Bundesliga Wrap, Week 7: Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen open lead atop the Bundesliga table

The “big three” in the Bundesliga this season made their presence felt this weekend with three victories and three shutouts to move six points clear of the fourth place side in the league. Fourth through fourteenth place are separated by --- you guessed it --- four points!

Arkadiusz Milik scored a goal in the dying minutes to earn a big point for Augsburg against a tough Borussia Mönchengladbach side. Andre Hahn opened the scoring for Augsburg in the 27th minute, but the lead only lasted for five minutes before Gladbach had their equalizer. Max Kruse scored his first goal of the season to make it 1-1. Midway through the second half, Branimir Hrgota gave Gladbach the lead, but Milik’s late equalizer meant the points were shared.

Borussia Dortmund just smashed Freiburg on Saturday. Marco Reus and Robert Lewandowski each scored a brace while Jakub Blaszczykowski added one late in the second half. Fallou Diagne was sent off at halftime for Freiburg, and BVB took complete advantage and destroyed them in the second half. The scoreline helped BVB maintain first place in the league on goal differential.

Sami Hyypiä‘s side grabbed a big three points to remain just one point behind Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen. The 2-0 victory also extends Hannover’s road woes. Simon Rolfes and Sidney Sam grabbed goals in the first half, and Die Werkself held on throughout the second half for all three points.

Schalke went into the half up 3-1, but Jens Keller’s side couldn’t hold on to the advantage throughout the second half and eventually had to hold on to earn a point. Kevin Prince Boateng and Joel Matip gave Schalke a two goal advantage just thirteen minutes into the match, and Anthony Modeste pulled one back for Hoffenheim only minutes later. Marco Höger added another before the break to give Schalke the 3-1 lead. Hoffenheim fought back in the second half and Roberto Firmino made it 3-2 just after the restart. David Abraham made it 3-3 midway through the second half. Hoffenheim came close to scoring a fourth in the second half, but they were unable to grab another.

Sami Allagui banged in two goals against his former team as Hertha Berlin continued their stellar start to the season with a 3-1 victory over Mainz. The visitors actually were ahead early with Nicolai Müller’s sixth minute goal giving them the lead. Hertha roared to life in the second half with Allagui’s brace and Änis Ben-Hatira putting the third and final goal in the net in the 74th minute.

Marcel Jansen’s 86th minute equalizer for Hamburg secured a draw in Bert van Marwijk’s first match in charge of the club. Johannes Flum’s 31st minute goal was canceled out just before the halftime by Pierre-Michel Lasogga’s equalizer. Marco Russ scored shortly after halftime, but Frankfurt couldn’t make the goal stand with Jansen scoring late to rescue a point.

Stuttgart added to Eintracht Braunschweig’s awful start to the season with a 4-0 thrashing. Braunschweig remains winless in the early season and only have 1 point after 7 matches. Vedad Ibisevic grabbed a goal for Stuttgart just before halftime, but the visitors unloaded in the second half. Alexandru Maxim, Ibrahima Traore, and Martin Harnik all found the back of the net in the last 45 minutes to give Stuttgart the easy victory.

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