Here you can find out everything you need to know about the 1st match day of the Bundesliga at a glance: who is playing who and when? What is the (personnel) situation like, what do the statistics say? After the final whistle there are also reports on all games.
Werder Bremen – Bayern Munich 0: 4 (0: 1)
The German soccer record champions FC Bayern Munich clearly won the opening game of the 61st Bundesliga season. At Werder Bremen, coach Thomas Tuchel’s team won 4-0 (1-0) on Friday evening. The Munich team, who were still disappointing in the Supercup, showed themselves to be greatly improved. Six days after his commitment, the new star striker Harry Kane played in front of 42,100 spectators in the Weser Stadium from the start.
Bayer Leverkusen – RB Leipzig 3: 2 (2: 1)
Bayer Leverkusen won the top duel against Supercup winners RB Leipzig at the start of the new Bundesliga season. Coach Xabi Alonso’s team won an entertaining game 3-2 (2-1) at home on Saturday.
VfL Wolfsburg – 1. FC Heidenheim 2:0 (2:0)
1. FC Heidenheim experienced a disappointing premiere in the first Bundesliga game in the club’s history. The promoted team lost 2-0 (0-2) at VfL Wolfsburg.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – SC Freiburg 1:2 (0:2)
Europa League participants SC Freiburg also started the new football season successfully with a 2-1 (2-0) win at TSG Hoffenheim.
FC Augsburg – Borussia Mönchengladbach 4: 4 (3: 3)
The fans got to see eight goals in Augsburg, where the hosts and Borussia Mönchengladbach with the new coach Gerardo Seoane parted 4: 4 (3: 3).
VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 5: 0 (2: 0)
The new table leader is VfB Stuttgart, who overtook champions FC Bayern with a 5-0 (2-0) win over VfL Bochum.
Borussia Dortmund – 1. FC Cologne 1:0 (0:0)
Borussia Dortmund started the new Bundesliga season with a resounding victory. In the home game on Saturday evening against 1. FC Köln, the runners-up struggled to a flattering 1-0 (0-0) thanks to a late goal from attacker Donyell Malen (88th minute).
1. FC Union Berlin – 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Sunday, 3.30 p.m.)
Situation: Union Berlin starts its first Champions League season with a series of 23 league home games without defeat. The iron ones no longer go through as an underdog.
Statistics: Mainz is one of the various teams that have never won in the stadium at the Alte Försterei in the Bundesliga. The only win (2-0) comes from the second division times 21 years ago.
Personal: Does Gosens play right from the start? In any case, the national player is more likely to start than the Union’s new striker Volland.
special: Two professionals with international experience for the DFB A-Elf in the squad? That only happened once at Union before the Gosens/Volland duo. In 2020/21, Christian Gentner and Max Kruse were part of the iron squad.
Expected lineup:
1. FC Union Berlin: Rönnow – Doekhi, Knoche, Leite – Juranovic, Kral, Laidouni, Gosens – Becker, Fofana, Behrens
1. FSV Mainz 05: Zentner – Bell, Kohr, Fernandes – da Costa, Barreiro, Stach, Caci – Onisiwo, Lee – Ajorque
Eintracht Frankfurt – Darmstadt 98 (Sunday, 5.30 p.m.)
Situation: Eintracht warmed up for the Bundesliga with a 7-0 win in Leipzig in the cup. The climber from Darmstadt, on the other hand, failed at fourth division Homburg.
Statistics: The two teams have only met eight times in the Bundesliga so far. Frankfurt won five games, Darmstadt three.
Personal: The new Eintracht coach Toppmöller has the best squad available. At Darmstadt only midfielder Kempe is missing.
special: There has never been a draw between the two neighbors in a competitive match.
Expected lineup:
Eintracht Frankfurt: Trapp – Koch, Hasebe, Pacho – Buta, Skhiri, Max – Götze, Hauge, Dina Ebimbe – Kolo Muani
SV Darmstadt 98: Shoes – Klarer, Zimmermann, Riedel – Nürnberger, Schnellhardt, Holland, Karic – Mehlem, Honsak – Hornby
2023-08-20 06:46:18
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