FOOTBALL - The following are some key facts and figures on a selected assortment of matches in the Bundesliga this weekend. The matches we have looked into are Bayern München - Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayer Leverkusen - Hamburger SV and Schalke 04 - SC Freiburg.
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FOOTBALL - With Klaas-Jan Huntelaar high on the Christmas list of several Premier League sides, ‘The Hunter’ can become the first Dutchman to have played top flight football in Europe’s four highest ranked countries - England, Spain, Germany and Italy. Huntelaar has already represented Real Madrid, AC Milan and current employer Schalke 04. Click ‘Read More’ to see which players have completed the set.
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FOOTBALL - The following are some key facts and figures on a selected assortment of matches in the Bundesliga this weekend. The matches we have looked into are Hamburger SV - Hoffenheim, Borussia Dortmund - VFL Wolfsburg and FC Augsburg - Bayern München.
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FOOTBALL - Borussia Dortmund’s 1-1 draw at Bayern München meant that the Borussen failed to register a unique achievement: winning three successive Bundesliga matches at Bayern. In the 50-year history of the league, an away team win two straight at Bayern on nine occasions, however none of those teams managed to extend that streak to three.
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FOOTBALL - The following are some key facts and figures on a selected assortment of matches in the Bundesliga this weekend. The matches we have looked into are Schalke 04 - Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayer Leverkusen - 1. FC Nürnberg and Bayern München - Borussia Dortmund.
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FOOTBALL - Bayern are assured of being crowned ‘Herbstmeister’, the honour bestowed on the team that leads the table at the midway point. With three matches to go until that halfway marker, Bayern have opened up a 10-point lead. In 49 previous Bundesliga season, the halfway leaders converted their Herbstmeisterschaft into a league title on 32 occasions (65%). Bayern’s conversion rate is 82% (14 out of 17).
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FOOTBALL - The following are some key facts and figures on a selected assortment of matches in the Bundesliga this midweek. The matches we have looked into are Hamburger SV - Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund - Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Freiburg - Bayern München.
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FOOTBALL - On Saturday, Bayern München beat Hannover 5-0 to secure their fifth Bundesliga win this calender year by at least a 5-goal margin. This equals the Bundesliga record set by Hamburger SV in 1980 which was equalled by VfB Stuttgart in 1984, who also collected five league wins in a year by at least a 5-goal margin.
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FOOTBALL - The following are some key facts and figures on a selected assortment of matches in the Bundesliga this weekend. The matches we have looked into are Fortuna Düsseldorf - Hamburger SV, Bayern München - Hannover 96 and Schalke 04 - Eintracht Frankfurt
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FOOTBALL - Bayern München negotiated their first draw of the 2012/2013 Bundesliga season despite a third minute goal by Mario Mandzukic. When Bayern score in the first five minutes of a Bundesliga match - they have done that a league high nine times in the last three seasons - they usually win. The only two exceptions are both 1-1 draws against 1. FC Nürnberg (the other on 9 Apr 2011).
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FOOTBALL - The following are some key facts and figures on a selected assortment of matches in the Bundesliga this weekend. The matches we have looked into are 1.FC Nürnberg - Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund - Greuther Fürth and Bayer Leverkusen - Schalke 04.
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FOOTBALL - Bayern München raised their Bundesliga goal differential to +28 after 11 matches, the most dominant figures ever at this juncture of the season. It is even more dominant than last season’s start, which was ultimately not good enough to win the German league title.
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FOOTBALL - The following are some key facts and figures on a selected assortment of matches in the Bundesliga this weekend. The matches we have looked into are Bayern München - Eintracht Frankfurt, Schalke 04 - Werder Bremen and FC Augsburg - Borussia Dortmund.
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FOOTBALL - The following are some key facts and figures on a selected assortment of matches in the Bundesliga this weekend. The matches we have looked into are Borussia Dortmund - VfB Stuttgart, Hoffenheim - Schalke 04 and Hamburger SV - Bayern München.
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FOOTBALL - Felix Magath has been sacked by VfL Wolfsburg, marking the sixth time his contract as a Bundesliga head coach has been prematurely terminated. Magath led Wolfsburg to the 2008/2009 Bundesliga crown, then joined Schalke where he was fired in March 2011. After that, he returned to Wolfsburg. Magath joins Jörg Berger and Gyula Lorant as the only Bundesliga coaches on six premature departures.