The top four teams in the Bundesliga all won their respective games before the season's second international break.

FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund recorded narrow wins on matchday 9, while the bottom three suffered defeats before the international break.

Kane adds two assists as Karl scores again

Since he's winning the Ballon d'Or, England captain Harry Kane has gone three games without a goal. However, the striker who extended his FC Bayern record until 2029 is still making an impact with his sharp play in the final third. Kane has racked up five assists since scoring his last goal in the entertaining draw with Arsenal.

Meanwhile, Lennart Karl is now delivering the final touches in front of goal as he scored in back-to-back games following Uli Hoeneß and Max Eberl's negative comments. The youngster scored the second goal in Bayern's 2-1 victory at Mainz after Joshua Kimmich opened the scoring inside the first 15 minutes.

Lee Jae-Sung's first-half equalizer was cancelled because of an offside call, but Mainz still denied what would have been Bayern's first clean sheet since matchday 4 with Phillip Tietz's tenth goal in all competitions in injury-time. Jonas Urbig was between the sticks for the Rekordmeister after Manuel Neuer suffered yet another injury setback.

Nmecha's brilliant brace help Dortmund to stay level

Vincent Wagner's Elversberg kept Dortmund at bay in first-half, but they succumbed after the break the same way they did in their previous away game against Leipzig. Felix Nmecha produced two excellent finishes to double his tally for the season.

Similarly, Niko Kovač's men were denied a clean sheet as last season's 2. Bundesliga top-scorer Noel Futkeu finally scoring his first top-flight goal. The Black and Yellows head into the international break with the same number of points to the defending champions Bayern as their current form promises a potential title race.

Perfect weekend for all European participants 

Days after their respective mid-week European fixtures, the seven teams representing Bundesliga in continental fronts were all victorious. RB Leipzig were the big winners as they scored five against Augsburg, who were left empty-handed despite scoring with the first and last actions of an eventful match.

In contrast, fellow Champions League side Stuttgart only needed a solitary strikefrom Maximilian Mittelstädt to beat Werder Bremen in Topspiel action. On Sunday, third-placed Freiburg and Hoffenheim saw off Union Berlin and Schalke, respectively, after Leverkusen's derby win in Köln.

Stuttgart stop Füllkrug's scoring streak

Niclas Füllkrug is content with tying Rudi Völler's record of scoring in seven consecutive Bundesliga games for Werder Bremen as his streak ended on Saturday in Stuttgart. Daniel Thioune’s side lost both times the Germany international failed to score in Bundesliga this term.

The Swabians took all three points with a goal inside the first ten minutes in a game of few chances. Füllkrug will now join Germany's national team for the first time in over a year. After the international break, Bremen will face local rivals HSV, who returned to winning ways on Friday against bottom-placed Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Injury-time assist from Frankfurt's goalkeeper Atubolu in Paderborn

Jonathan Burkardt's brace secured a point for Eintracht Frankfurt in Paderbon, but it was Noah Atubolu's Injury-time assist from a set-piece play that stole the headlines after Saturday's encounter. The goalkeeper saw his record of saving successive Bundesliga penalty-kicks end at six when substitute Marvin Pieringer put the hosts ahead for the first time, but he set up Burkardt's backheel finish with a header.

Bundesliga will resume on November 20th with FC Bayern hosting the first-ever champions Köln.