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The Bundesliga standings after Matchday 9 make for a tight race at the top. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund sit level on 21 points from nine games, with Bayern ahead only on goal difference, and both sides are still unbeaten. Behind them, Freiburg sit third, while RB Leipzig’s attack keeps them firmly in the title conversation. The international break gives every club a chance to take stock, but the picture is already clear: two giants at the top, a chasing pack with real quality, and a relegation fight that has started early at the bottom.
Every figure below comes from the official Bundesliga table and the match data behind it, checked on 12 November 2026.
Bundesliga standings after Matchday 9
Nine rounds in, the Bundesliga standings split into four clear groups. Bayern and Dortmund lead on 21 points, Freiburg and Leipzig follow on 19 and 18, and a congested middle has eight clubs separated by just six points between fifth and twelfth. At the bottom, three clubs are already cut adrift, with Borussia Mönchengladbach propping up the table on four points.
The most striking number is the goal difference at the top. Bayern have scored 29 goals in nine games, and their plus-20 difference is what keeps them ahead of Dortmund. Dortmund, by contrast, have built their position on the league’s best defence, conceding only seven goals. Two unbeaten teams, two very different ways of getting there.
The season has been high-scoring throughout: 282 goals in 81 matches, an average of 3.48 per game, with 41 home wins, 23 away wins and 17 draws.
The full Bundesliga standings table
Here is the complete Bundesliga standings table after Matchday 9, played 6–8 November 2026. Positions are decided first on points, then on goal difference, then on goals scored.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 21 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 21 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 19 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 18 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 16 |
| 6 | SV Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 15 |
| 7 | SV Elversberg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | TSG Hoffenheim | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Hamburger SV | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 12 |
| 12 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | SC Paderborn 07 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | 1. FC Köln | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 7 |
| 17 | FC Schalke 04 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -13 | 4 |
Four clubs sit on 12 points in mid-table, sorted by goal difference.
Bayern and Dortmund: two unbeaten sides, one gap in goal difference
Bayern Munich lead the table because their attack has been relentless. Twenty-nine goals in nine games is the best return in the league, and it includes a 7-0 win over Union Berlin, a 6-1 win over Leipzig and a 5-1 win over Stuttgart on the opening weekend. They have drawn three times but not lost, and their plus-20 goal difference is eleven better than anyone else.
Harry Kane’s season has taken an unusual shape. The Ballon d’Or winner has gone three league games without a goal, yet he leads the Bundesliga in assists with eight, including two in the 2-1 win at Mainz, where he set up Joshua Kimmich in the 14th minute and Lennart Karl in the 57th. Bayern are winning without Kane scoring, which says plenty about the depth around him: Michael Olise has six goals, and Luis Díaz has four.
Borussia Dortmund’s case is built the other way. Sixteen goals scored is a modest return for a title challenger, but seven conceded is the best defensive record in the league, and that is what keeps them level with Bayern. Their 2-2 draw at Bayern on Matchday 8 was the clearest sign yet that they can live with the champions, and on Matchday 9 they came from behind to beat Elversberg 2-1, with Felix Nmecha scoring twice in the second half.
Freiburg’s flying start and Leipzig’s firepower
SC Freiburg sit third on 19 points, two behind the leaders, after six wins from nine. Their 2-0 home win over Union Berlin on Matchday 9 was typical of their season: solid at the back, with only ten goals conceded, and enough going forward, with twenty scored. They visit Elversberg first when the league resumes.
RB Leipzig are fourth on 18 points and carry the second-best attack in the division, with 27 goals. Their season has been all or nothing: six wins, no draws, three defeats. The 5-2 win over Augsburg on Matchday 9 showed both sides of them. Augsburg took the lead after one minute, Leipzig answered with five goals from five different scorers, and Augsburg added a late consolation. Christopher Nkunku and Rômulo have five goals each, and Antonio Nusa has four goals and seven assists. They visit Union Berlin on Matchday 10.
Leverkusen, Bremen and the chasing pack
Bayer Leverkusen are fifth on 16 points, and Patrik Schick is the main reason. His eight goals put him second in the scoring race, and his late winner at Köln on Matchday 9, an 85th-minute strike after Aleix García’s early opener, kept Leverkusen in the European places. Leverkusen have scored twenty and conceded seventeen, so their games are rarely quiet, and they host Paderborn next.
Werder Bremen are sixth on 15 points, and their season has been defined by one player. Niclas Füllkrug leads the Bundesliga scoring race with nine goals, and before Matchday 9 he had scored in seven consecutive league games, equalling the Werder club record set by Rudi Völler in 1982-83. Stuttgart ended both streaks on Matchday 9, beating Bremen 1-0 through Maximilian Mittelstädt’s seventh-minute goal and ending Bremen’s seven-game unbeaten run. Their next game is the northern derby at home to Hamburg.
Behind them, the middle of the table is crowded: Elversberg are seventh on 13 points, four clubs sit on 12, and Mainz and Paderborn have ten each.
The relegation fight: Gladbach bottom, Schalke and Union in trouble
Borussia Mönchengladbach are bottom of the Bundesliga standings on four points, with one win, one draw and seven defeats. They have conceded 25 goals, the worst defensive record in the league, and they lost 3-1 at Hamburg on the Friday night of Matchday 9. They host Dortmund next, but the gap to safety is only five points.
Schalke are seventeenth on six points, and their problem is at the other end: five goals in nine games is the lowest return in the division. They lost 2-1 at Hoffenheim on Matchday 9, and they have won once all season. Union Berlin are sixteenth on seven points, in the relegation play-off place, with seven goals scored and 21 conceded, the worst goal difference in the league at minus fourteen.
