Terreno Deportivo Bayern’s run against Hoffenheim’s goal factory
Top-of-the-table clashes certainly don’t come around more mouth-watering than that: Bayern host leaders Hoffenheim on Friday.
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Owomoyela injured yet again
Dortmund’s Patrick Owomoyela has partly torn an ankle ligament in Borussia’s final training session ahead of the goalless draw with VfL Wolfsburg.
“The coach gives me time to settle in”
Thiago Neves made his UEFA Cup debut for Hamburger SV against Ajax, and he came on as a half-time substitute in Bochum. Here’s an interview with the Brazilian.
“No medals for leading over winter”
Hoffenheim travel to FC Bayern next Friday still three points clear at the top after a 3-0 home victory over Arminia Bielfeld.
Anticipating a hot encounter
FC Bayern’s 2-0 win at Leverkusen leaves them still hot on the heels of high-flying Hoffenheim. The defending champions are now on a nine-game unbeaten run in the Bundesliga, which includes seven wins.
Stuttgart leave it late
Substitute Jan Simak and Mario Gomez have handed coach Markus Babbel a winning Bundesliga start at VfB Stuttgart.
No goals in Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund missed out on fifth place with a goalless draw against VfL Wolfsburg - already their sixth home draw this season.
Super sub saves HSV
Substitute Ivica Olic has brought Hamburger SV’s losing away run to an end.
“All my shouting didn’t help either”
It was grim up north for Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday afternoon as they ended up on the wrong end of a 5-0 thumping at Werder Bremen.
UEFA Cup starters in action
VfB Stuttgart take on FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV travel to VfL Bochum and Borussia Dortmund entertain VfL Wolfsburg. bundesliga.de previews Sunday’s Bundesliga matches.
Strong first half enough for Hanover
Strikers Mike Hanke and Mikael Forssell both scored in Hannover 96’s 3-2 home win over new bottom-of-the-table club Karlsruher SC.
Bayern stay in the race
Bayern München took the honours in the first of the table-topping encounters going into the winter break, beating Bayer Leverkusen in their own backyard.
Easy win for Hoffenheim
1899 Hoffenheim seem to be ready for next week’s top-of-the-table clash at defending champions FC Bayern München.
Pizarro stars in goal fest
Werder Bremen bounced back from the disappointment of their early exit from the Champions League to hit hapless Eintracht Frankfurt for five at home.
Energie stun Borussia
FC Energie Cottbus have left the bottom of the Bundesliga standings with an away victory at Borussia Mönchengladbach, leapfrogging Borussia in the process.
Hertha move up to second
Substitute Marko Pantelic kept the Hertha Berlin bandwagon rolling with a later winner to fire them up to second in the table.
Heavyweight clash on the Rhine
Some great action to look forward to on Saturday, but no doubt about the match of the day, as champions Bayern München travel to second-placed Bayer Leverkusen.
“A presentable result”
League Association President Dr. Reinhard Rauball talks in interview about the complicating parameters inside which the media rights tendering process had to be completed. But he says he is very satisfied with “the speediest tendering of rights in recent times in the Bundesliga” and the “earliest contract agreement since the founding of the DFL”.
New deal secures media rights funding level
- 1.65 billion euros over the next four years
- Premiere, ARD, Telekom, ZDF and DSF will share the rights
- Dr. Rauball: “A good result under difficult circumstances”
“20 points after the first half of the season would be good”
Hannover 96 started the 2008/09 with much ambition, but after 14 weeks they are still lacking consistency and effectiveness. Above all the injures are getting to the Lower-Saxons.