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It’s January the 19th 2018 and this doesn’t only mark the start of the second Bundesliga matchday of 2018, it’ll also most likely mark the first Dortmund game in a Post-Aubameyang era who seems to be on his way to Arsenal. When Dortmund travels to Berlin on Friday night (8.30 CET) they are going to […]
Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 3 Bayern Munich (Volland 70’ – Martinez 32’, Ribery 59’, Rodriguez 90+1’) A game in which the most memorable parts might have been a mouse on the field and two fans communicating via their shoes was filled with action nonetheless. Javi Martinez gave Bayern the lead after the half hour mark. […]
Bayern Munich returned to winning ways after the winter-break with a 3-1 victory away to Bayer Leverkusen on Friday night. The league-leaders are over ten points clear at the top, seemingly on course for another league title. Likewise, in England, Manchester City also appear unstoppable as they have a significant lead over ten points as […]
This winter break has been the shortest one in the history of the league but with the Premier League going crazy it always feels like it has been months when league football does return. Leverkusen and Bayern kick things off at Friday (8.30 CET) in what tends to be a close and intense match that […]
We mainly talked about the good stories of the season so far but obviously – there are quite a few bad stories. Today we will focus on 4 teams that are facing relegation. Köln will not be one of those four clubs, simply because the chances that they could be saved from relegation at this […]
After we talked about the teams that could qualify for the Champions League last week we will now take a look at the teams who could just not make it and one very interesting team that are to be found in the mid-table regions. The first one is Leipzig. After a horrendously good first season […]
Over 20 days to recover mid-way through the domestic season enables Bundesliga players to rest-up and travel to warmer climates, leaving the wintry German conditions behind them. For league-leaders and defending champions, Bayern Munich, there is a 22 day hiatus between their last game against Borussia Dortmund in the cup on the 20th December, and […]
It’s just one week until the winter break ends and it promises to be a Rückrunde of the most thrilling nature. Yes, Bayern is clear favourite to win the league and betting for that will most likely be suspended before February ends but below that the league is wide open. Today we’ll take a look […]
At the end of the 2016-17, Werder Bremen were on an unstoppable run of form, going 11 games unbeaten and pulling themselves out of the relegation spots and into European contention. Their form, quite obviously, didn’t carry over from the last season. Starting off in the Bundesliga without a win in eleven games before an […]
The winter break has arrived in Germany with fixtures resuming on Friday 12th January when Bayer Leverkusen take on Bayern Munich, kicking off the 18th round of fixtures. With the latter, 11 points clear at the top of the table, it is clear Jupp Heynckes’ side have been the stand-out team in the division. Alongside […]
Apart from Bayern being the best team of the league by quite a margin – eleven points to be exact – this season in the Bundesliga has been extraordinarily close so far. Schalke who finished the Hinrunde as the worst 2nd placed team since the inception of the Three-Point-rule and they two points ahead of […]
Monchengladbach 3 – 1 Hamburger SV (Hazard 9’, Raffael 74’, 79’ – Hahn 53’) Raffael and Thorgan Hazard got the action kicked off early for the hosts, with Hazard latching on to a through ball from the former to score via a well-executed chip. Hamburg had a chance to equalize from a set-piece, but Lars […]
A change of personnel in the managerial hot seats at Cologne and Borussia Dortmund has brought some much-needed joy to the fans of both clubs, particularly at Dortmund with the side winning back-to-back games for the first time since August. Peter Stoger’s appointment from bottom side Cologne, where he had not won a match this […]
This matchday marks the last one in 2017. It has been quite eventful this year even though Bayern dominated throughout the whole year. Köln went from a team that qualified for the Europa League to a team that is all but relegated and Dortmund went through three managers. Action kicks off on Friday (8.30) when […]
Amine Harit Definitely the best player on the pitch in the Schalke game, and probably in matchday 16 overall, Amine Harit lit up the pitch against Augsburg. He delivered the assist for the first goal after a superb turn and won the penalty to win it for Schalke. Overall, Harit was brilliant linking up play […]
Wolfsburg 1 – 1 RB Leipzig (Verhaegh pen 15’ – Halstenberg 53’) Paul Verhaegh coolly slotted his penalty away to start the action at the Volkswagen Arena. A combination of Ibrahima Konate and Stefan Ilsanker conceded the penalty after fouling Mario Gomez. Yussuf Poulsen provided an angled ball to meet the boot of a sliding […]
It’s only two days since the last matchday of the Bundesliga and the next one is already around the corner. Since Sunday Borussia Dortmund has replaced Peter Bosz with Peter Stöger who only won three points in his 14 games at Köln – he could already get double that prior to the winter break with […]
After sacking Peter Bosz, Borussia Dortmund made the somewhat surprising step of appointing a manager, who had himself been sacked last week. Peter Stoger takes up the mantle of Dortmund boss after FC Cologne sacked him last week. Given that Stoger left Cologne with the side firmly cemented at the bottom of The Bundesliga table, […]
VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen (Havertz 20′, Bender 80′) Another week and another solid performance for Bayer Leverkusen. Leon Bailey put in a spectacular shift, showing why he has been linked with the likes of Chelsea in recent times. Good movement on the flanks led Bailey to deliver the first of his two assists, as […]
It’s the last week of Bundesliga football and this one is packed with three matchdays in the space of 9 days – also called Englische Woche in Germany because it’s a common occurrence on the island. Everything kicks off this friday (at 8.30) with a match between Stuttgart and Leverkusen. Stuttgart are 13th but the […]
