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Luis Díaz could hardly have asked for a stronger start at Bayern Munich. 

Freiburg are looking to carry their positive form of recent weeks into today's clash against fellow Badeners Hoffenheim.

Despite yet another spirited performance, St. Pauli came up just short at home against A Bayer Leverkusen side who ran out 2-1 winners at the Millerntor-Stadion.

Borussia Dortmund have struggled against Mainz at the Mewa Arena in recent seasons, but Saturday's 2-0 win was utterly dominant. 

RB Leipzig ground out an important 1-0 win over VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday. Head coach Ole Werner was more than content with his side's efforts and praised Johan Bakayoko.

For years, Cristiano Ronaldo was the Premier League’s biggest star—so much so that Real Madrid paid a record fee to sign him from Manchester United in 2009. Over 15 years later, Ronaldo’s playing style has changed dramatically. His former teammate Rio Ferdinand discussed that transformation, drawing a comparison to Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.

Lionel Messi remains one of the biggest stars in soccer, even at age 38. Behind him, a new generation of talent led by players like Erling Haaland continues to rise and challenge for that throne. What they share is a breakout performance at the FIFA U-20 World Cup early in their careers.

Elversberg, Paderborn and Karslruhe maintained their top five places with home wins before Fortuna Düsseldorf won the Topspiel in Bochum.

Bayer Leverkusen extended their unbeaten run under new head coach Kasper Hjulmand to four games with a 2–1 win at St. Pauli on Saturday.

Borussia Mönchengladbach interim coach Eugen Polanski ran into a heavy defeat in his first home game in charge, as his side lost 4–6 to Eintracht Frankfurt in Saturday evening’s dramatic Bundesliga encounter.

Almost two years after his last Bundesliga appearance, Timo Werner made his long-awaited return to Germany’s top flight, coming on in stoppage time during RB Leipzig’s 1–0 win over VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday.

Knowing a defeat would see them sit bottom of the standings, Borussia Mönchengladbach had a shaky start to the game. While Eintracht Frankfurt lost at home to Union Berlin, Gladbach did score their first goal of the season in a combative draw with Bayer Leverkusen last time out.

Expectations were high when Sandro Wagner took over as Augsburg coach in the summer, but the former German international has gotten off to a disappointing start to his tenure.

1. FC Heidenheim secured their first points of the Bundesliga season, as they beat FC Augsburg 2-1 at Voith-Arena on Saturday.

After being named in Borussia Dortmund’s starting lineup for Saturday’s Bundesliga clash with Mainz, Serhou Guirassy was forced to withdraw shortly before kickoff due to a thigh problem.