FC Augsburg collected an important 3 points on Friday with a 2:0 shutout of visiting 1. FC Union Berlin. Both of the goals came in the second half of the match. Phillip Tietz intercepted a pass and found the net in the 47th minute, and Sven Michel scored against his former club in the 81st minute. Augsburg remains in 7th place going into the rest of the weekend’s matches, just 3 points behind Frankfurt, while Union Berlin are just 6 points clear of the relegation zone. The battle for a second place finish in the standings continues on Saturday when FC Bayern München host 1. FC Köln. A Bayern w ..read more

Janis Blaswich is a 32-year-old goalkeeper for RB Leipzig. Blaswich was born on May 2, 1991 in Willich, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for VfR Mehrhoog from 1997 to 2006 and Borussia Mönchengladbach from 2006 to 2010. His senior career continued at Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he made 127 appearances for Gladbach II between 2009 and 2018. He spent 1 season on loan to Dynamo Dresden in 2015 to 2016, and 1 season on loan to Hansa Rostock from 2017 to 2018. He then spent 2018 to 2022 at Heracles Almelo, where he made 107 appearances. On February 17, 2022, he signed a contract with ..read more

​Hosts Eintracht Frankfurt and visitors SV Werder Bremen each picked up a point on Friday in a 1:1 draw in Frankfurt’s Waldstadion. The game’s first goal did not come until the 62 minute, when Bremen’s Milos Veljkovic shot the ball inside Frankfurt’s right post. Frankfurt tied the match in the 77th minute, thanks to a header from Tuta. Both sides finished the game with just 10 men on the pitch each, after dismissals of Jens Stage and Tuta. The result is of little consequence to both clubs, as Frankfurt were going to remain in 6th place regardless of the match’s outcome, while Bremen remains in ..read more

​Moritz Broschinski is a 23-year-old forward for VfL Bochum 1848. Broschinski was born on September 23, 2000 in Finsterwalde, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for SV Hertha Finsterwalde and Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg before joining Energie Cottbus’s youth academy in 2012. His professional career continued at Cottbus, where he made his professional debut on February 4, 2018. He ultimately scored 7 goals in 37 appearances for the side before joining Borussia Dortmund II in 2020, where he went on to score 3 goals in 33 appearances. He joined his current club in 2023 on a three-and-a ..read more

​With just a few weeks left in the current Bundesliga season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have the opportunity to extend their lead at the top of the table when they host Hoffenheim on Saturday. It’s the first time in more than a month since Leverkusen plays ahead of 2nd-place Bayern, and the table leaders could expand their advantage to 13 points. Xabi Alonso’s squad have won their last 7 league fixtures, and have dropped points just once in 2024. In addition to a league title that could be captured in as few as 3 contests, Leverkusen are also dreaming of a DFB Pokal victory and the UEFA Europa ..read more

Ole Pohlmann is a 22-year-old winger for Borussia Dortmund. Pohlmann was born on April 5, 2001 in Minden, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for Hannover 96 until 2015 and VfL Wolfsburg from 2015 to 2020. He made his professional debut for VfL Wolfsburg II on February 23, 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute in a 4:2 victory over Eintracht Norderstedt. In July 2021, he signed with Borussia Dortmund II following their promotion to the 3. Liga. He was promoted to Dortmund’s first team on June 28, 2023 on a 2-year contract. Pohlmann has also made 25 appearances for Germany ..read more

​Leipzig advanced to 4th place in the table on Friday with a 5:1 win over hosts 1. FC Köln. Leipzig’s goals came from Xavi Simons in the 15th minute, Loïs Openda in the 63rd and 67th minutes, Amadou Haidara in the 70th minute, and Yussuf Poulsen in the 82nd minute. Köln’s only goal came in the 18th minute, from Sargis Adamyan, and it was his first league goal in a year and a half. The fight for the league title continues on Saturday when FC Bayern München visit SV Darmstadt 98. The hosts are facing relegation to the 2. Bundesliga, as they are 6 points behind the relegation play-off spot and 12 ..read more

Maximilian Bauer is a 24-year-old centre-back and right-back for FC Augsburg. Bauer was born on February 9, 2000 in Windorf, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for Grün-Weiss Deggendorf until 2014, and SpVgg Greuther Fürth from 2014 to 2018. His senior career continued at Fürth, where he scored 3 goals in 86 appearances between 2018 and 2022. On February 2, 2022, he signed a 5-year contract with FC Augsburg, effective from July 1, 2022. He has since scored 1 goal in 30 appearances for the club. Bauer also scored 1 goal in 12 appearances for Germany’s U18, U19, and U21 squads between 2 ..read more

​Bayern’s title hopes suffered another blow on Friday with a 2:2 away draw against hosts Sport-Club Freiburg. Freiburg’s Christian Günter scored first, in the 12th minute, and Bayern’s Mathys Tel equaled in the 35th minute. Bayern then pulled ahead in the 75th minute, thanks to a goal from Jamal Musiala, but Freiburg’s Lucas Höler scored the final goal in the 87th minute. The match was Bayern’s 2000th in the division. The draw means that Leverkusen could pull a full 10 points ahead of Bayern in the table should Leverkusen win on Sunday in the derby against hosts 1. FC Köln. Fourth-place Dortmu ..read more

Yannik Keitel is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder for Sport-Club Freiburg. Keitel was born on February 15, 2000 in Breisach, Germany, and spent his youth career playing for SV Breisach and SC Freiburg. He made his professional debut in the Bundesliga on February 29, 2020 in a 1:0 defeat away at Borussia Dortmund. He signed his first professional contract in April 2020, and has since scored 3 goals in 77 appearances for SC Freiburg and SC Freiburg II. Keitel also scored 3 goals in 32 appearances for Germany’s U15, U16, and U21 squads between 2015 and 2023 ..read more