The Bundesliga is back! Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Bayern open the season on Friday, while the other 16 clubs have their first appearances on Saturday and Sunday. Sky Sport shows the expected lineups.
The German series champions FC Bayern Munich and Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt contest the start of a memorable Bundesliga season on Friday (8.30 p.m.). The 60th season will be a very special one, because it will be interrupted for more than two months from mid-November because of the Winter World Cup in Qatar. Many English weeks create a special burden. Above all, Borussia Dortmund wants to prevent the eleventh championship title in a row from Munich. RB Leipzig is another challenger to FC Bayern.
The Bundesliga has had an official opening game since 2002. So far, the champions have never lost the opening game, with 15 wins and five draws.
Lineup Frankfurt: Trapp – Toure, Ndicka, Tuta – Knauff, Sow, Götze, Kostic – Kamada, Lindström – Borre
FC Bayern line-up: Neuer – Pavard, Upamecano, Hernandez, Davies – Kimmich, Sabitzer – Müller, Musiala – Gnabry, Mane
Union Lineup: Rönnow – Jaeckely, Knoche, Heintz – Trimmel, Khedira, Gießelmann – Haraguchi, Haberer – Becker, Siebatcheu
Lineup Hertha: Christensen – Kenny, Boyata, Kempf, Plattenhardt – Sunjic – Darida, Serdar – Lukebakio, Selke, Maolida
Lineup Gladbach: Sommer – Scally, Itakura, Elvedi, Bensebaini – Kramer, Neuhaus – Herrmann, Hofmann, Plea – Thuram
Lineup Hoffenheim: Baumann – Posch, Vogt, Kabak – Kaderabek. Samassekou, Skov – Prömel, Baumgartner – Kramaric, Rutter
Lineup Wolfsburg: Casteels – Baku, Bornauw, Lacroix, van de Ven – Svanberg, Arnold – Wimmer, Marmoush – Wind – Nmecha
Lineup Bremen: Pavlenka – Pieper, Veljkovic, Friedl – Weiser, Groß, Jung – Schmid, Bittencourt – Füllkrug, Duksch
Lineup Augsburg: Gikiewicz – Bauer, Gouweleuw, Uduokhai – Caligiuri, Gruezo, Maier, Iago – Hahn, Jensen – Niederlechner
Lineup Fribourg: Flekken – Schmid, Ginter, Lienhart, Günter – Eggestein, Höfler – Doan, Jeong, Grifo – Petersen
Lineup Bochum: Riemann – Gamboa, Lampropoulos, Ordets, Stafylidis – Losilla – Asano, Stöger – Zoller, Holtmann – Hofmann
Lineup Mainz: Zentner – Bell, Hack, Leitsch – Widmer, Kohr, Aaron – Stach, Lee – Onisiwo, Burkardt
Lineup Dortmund: Kobel – Meunier, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro – Bellingham, Dahoud – Reus – Malen, Moukoko, Adeyemi
Lineup Leverkusen: Hradecky – Frimpong, Tabsoba, Tah, Hincapie – Andrich, Demirbay – Hlozek, Azmoun, Diaby – Schick
Lineup Stuttgart: Müller – Mavropanos, Anton, Ito – Endo – Vagnoman, Führich, Ahamada, Silas – Kalajdzic, Tomas
Lineup Leipzig: Gulacsi – Simakan, Orban, Halstenberg – Henrichs, Laimer, Raum – Olmo, Szoboszlai – Nkunku, Silva
Lineup Cologne: Schwäbe – Schmitz, Hubers, Chabot, Hector – Skhiri, Ljubicic – Uth, Kainz – Adamyan, Modeste
Formation Schalke: Schwolow – Brunner, Yoshida, Kaminski, Ouwejan – Kral, Krauss – Drexler, Zalazar, Mohr – Polter
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