Bundesliga Matchday 7 Analysis: 25 Goals and 4 Home Wins
Matchday 7 of the Bundesliga brought 25 goals in 9 games, an average of 2.78 per match against a season average of 3.58. Goals ran below the usual rate.
Results
VfB Stuttgart 2-3 M'gladbach; FSV Mainz 05 2-3 Werder Bremen; FC Augsburg 1-1 Union Berlin; RB Leipzig 4-0 SV Elversberg; SC Paderborn 07 1-0 Hamburger SV; 1. FC Köln 0-0 FC Schalke 04; Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Eintracht Frankfurt; 1899 Hoffenheim 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen; SC Freiburg 1-3 Bayern München.
Standout moments
The widest margin was RB Leipzig 4-0 SV Elversberg.
The highest-scoring game was VfB Stuttgart 2-3 M'gladbach.
Biggest surprises by current table position: 1899 Hoffenheim (10th) beat Bayer Leverkusen (4th).
Home advantage and defences
Home sides won 4, away sides won 3 and 2 ended level. Home teams won 44% of this round's games against 52% across the season. Teams kept 6 clean sheets, both teams scored in 4 of 9 games and 5 of them had more than 2.5 goals.
Scoring trend
Goals per game over the last 5 matchdays: matchday 3 3.67, matchday 4 3.67, matchday 5 3.89, matchday 6 3.00, matchday 7 2.78.
The table after the round
Bayern München lead on 17 points, level with Borussia Dortmund. M'gladbach are bottom on 3. The best recent form belongs to Bayern München (WWDWW: 13 points from five).
Bayern München have the best attack (25 goals) and Borussia Dortmund the best defence (4 conceded).
Streak watch
Longest unbeaten run: bayern münchen (7); longest winless run: fc augsburg (5).
The scoring race
Top scorers: N. Füllkrug (Werder Bremen) 8; M. Olise (Bayern München) 6; P. Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 6.
Top assists: H. Kane (Bayern München) 5; A. Nusa (RB Leipzig) 5; M. Grüll (Werder Bremen) 5.