts. McKennie covered the second-most ground in the contest, winning 14 tackles. He converted 19 of 24 passes and did not register a shot.
Unfortunately, the match wasn’t much to write home about for his side. Bremen got goals from Maximilian Egglestein on each side of halftime to grab another win on the young season.
Wolfsburg 1-3 Bayern Munich
Niko Kovac will be happy to get a decisive win after the international break, with James Rodriguez and Robert Lewandowski scoring in the win. Lewandowski’s brace included an absolute gift.
For Wolfsburg, USMNT center back John Brooks won tackles and completed 48 of his 53 passes, while Wout Weghorst scored its lone goal.
Elsewhere
Eintracht Frankfurt 7-1 Fortuna Dusseldorf — RECAP
Augsburg 0-0 RB Leipzig
Nurmberg 1-3 Hoffenheim
Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Hannover 96
Hertha Berlin vs. Freiburg — 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday
Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Mainz — Noon ET Sunday
STANDINGS
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 4-0-0 | 2-2-0 | 20 |
| Werder Bremen | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2-2-0 | 3-0-1 | 17 |
| Bayern Munich | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2-1-1 | 3-0-1 | 16 |
| RB Leipzig | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3-1-0 | 1-2-1 | 15 |
| Mönchengladbach | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3-0-0 | 1-2-1 | 14 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3-0-0 | 1-2-1 | 14 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2-1-1 | 2-0-2 | 13 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1-1-2 | 2-0-2 | 10 |
| FC Augsburg | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1-2-1 | 1-1-2 | 9 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2-2-0 | 0-1-2 | 9 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 1-2-2 | 1-1-1 | 9 |
| SC Freiburg | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 1-2-1 | 1-0-2 | 8 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 1-1-2 | 1-1-2 | 8 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 2-1-1 | 0-1-3 | 8 |
| Hannover 96 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 1-1-1 | 0-2-3 | 6 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 1-0-3 | 1-0-3 | 6 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 1-1-2 | 0-1-3 | 5 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 1-0-3 | 0-2-2 | 5 |
