Dortmund ride six-win streak to the top
Dortmund have won all 4 of their Bundesliga matches, scoring 9 and conceding 2, and sit first on 12 points.
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Dortmund are top of the Bundesliga table. Four games, four wins, no draws, no defeats. 12 points from a possible 12, a goal difference of +7, and a run that now stretches to 6W across all competitions.
The latest step came on Saturday 19 September, when Dortmund won -0 at Stuttgart. It was not a rout. It was the kind of result that decides a title race in the long run: one goal, three points, no drama.
Look at the shape of the season so far. 9 scored, 2 conceded. That is not the profile of a team winning shootouts. It is the profile of a team that controls matches and takes its chances when they arrive.
The table backs it up. Dortmund lead on 12 points with a goal difference of +7. Behind them sit Bayern on 10 points and a goal difference of +12, then Freiburg on 10 with +9. Note the gap in goal difference and the gap in points — they point in opposite directions. Dortmund have not been the most emphatic side in the division. They have simply refused to drop anything.
Is that sustainable? Ask the teams below them.
Dortmund's next fixture is at home to Bremen on Friday 9 October, matchday 5. A fifth league win would keep them clear at the top and extend the streak to 6 consecutive victories. The chasing pack, meanwhile, will be watching that scoreline closely.
Four games is not a season. Everyone knows that. But Dortmund have already banked 12 points and conceded just 2 goals, and nobody else in the Bundesliga can say the same.