Bundesliga video highlights: All the goals from Matchday 1!
Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen won a fitting season opener against local rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach. - © DFL/Getty Images/Alexander Scheuber
Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen won a fitting season opener against local rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach. - © DFL/Getty Images/Alexander Scheuber
Defending champions Bayer Leverkusen left it very late as the 2024/25 Bundesliga season started with a bang. Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund kicked off the Nuri Şahin era in style...
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Highlights of all matches are available in non-DACH countries from 00:00 CET on Monday, and in DACH countries 24 hours later.
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen
Florian Wirtz scored a penalty rebound in the 11th minute of added time to get Leverkusen's title defence off to a winning start, after Borussia Mönchengladbach had come from 2-0 down to level in an absorbing opening to the 2024/25 Bundesliga season.
Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Jamie Gittens' second-half brace fired Dortmund to victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in Şahin's first Bundesliga game as head coach.
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Freiburg 3-1 VfB Stuttgart
Freiburg began life after legendary head coach Christian Streich with a superb comeback win over last season's runners-up VfB Stuttgart.
RB Leipzig 1-0 Bochum
RB Leipzig survived Willi Orbán's late dismissal to beat Bochum, courtesy of a debut Bundesliga goal from Antonio Nusa.
Antonio Nusa made an instant impact from the Leipzig bench against Bochum. - IMAGO/Michael Taeger
Hoffenheim 3-2 Holstein Kiel
Andrej Kramarić's hat-trick gave Hoffenheim all three points against Bundesliga new boys Holstein Kiel, who had Andu Kelati sent off.
Hoffenheim talisman Andrej Kramarić put in a brilliant individual display on Matchday 1. - IMAGO/Thomas Voelker
Augsburg 2-2 Werder Bremen
Augsburg and Werder Bremen shared four goals in a highly entertaining clash at the WWK Arena.
Werder Bremen led 1-0 and trailed Augsburg 2-1, before hitting back to draw 2-2. - DFL/Getty Images/Leonhard SImon
Mainz 1-1 Union Berlin
Nadiem Amiri and László Bénes exchanged superb second-half goals as Union Berlin came from behind to take a point on new head coach Bo Svensson's return to Mainz.
Nadiem Amiri's rasping free-kick put Mainz in front against Union Berlin. - IMAGO/Frey-Pressebild/Deines
Remaining fixtures
Sunday 25 August
Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich (3.30pm CEST)
St. Pauli vs. Heidenheim (5.30pm CEST)
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