Mainz is still waiting for its first win of the season, but 1. FSV has good memories of Bayern. The Rhenish derby takes place on Sunday and the new coach makes his debut at Augsburg. This is what game day brings…
Mainz’ Bo Svensson, Cologne vs. Gladbach and Augsburg’s new coach Jess Thorup (from left). imago images
Dortmund beckons to set a club record against Bremen
The game between Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen will be the 8th matchday on Friday evening (8.30 p.m.) opened. BVB specially flew its German national players back from the USA on a private jet to give them more recovery time. For Dortmund’s center forward Füllkrug it will be a reunion with his former club; he only moved from the Hanseatic League to the Westphalians in the summer. Should BVB score a goal against SVW, it would set a new club record: Dortmund would then have scored 23 times in a row against the same opponent. But Werder has fond memories of Signal-Iduna-Park, having achieved a historic 3-2 win last season. Dortmund still led 2-0 until the 89th minute before Bremen turned the game around. Never before has a two-goal deficit been turned around so late.
Union against Stuttgart: duel of opposing series
Am Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m.) There will be a duel of opposites between 1. FC Union Berlin and VfB Stuttgart. The Eisernen have lost all of their last five Bundesliga games, while the Swabians have won all of their most recent five. However, VfB has never been able to win against Union in the Bundesliga (0/3/3). The Berliners are still worried about the use of Robin Gosens, who suffered a thigh injury in the German national team’s 2-2 draw against Mexico in Philadelphia.
Freiburg against Bochum: Will Streich advance?
The SC Freiburg players could do their coach Christian Streich a favor with a win against VfL Bochum: If the three-pointer were successful, Streich would have won 127 Bundesliga victories as SC coach and would therefore join Jupp Heynckes (Borussia) in the ranking of the most victorious coaches per club Mönchengladbach). However, the Bochum team has already annoyed other European Cup starters this season: VfL got one point each against Dortmund (1:1), Frankfurt (1:1) and in Leipzig (0:0), and the team only suffered a defeat at Bayern (0:7).
Will Wolfsburg’s suffering against Leverkusen continue?
VfL Wolfsburg hasn’t scored against Bayer Leverkusen in five home games and hasn’t won in seven home games – the Werkself are anything but a welcome guest at VfL. The wolves are also worried about Casteels, who is suffering from inflammation in the abdominal area. Schick could make a comeback at Leverkusen, the Czech national striker took the final steps during the international break after a long injury: “The game in Wolfsburg was our goal, that’s realistic,” said the photographer.
Hoffenheim against Frankfurt: Duel of the weak duels
TSG Hoffenheim and Eintracht Frankfurt are the two teams dueling that have had the weakest duel rates so far this season: Hoffenheim only won 47.2 percent of their duels, Eintracht only won 46.5 percent. The Kraichgauer team still has a question mark over the use of Kramaric, whose injury caused some confusion among the Croatian national team. But not all personnel issues have been clarified for the Hessians either. Captain Rode will probably be missing again due to his calf injury, Götze is looking forward to fatherly joys.
Mainz welcomes FC Bayern: Good omen for 1. FSV?
1. FSV Mainz 05 is still waiting for its first win this season in a total of twelve games across the season. But to the opponent FC Bayern Munich, who is on Saturday evening (6.30 p.m.) is presented, the Rheinhessen have good memories: The last three points to date were successful against the German champions on matchday 29 of last season (3:1). It was the third defeat in a row for FCB in Mainz, who will certainly want to put this series aside. After all, Bayern have not lost in 51 games against a team that was in a direct relegation zone before the duel.
Will Cologne’s tie break in the Rhenish duel against Gladbach?
The Sunday starts at 3:30 p.m with the Rhenish duel between 1. FC Cologne and Borussia Mönchengladbach. The billy goats are still waiting for their first win of the season and have also lost their first three home games. If the Foals also stole the three points, FC would have lost their first four home games for the first time in the club’s history. And Borussia is still undefeated away from home this season (1/2/0), and they also feel quite comfortable in Cologne: they have already won 25 times against their rivals, and no other Bundesliga team has had more victories. Not an easy prerequisite for a trend reversal in Cologne.
Double debut at Heidenheim against Augsburg
For the first time, 1. FC Heidenheim and FC Augsburg will meet in a competitive game at professional level. In addition, the new FCA coach Jess Thorup will celebrate his debut. The Dane will probably also know where to apply the leverage: the Bavarian Swabians have only run an average of 113.7 kilometers per game so far this season, which is less than any other team. The newly promoted team, on the other hand, is the longest-running team in the league to date with 122.2 kilometers.
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