Latest Bundesliga points report: Dortmund beats underdog Leipzig, 4 points behind Bayern and moves to second place

In the early morning of November 1st, the ninth round of the 2025-26 Bundesliga season kicked off. Today, the first game was held. Dortmund visited the Augsburg Arena to face Augsburg. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Dortmund defeated Augsburg 1:0 in an away game.

Dortmund failed to win in the two strong dialogues last month, drawing with Leipzig and losing to Bayern. After two rounds of defeats, Bayern widened the point difference. In the last round, Dortmund returned to home and beat Cologne to stop the decline. Today, they played away against the underdog Augsburg. Dortmund could not gain the upper hand, but the result was good for them. After the opening, the two teams started to attack. In the 37th minute, Dortmund attacked with a long pass from the middle. Masma headed the ball to clear the ball. The latter was caught off guard and made a mistake.

The two teams played a bit boringly again, but the fans at the scene were very happy and happily exploded fireworks. In the 53rd minute, Dortmund pressed on from the left. Brandt took the ball from the front of the penalty area and broke away from the defense. Then he shot vigorously with his right foot. The ball slightly missed the far post. Three minutes later, Dortmund quickly counterattacked from the center. Chukwu Emeka dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area and shot hard with his left foot. The ball was slightly above the crossbar and went out of the baseline. In the 70th minute, Augsburg made a fast break in the middle. Saad made a clever pass in front of the top of the penalty area. Rex Beka broke into the penalty area and was about to get a super close shot. Bellingham, who had just come on as a substitute, returned to the defense and made a timely clearance. After that, Augsburg was no longer able to create murderous opportunities. In the end, Dortmund defeated Augsburg 1:0 in an away game and won 2 consecutive victories.

In terms of the standings, Bayern continues to maintain a complete victory. They have topped the list with 8 consecutive victories. After Dortmund won the first game today, they temporarily surpassed Stuttgart and Leipzig and rose to second place, 4 points behind Bayern. Augsburg, which lost, is still hovering on the edge of the relegation zone, ranking fourth from the bottom with only 3 points more than Mainz.

In terms of the scorer list, Kane is also making great progress, and is likely to end the suspense early. He tops the list with 12 goals, which is twice as many as the second-placed Burkett. After Gilasi scored the winning goal today, he caught up with Youzun, Aslani, Baumgartner and Dias. They tied for third place with 5 goals, 7 goals behind Kane.