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• Union Berlin 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: BVB's away struggles continue

  Borussia Dortmund slumped to a 2-1 loss at Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

  In a match that took place just four days after BVB’s 7-1 demolition of Celtic in the Champions League for their biggest European win, their familiar domestic away woes returned in the German capital.

  Union's Kevin Vogt ended a 10-year Bundesliga goal drought after converting a 26th-minute penalty. 

  Vogt's previous goal was scored on October 18, 2014, making it a record 275 Bundesliga matches between goals for an outfield player.

  Dortmund showed none of the aggression they produced in the win over Celtic and before half-time they conceded another with Yorbe Vertessen's low strike from the edge of the box.

  Julian Ryerson pulled a goal back for the visitors just past the hour, but they could not find an equaliser despite applying some late pressure.

  The loss meant Dortmund dropped to seventh place in the standings on 10 points, with Union now one place and one point above them.

  Data Debrief: Away woes for BVB

  Dortmund had lost 5-1 to Stuttgart in their previous away game on September 22 and, dating back to the end of last season, have now collected just one point from their last five Bundesliga road matches.

  They have failed to score more than once in any of those games.

  Dortmund dominated the possession (67.1%) here but only converted that control of the ball into eight shots, four of which were on target, resulting in a poor accumulated expected goals (xG) total of just 0.66.

  One of the few BVB positives was the performance of Julian Brandt, who created a game-high four chances and got the assist for Ryerson’s goal.

  Midfielder Brandt has now created a goal in three straight games across all competitions and has four assists overall for Dortmund this season.

• Leicester City 1-0 Bournemouth: Buonanotte hands Foxes first win

  Leicester City finally got their first win of the Premier League season, defeating Bournemouth 1-0 at the King Power Stadium.

  Facundo Buonanotte scored the winning goal for Steve Cooper’s side in the 16th minute with a stunning curling effort.

  Bournemouth put on a much better display in the second half though, with Lewis Cook having a direct free-kick ruled out for offside 66 minutes in.

  Illia Zabarnyi and Dango Ouattara also hit the woodwork as the Cherries continued to dominate, but they fell short of finding an equaliser.

  The Foxes move up to 15th place, with six points from seven matches, while Bournemouth sit 13th – two points better off their opponents.

  Data Debrief: Buonanotte at his best

  While Leicester had to wait for their first victory since returning to the top flight, it came via a player who had already impressed under Cooper.

  Buonanotte now has four goal involvements in six Premier League appearances this season – already his joint-most across a single campaign in the competition (also four for Brighton and Hove Albion in 2023-24). 

  Indeed, his four goal contributions in his last five league games is as many as he managed in his previous 36 matches.

  Leicester had to come through plenty of pressure at the other end, but they held firm for their first home clean sheet in the Premier League since October 2022 – a 2-0 win over Leeds United that game 16 home top-flight games ago.

• Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Holstein Kiel: Alonso denied win on landmark outing

  Bayer Leverkusen again let a lead slip, having to settle for a 2-2 draw against Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga, in Xabi Alonso's 100th match in charge of the club.

  Victor Boniface slotted in after just four minutes to put the hosts in front, netting his fourth league goal of the campaign. 

  And Leverkusen struck again before Kiel could recover, with Jonas Hofmann's low drive getting the better of Timon Weiner, who should have done better, to put them 2-0 up inside eight minutes.

  Kiel, however, refused to back down and pulled one back on the stroke of half-time thanks to Max Geschwill's far-post header.

  Jeremie Frimpong then brought down Armin Gigovic in the box, and Fiete Arp made no mistake from the spot as he got the promoted side back on level terms in the 69th minute.

  Leverkusen missed the chance to go level on points with leaders Bayern Munich, and instead sit fifth. 

  Data Debrief: An early lead slips

  Alonso would have been hoping to mark his 100th game in charge with a much more positive result, especially having won 66 of his first 99 in charge.

  It was not for lack of trying though, as they had 23 shots in the game, seven of which were on target - a much-improved tally from their meagre three attempts against Bayern last weekend.

  In fact, The Werkself have still taken the most shots (117) and had the most on-target (44) in the Bundesliga so far this season.

  However, they have also dropped seven points from winning positions in the competition, with only Bochum and Wolfsburg (both eight) losing more, and that is something Alonso will be keen to stamp out sooner rather than later.