Stuttgart opens the 2nd match day as leaders and has a déjà vu that causes concern. Hoffenheim has to be navigated to the Heidenheimer Schlossberg. Bochum should drop his phlegm against BVB. Bayern’s eerie streak was only interrupted by Augsburg. The 2nd matchday brings all this…
Premiere on the Schlossberg: Heidenheim is looking forward to the first home game. IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich
Stuttgart – Leipzig: Bad memories at VfB
VfB Stuttgart goes into the 2nd match day as leaders on Friday evening. How much is that worth? The Swabians themselves should know best. In the 2021/22 season, VfB was also at the top after beating Fürth 5-1. Endo, who is known to be no longer suitable as a savior, secured relegation in literally the last second on the last day of the game. What does that have to do with this season? On the 2nd and 3rd day of the game, Leipzig and Freiburg are the same opponents as two years ago. The Saxons will remember it fondly, as they overran Stuttgart 4-0. The recent departures of Mavropanos and Endo have also weakened the team.
Bundesliga table
Pl. Club Points 1 VfB Stuttgart 3 2 Bayern Munich 3 3 1. FC Union Berlin 3
Bochum – Dortmund: Will VfL shed his running phlegm?
However, Bochum did not have the impression that VfB was very weak recently in Stuttgart, as the team of Swabian Thomas Letsch was spanked 0:5. Losilla immediately denied the team’s suitability for the Bundesliga. Apparently, in addition to playful deficits, the lousy mileage. The next opponent Borussia Dortmund reeled off about eight kilometers more (the usual strong Heidenheimer almost 16 kilometers – to the mileage of all teams …). Bochum was also in last place in the sprints. However, VfL does not have to be afraid of BVB at the moment, the engine has been stuttering a lot lately. Only three chances were created in the work win against 1. FC Köln. There’s still a lot of room for improvement.
Cologne – Wolfsburg: FC is stuck on the offensive
Alidou has been a player at 1. FC Köln since Monday and a look at the statistics makes it clear why. The Cologne team has been tweaking their attack for a long time, which is not only due to the recent personnel problems. Because in the 0-1 draw in Dortmund, coach Steffen Baumgart’s team remained goalless for the ninth time this calendar year, more often than any other current Bundesliga side. The winger could possibly make his debut against Wolfsburg.
Heidenheim – Hoffenheim: Navigation device on “Albstüble”
Wolfsburg in the person of Wind (double pack) messed up newcomer Heidenheim’s Bundesliga debut. Now the entire Ostalb is looking forward to the first home game against TSG Hoffenheim. For all guest fans, it is advisable to give the navigation device clear instructions, not that it directs you to Heidenheim in Bavaria. Destination address “Albstüble” at Schlosshaustraße 162 should work. Then you will be directed to the highest stadium in German professional football (555 meters above sea level). If you still have time, you can get a hearty beef broth with Herrgottsbscheißerle as a starter for the game. Because if you want to survive at the FCH, you have to be able to at least run against it.
Darmstadt – Union: Obvious training content
Union has strengthened itself extremely prominently, but at the start of the season it was a well-known face with Behrens who catapulted himself into the limelight with three header goals. Because Behrens is the first player since the start of detailed data collection in the 1998/99 season who managed a header hat-trick in the Bundesliga. Already in the previous season, Union had been the strongest team in the league with 13 header goals (together with Freiburg). The training content of the Darmstadt team should therefore be known for this week.
Gladbach – Leverkusen: 268 sprints were the top value
At the top game Saturday night all eyes are now on Hofmann, who will return to his old place of work sooner than expected. Accordingly, he has “mixed feelings” before the game. Of course it is also a reunion with the former club for Gladbach’s new coach Gerardo Seoane. Meanwhile, the numbers for the game speak for themselves: Gladbach only got one point from the last seven games against Leverkusen. What was striking in the top game against Leipzig (3:2) was the high pace. The Werkself made 268 sprints – no team had more.
Mainz – Frankfurt: Who will start the penalty?
Devastated at the start: Ludovic Ajorque. IMAGO/Beautiful Sports
Am Sunday Frankfurt tackles the short route to Mainz. There wasn’t much to get there lately. FSV lost only one of 15 home games against Eintracht in the Bundesliga (six wins, eight draws). However, Ajorque has to be rebuilt after two missed penalties in the 1: 4 at Union. With this novelty, he at least has an entry in the history books of the Bundesliga. Will he take the next penalty? Eintracht would certainly like to postpone the answer to this question by one game day.
Bayern – Augsburg: Only FCA interrupted the uncanny Bayern series
“You can really get a kick out of that, or you can create a surprise,” said FCA coach Enrico Maaßen, summing up the game against Bayern. As soon as the statistics are used, there is little that gives Augsburg hope. But there was something. In the last 116 games (!), Bayern have remained goalless in only one. Exactly: 0-1 in the first half of the season at FCA. However, the defensive of all things was anything but solid at the start with four goals conceded …
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