Their current unfavorable ranking could be because of their less than optimal performance or because the strategy they are playing is not working well. It is difficult for them to be at the top of the standings because the points they have are quite far from the teams at the top of the standings, but with their journey still far away I think they can still improve their ranking including their performance such as the strategy that may need to be changed because I think the strategy they are currently doing is not suitable.
I didn't think they would be defeated by Stuttgart but in fact Stuttgart beat Dortmund by quite a large score, this is quite a big defeat for them, with their next match which will face Bochum I think they can win, as long as they can learn from the mistakes that occurred in the previous match which made them lose badly.
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/clubs/borussia-dortmund
I didn't think they would be defeated by Stuttgart but in fact Stuttgart beat Dortmund by quite a large score, this is quite a big defeat for them, with their next match which will face Bochum I think they can win, as long as they can learn from the mistakes that occurred in the previous match which made them lose badly.
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/clubs/borussia-dortmund
On the one hand, Dortmund's position is not so bad and their current place in the standings can be attributed to the randomness of the first rounds, plus they are only 5 points behind first place. On the other hand, they are only 6 points behind last place, plus the goal difference is 7-7 and the last defeat 5-1 suggests that they have serious problems. Bookmakers see the upcoming game as follows:
1.26 - 6.20 - 11.50
Considering that Dortmund is an unreliable team with obvious problems, I see literally no reason to risk it for 26%