Is Borussia Dortmund’s unblemished best ever start a danger to Bayern?

Those are some statistics and, though the honeymoon may not last, there appears to be a real conviction among the fanbase that Dortmund, 7/1 to clinch the Bundesliga title, can finally threaten Munich again.

“It’s a good motivation for us, when the fans sing that,” said Gabon goal machine Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who leads BVB in league scoring with five so far, of title potential chants.

Effective Aubameyang has been a slow-burning replacement for departed prolific Polish poacher Robert Lewandowski, who left to join Pep Guardiola’s boys, but has improved season upon season and now looks the real deal, leading dangerously from the front.

While retaining stalwarts schooled in the Dortmund way, smooth operator Tuchel has turned to youth to reinvigorate a side that so often lacked invention despite it’s star names last season.

Bargain summer buy Julian Wiegl, just 20, has been anchoring midfield exceptionally to allow fluid attacking counterparts Henrikh Mkhitaryan, on nine goals in eight games, Shinji Kagawa and Jonas Hofmann to wreak havoc.

Defender Matthias Ginter is another young-gun to have benefited from a new reign, finally thriving from full back with six assists so far, despite being a centre half by trade, while Manchester United-owned Adnan Januzaj is another added to bring extra flair.

While Bayern are always the elephant in the room of any excellent Dortmund run, it is encouraging for their fantastically vociferous support that team performances have been the standout star, with no one player the sole orchestrator of excellence.

Bigger immediate challenges await with Bayer Leverkusen the next potential road block in the Bundesliga, with an impending visit to Bayern in early October.

Yet, with Sven Bender on the bench, Turkish schemer Nuri Sahin still to return from the sidelines, and Lukasz Piszczek, Adrian Ramos and Reus also in and out of the team through injury, BVB’s results look even more remarkable, and send a stark warning across to Bavaria. The title may not be tied up so early this term.