It says something about Bayern Munich’s dominance that there are temptations to write off the field when the Bavarians’ four perceived title rivals all drop points in Week 2.
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Borussia Dortmund was stunned by Augsburg while Bayer Leverkusen drew RB Leipzig and Borussia Monchengladbach only managed a point against Union Berlin on Saturday.
Bayern’s Sunday task at Hoffenheim isn’t easy coming off a UEFA Super Cup win over Sevilla at midweek, but they’ll be motivated by the knowledge that a win gives them the chance to match the world record consecutive win streak of 24… and set up a chance to set their own mark against Dortmund in the German Super Cup.
Schalke 1-3 Werder Bremen
Niclas Fullkrug scored a hat trick in the match’s first hour, the opening tally assisted by USMNT man Josh Sargent, as Bremen heaped misery on under-fire David Wagner at Schalke.
Sargent was back at forward following a week in the midfield and went 87 minutes. He put three shots on target and had three key passes in addition to his assist. He converted both of his dribbles but was also debited with a “big chance missed” via SofaScore.
The hosts had much of the ball but saw their Bundesliga winless run reach 18 matches, adding a late red card for Ozan Kabak and stoppage time goal from Mark Uth.
Josh Sargent gets the assist!
His header is redirected in by Niclas Füllkrug for the lead! pic.twitter.com/VdlHROArif
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 26, 2020
Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 RB Leipzig
All the scoring was done in the first 20 minutes, as Emil Forsberg’s 14th-minute marker was leveled by the hosts’ Kerem Demirbay.
Bayer had 59 percent possession and took 11 of the match’s 18 shots including four on target.
They’ve now drawn both of their matches to start the season, while Leipzig is one of three teams on four points.
Augsburg 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
An 18-6 edge in shot attempts was not enough for the visitors to increase their record to 2-0 on the season.
Augsburg scored before and after halftime with Daniel Caligiuri setting up Felix Uduokhai for an opener before scoring off a Florian Niederlechner feed to collect the win.
American teen Giovanni Reyna put together a decent stat line in the loss, passing at 85 percent amongst his 90 touches and winning 7-of-12 duels while drawing four fouls (SofaScore).
Dortmund are down 2-0 to Augsburg 😯 pic.twitter.com/Uvf7oJHeu6
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 26, 2020
Elsewhere
Hertha Berlin 1-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Mainz 1-4 Stuttgart
Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 Koln
Borussia Monchengladbach 1-1 Union Berlin
Hoffenheim v Bayern Munich — 9:30 am ET Sunday
Freiburg v Wolfsburg — Noon ET Sunday
Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Augsburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 6 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 4 |
| RB Leipzig | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 4 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 4 |
| Bayern Munich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 3 |
| Stuttgart | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0-0-1 | 1-0-0 | 3 |
| Hertha BSC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0-0-1 | 1-0-0 | 3 |
| Freiburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 3 |
| Hoffenheim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 3 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-1 | 3 |
| Werder Bremen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 0-0-1 | 1-0-0 | 3 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 2 |
| Wolfsburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 |
| Union Berlin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0-0-1 | 0-1-0 | 1 |
| Mönchengladbach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-1 | 1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | 0 |
| Mainz 05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | 0 |
| Schalke 04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | 0 |
