Bundesliga - Matchday 4

Schalke 0-2 Bayern
Stuttgart 0-0 Düsseldorf
Hoffenheim 1-1 Dortmund
Leverkusen 1-0 Mainz
Frankfurt 1-1 Leipzig
Augsburg 2-3 Bremen
Berlin 4-2 Gladbach
Wolfsburg 1-3 Freiburg
Nürnberg 2-0 Hannover

Schalke unsurprisingly earned their fourth loss in this young season. Dortmund was heavily outclassed throughout the entire game and when things got worse for them with a red card, they somehow managed to score the equalizer for a very lucky point. Leverkusen got their first points this season while Bremen benefited from a late embarrassing mistake by Augsburg's goalkeeper. Gladbach's display on defense was so atrocious that it was a miracle that they conceded only four goals; meanwhile, Hertha BSC Berlin can celebrate their personal best start into a Bundesliga season. Freiburg picking apart Wolfsburg was a surprise.

Looking at the standings, things are thinning out at the top as Berlin remains the only team within striking distance of the serial champion Bayern. Hannover and Stuttgart show how difficult year 2 in the Bundesliga is while Nürnberg and Düsseldorf are looking solid in year 1; that's how these things commonly play out. Still early in the season, so it's hard to predict where teams are going to settle. As mentioned last week, the early season schedule has distorted reality quite a bit.