On Matchday 9 of the Women’s Bundesliga, five of the six matches will be played between neighbors. Some of these placements would not necessarily have been expected before the season. Will this be the tightest day of the season so far?
SC Freiburg – MSV Duisburg (Saturday, 16:00)
MSV Duisburg is in sixth place with ten points and is currently the best team in North Rhine-Westphalia – few would have expected this before the season.
The Duisburg women have achieved this position with outstandingly good communication on the pitch, Sarah Freutel in particular often takes on the role of defensive organizer, the result is a stable defence.
The 0:7 against Bayern Munich was an outlier, because if the game were excluded from the table, Duisburg would only have conceded six goals in seven games.
In the Dreisamstadion, however, the defense is once again subjected to a test of endurance, SC is the most accurate after VfL Wolfsburg with 21 goals. One reason is the outstanding season of Janina Minge, who scored another brace against Bremen. Fun fact: if the 23-year-old has scored this season, it’s always been more than a goal. With her seven goals, she is on a par with Wolfsburg’s Ewa Pajor.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen – FFC Turbine Potsdam (Sunday, 13:00)
Will the turbine get its first win of the season? Potsdam finished last season with 21 points more than the hosts, and this game is also the only one not played in the vicinity of the table, albeit in the opposite direction.
In an interview with “Kicker”, Jennifer Cramer took a look at the general situation in the regional environment of Potsdam: “It is absolutely clear that Hertha, Union and even Viktoria have a lot more money behind them than Turbine. The goals of these clubs are very ambitious. We have to be careful not to be overtaken in the table.”
SV Meppen – 1. FC Köln (Sunday, 13:00)
In Emsland, despite the defeat against direct competition from Duisburg, points have been collected so far in the autumn, in contrast Cologne come with three defeats in a row.
Although top teams Wolfsburg and Frankfurt were also there, this season FC are still not at the level of last season, when they developed a similar run to Meppen’s, albeit with far more goals conceded.
The hosts are characterized above all by having the best defense outside the top 3 thanks to their aggressive pressing. In the long run, however, the attack is a cause for concern, as the hitherto efficient exploitation of chances hides the fact that Meppen’s side create only a few clear chances.
SGS Essen – SV Werder Bremen (Sunday, 13:00)
The Essen team won their encounter in the round of 16 of the cup two weeks ago 1-0. Top scorer Vivien Endemann is the SGS top scorer with two goals in the Bundesliga and has scored just seven goals in total.
The Bremen side’s goal tally is even lower overall, with just five goals Bremen sharing bottom place with Turbine Potsdam in this category. For SV, Nina Lührßen leads the team table with two goals. Your converted free kick directly at the Weser Stadium was last week’s goal.
