Overview
- FC Augsburg beat Bayern Munich 2-1 to hand the leaders their first league defeat of the season, with Han-Noah Massengo scoring the winner.
- Borussia Dortmund won 3-0 at Union Berlin through goals by Emre Can (penalty), Nico Schlotterbeck (header) and Maximilian Beier to trim the deficit to eight points.
- Eintracht Frankfurt lost 3-1 at home to Hoffenheim under interim coach Dennis Schmitt, extending a five-game winless run and marking a fifth straight match conceding exactly three goals for a league-high 42 against.
- Elsewhere, RB Leipzig won 3-0 at Heidenheim, Bayer Leverkusen edged Werder Bremen 1-0, and Mainz rallied to beat Wolfsburg 3-1.
- In team and fan news, Köln said loanee Jahmai Simpson-Pusey will miss Freiburg while Said El Mala returned to training, and the Hamburg derby ended 0-0 with reported post-match insults directed at HSV’s Luka Vuskovic’s family.