BERLIN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund ⁠eased past promoted Paderborn 3-0 on Saturday thanks to Felix Nmecha's late ⁠double, to make it three wins from threeBundesliga matches and join Freiburg ‌atop the table.

The Ruhr valley club, fresh from a 3-2 opening Champions League win over Villarreal on Tuesday, took a fifth-minute lead withSerhou Guirassy sending Fabio Silva through for a 30-metre run and a ​fine finish.

The hosts, without Greece forwardKostas Karetsas after hecollapsed ⁠midway through the first half of ⁠the Villarreal match with circulatory problems, dominated the first half, missing several golden chances, ⁠and ‌had two efforts from Guirassy ruled out for offside.

With Paderborn battling to find an equaliser after the break, Germany international Nmecha settled the home ⁠fans' nerves, drilling in the second goal in the 80th.

Nmecha ​kept the best for ‌last, executing a superb bicycle kick to make it 3-0 nine minutes ⁠later.

Karetsas' absence comes ​after fellow new Greek signingGiannis Konstantelias suffered a torn cruciate ligament in the season premiere two weeks ago.

Dortmund are on nine points, trailing on goal difference to league leaders Freiburg, whoalso ⁠made it three wins from three by crushing ​visitorsBorussia Moenchengladbach 5-0 for their best ever start to a season.

Freiburg have now won all six of their competitive matches this season. They also stretched their unbeaten home run ⁠against Gladbach to 19 Bundesliga games and almost 25 years.

Augsburg failed to join them on nine points after conceding a late Patrik Schickequaliser in their 2-2 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen and dropped to third on seven, though they still recorded their ​best points haul ever after three matches.

Eintracht Frankfurt's Can ⁠Uzun scored twice to steer his team to a 3-1 win at Mainz 05 ​in the Rhine-Main derby for their first league win ‌of the season.

Champions Bayern Munich are in action ​on Sunday at promoted Elversberg, who have kicked off their maiden Bundesliga campaign with two consecutive wins.

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ken Ferris)