Bundesliga

Bayern Munich head coach Hansi Flick knows just what he is going to emphasise to his players when he gets them back in the dressing room ahead of the resumption of football: teamwork works! And with league action set to return on May 15 (with the German government expected to confirm the news tomorrow), his […]

The final day of the 1977-78 Bundesliga season was a real goal-fest, and one few could have imagined or have forgotten. FC Cologne and Borussia Monchengladbach were fighting it out for the title and Cologne seemed to only need to kick-off in their match against St. Pauli to be crowned Champions. Gladbach, were defending champions […]

In early February 2018 Hannover 96 shareholder, Martin Kind, withdrew his application to the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) to take majority control of the club. This wouldn’t usually cause much of a stir outside Germany, however he was trying to make Hannover only the fifth Bundesliga team to be majority owned by a single entity […]

Hamburg have not dropped out of the top division of German football since the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. By the end of this season, however, that could change. What makes this looming threat all the more painful for Hamburg is that they could be playing in the second division for the first time […]

Borussia Monchengladbach 2 – 2 Werder Bremen (Zakaria 5′, Moisander o.g. 33′ – Delaney 59′, Johannsson 78′) Denis Zakaria, and Monchengladbach supporters, must have thought that Zakaria had won all three points by himself. Zakaria scored from a narrow angle after Thomas Delaney had come out second best in a 50/50. Then another error from […]

Mainz 1 – 1 Wolfsburg (Muto 44′ – Brekalo 6′) Yoshinori Muto turned home the ball with one of the final actions of the first half to earn a point for Mainz, as little of note occurred in the second period. The now Bruno Labbadia-led Wolfsburg went ahead early, with Josip Brekalo putting the ball […]

Bremen pile the pressure on Hamburg with vital win Hamburg suffered their third successive defeat at the hands of a Werder Bremen side, who are looking far more likely to avoid the Bundesliga drop. An own-goal in the 86th minute by Dutch centre-back Rick Van Drongelen ensured Bremen clinched the points in a tight battle […]

Hertha Berlin 0 – 2 Mainz (Quaison 40′, 65′) Mainz continue to pull away from the drop zone, with a Robin Quaison brace helping them to a win. Quaison beat Rune Jarstein with a shot from distance, which found its way in at the near post. He nutmegged Jarstein for his second, timing his run […]

Saturday’s match-up between Schalke and Hoffenheim showcased an interesting battle between the two youngest managers in the history of the Bundesliga. 32 year-old, Domenico Tedesco’s side triumphed 2-1 over 30 year-old, Julian Nagelsmann’s Hoffenheim as Schalke responded in the perfect manner to their previous two league defeats. The two managers have now won one game […]

Bayern win without coach present Jupp Heynckes was ill and unable to be in attendance as Bayern Munich hosted Schalke at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. Assistant coach Peter Hermann was in the dugout. Despite the change in personnel on the side-lines, the result was still the same as Bayern registered their 18th win of […]

RB Leipzig 2 – 0 FC Augsburg (Upamecano 17’, Keita 70’) RB Leipzig went second in the league courtesy of Dayot Upamecano’s first professional goal and a deflected Naby Keita goal. Yussuf Poulsen had struck the ball well and Marwin Hitz proved equal to the strike, but Upamecano slid in first to tuck home the […]

It has been several weeks since it was announced that Goretzka is going to make the switch to Bayern at the end of the season which wasn’t received very well by Schalke fans. This matchday marks his visit to his soon-to-be new club. Action starts on Friday (8.30 CET) when Augsburg visits Leipzig. After beating […]

Following Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s move to Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund ran out 3-2 winners in the Friday evening Bundesliga clash away to Cologne. Michy Batshuayi scored twice on his debut as Peter Stoger’s men made the perfect start to life without their departed Gabon star. Stoger said how Batshuayi’s desire to have regular game time in order […]

FC Koln 2-3 Dortmund (Zoller 60′, Mere 69′ – Batshuayi 35′, 62′, Schurrle 84′) Michy Batshuayi was involved in all three goals on his debut after signing from Chelsea on a loan until the end of the season. Jeremy Toljan made good work down the left before squaring to Batshuayi, who fired past Timo Horn […]

If you’d have to name three teams who are in great form right now that list would most likely include Köln who collected 10 points from the last four games putting them “just” four points behind 16th place. Friday night (8.30 CET) they play against Dortmund. Dortmund’s football under the regime of has not been […]

Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Gladbach (Boateng 42′, Jovic 90+2′) Frankfurt continue to impress under Niko Kovac as they struck late on in the first and second half to move into second before the Sunday matches were played. Kevin-Prince Boateng put Frankfurt up right before the break after converting a cross from the left. Thorgan Hazard took […]

After going three league games without starting, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang played the full ninety minutes as Borussia Dortmund rescued a last gasp point at home to Freiburg. The Gabon international has been a hot topic of January transfer speculation with Arsenal reportedly trying to bring him to North London. The fact that the forward was left […]

If anyone had any doubts about Bayern winning the title they have should have gone after the last two weeks with Bayern putting more points between them and 2nd-placed Leverkusen than they managed to put between themselves and 16th-placed Bremen. Looking at the table right now there is a whole host of possible candidates for […]

It’s that time of year when clubs go in search of the players who they think will bolster their squad as teams look to improve for the second-half of the Bundesliga campaign. With less than two weeks to go until the transfer window is closed for business, there have already been some shrewd captures. Leon […]

Hertha Berlin 1 – 1 Borussia Dortmund (Selke 46’ – Kagawa 71’) Chances were few and far between in this match, and Dortmund had the first one. Just over 13 minutes in, Christian Pulisic put in a cross from the right that was just too high for Shinji Kagawa. The next half-chance came from a […]