The side finishing sixteenth plays a two-legged play-off against the third-placed team from the second division, while seventeenth and eighteenth go down directly.
Matchday 9 results: how the table took shape
Matchday 9 produced 30 goals across nine games, with six home wins, two away wins and one draw. The top four all won and the bottom three all lost, which stretched the table at both ends. Here are the results from 6–8 November 2026:
- Hamburger SV 3-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach (Friday 6 November)
- Borussia Dortmund 2-1 SV Elversberg
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 1-2 Bayern Munich
- SC Paderborn 07 2-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
- RB Leipzig 5-2 FC Augsburg
- VfB Stuttgart 1-0 SV Werder Bremen
- 1. FC Köln 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen (Sunday 8 November)
- SC Freiburg 2-0 1. FC Union Berlin
- TSG Hoffenheim 2-1 FC Schalke 04
Two moments from the round deserve a second look. At Paderborn, Frankfurt goalkeeper Noah Atubolu came forward for a late set piece and headed on the assist for Jonathan Burkardt’s stoppage-time equaliser. At Stuttgart, the home side defended a one-goal lead through the closing minutes as Füllkrug pushed for a late equaliser that never came.
For readers following the other leagues, our Premier League standings page tracks Arsenal’s lead in England, while the La Liga standings and Serie A standings pages cover Barcelona and Lazio at the top of their divisions.
Top scorers: Füllkrug leads as Kane turns creator
The scoring race has a clear leader. Niclas Füllkrug has nine goals for Werder Bremen, three of them penalties. His seven-game scoring run matched a club record that had stood since Rudi Völler set it in 1982-83, and even though Stuttgart stopped the run, he remains the player every defence in the league is planning for first.
Patrik Schick is second with eight goals for Leverkusen. Behind him, three players sit on six: Michael Olise at Bayern, Younes Ebnoutalib at Frankfurt, whose brace rescued the draw at Paderborn, and Phillip Tietz at Mainz, whose stoppage-time goal against Bayern was his sixth of the season. Christopher Nkunku, Jonathan Burkardt and Ermedin Demirović have five each.
The assists table tells a different story, and it is headed by the league’s biggest name. Harry Kane has eight assists, more than anyone else, ahead of Antonio Nusa on seven. Kane has four goals to go with those eight assists, so his direct contribution of twelve is still among the best in the league.
What Matchday 10 has in store
The Bundesliga returns from the international break on Friday 20 November, when Bayern host Köln at the Allianz Arena. Köln were the first champions of the Bundesliga era, and they arrive in fifteenth place on nine points.
Saturday 21 November brings five games at 15:30 CET, with Schalke hosting Stuttgart in the late game at 18:30 CET. Sunday has two fixtures: Augsburg against Mainz at 15:30 CET, and the northern derby between Werder Bremen and Hamburg at 17:30 CET.
The full Matchday 10 fixture list, all times CET:
- Friday 20 November, 20:30: Bayern Munich vs 1. FC Köln
- Saturday 21 November, 15:30: Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Borussia Dortmund
- Saturday 21 November, 15:30: Bayer Leverkusen vs SC Paderborn 07
- Saturday 21 November, 15:30: Eintracht Frankfurt vs TSG Hoffenheim
- Saturday 21 November, 15:30: SV Elversberg vs SC Freiburg
- Saturday 21 November, 15:30: 1. FC Union Berlin vs RB Leipzig
- Saturday 21 November, 18:30: FC Schalke 04 vs VfB Stuttgart
- Sunday 22 November, 15:30: FC Augsburg vs 1. FSV Mainz 05
- Sunday 22 November, 17:30: SV Werder Bremen vs Hamburger SV
The official Bundesliga table is updated after every match, and this page will be refreshed after Matchday 10, when the standings will move again.
How to read the Bundesliga standings
The Bundesliga standings work the same way as the other major European leagues. Each of the 18 clubs plays 34 games, home and away against every other club. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. Teams level on points are separated first by goal difference, then by goals scored.
At the end of the season, the top four qualify for the Champions League, and the next places go to the Europa League and the Conference League. At the bottom, the clubs finishing seventeenth and eighteenth are relegated directly to the second division, while the sixteenth-placed club plays a two-legged play-off against the third-placed second-division side.
Who is top of the Bundesliga standings?
Bayern Munich are top of the Bundesliga standings with 21 points from nine games, ahead of Borussia Dortmund on goal difference. Both sides have won six, drawn three and lost none, but Bayern’s goal difference of plus 20 is eleven better than Dortmund’s plus nine.
How many points do Bayern and Dortmund have?
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both have 21 points after nine games. Freiburg are third on 19 points and RB Leipzig fourth on 18, so the top four are separated by only three points.
Who is the Bundesliga’s top scorer?
Niclas Füllkrug of Werder Bremen leads the Bundesliga scoring race with nine goals in nine games, three of them penalties. Patrik Schick of Bayer Leverkusen is second with eight goals, and Michael Olise, Younes Ebnoutalib and Phillip Tietz all have six.
When does the Bundesliga resume after the international break?
The Bundesliga resumes with Matchday 10 on Friday 20 November 2026, when Bayern Munich host 1. FC Köln at 20:30 CET. Five more games follow on Saturday 21 November and two on Sunday 22 November, including the northern derby between Werder Bremen and Hamburg.
Who is bottom of the Bundesliga standings?
Borussia Mönchengladbach are bottom of the Bundesliga standings with four points from nine games, having won once, drawn once and lost seven times. They have conceded 25 goals, the most in the league, and sit three points behind Schalke in seventeenth.
