After fighting against relegation during the 2024/2025 season, Hoffenheim have skyrocketed up the Bundesliga table. They currently sit in third place with 42 points and a +20 goal differential, when they finished last season with only 32 points total. It’s been one of the best turnarounds in European football this...
In the often under-appreciated competitive ecosystem of the Regionalliga Südwest, few prospects have generated as much analytical buzz as Oskar Hencke, a teenager whose technical acuity and tactical maturity have already begun to shape Stuttgarter Kickers’ attacking DNA. At an age when many of his peers are still navigating physical...
Last Saturday at the Allianz Arena, what was billed as another step toward domestic dominance instead became a moment of introspection and strategic recalibration. In a game dissected by pretty much every media outlet in Germany, Bayern Munich and Augsburg contested a derby rich in nuance and momentum swings. In...
FC St. Pauli are far from Bundesliga regulars. The 2025/2026 campaign saw Kiezkicker start a second consecutive season in Germany’s top-flight for the first time since 1996/1997. Therefore, it won’t come as a surprise that they find themselves well and truly in a relegation fight this term, with the Hamburg-based...
RB Leipzig hosted Bayern Munich in Gameweek 18 of the 2025/2026 Bundesliga season, losing 5-1. Although they took the lead during the first half and dominated in terms of big chances (five) and shots (nine), the Bavarians put forth a display of their quality and ruthlessness, scoring five goals in the...
The usual order in the Bundesliga seems to have been restored after the first half of the 2025/2026 season. Borussia Dortmund are back in second place behind FC Bayern, finding form again under Niko Kovač and climbing up the table. The game that concluded the first half of the Bundesliga...
The Bundesliga has been a very fun league to follow so far this season, despite FC Bayern already running away with the title race. We have seen a lot happening so far: coaching changes after just two matchdays, a historic start to the season by Harry Kane, a very tight...
Over the past couple of weeks, Total Football Analysis has brought out in-depth player analysis articles on two of the best up-and-coming holding midfielders in the world today: Aleksandar Pavlović at Bayern Munich and Chema Andrés at VfB Stuttgart. Aged 21 and 20 years old, respectively, the pair of midfielders...
Last week, Total Football Analysis published an article on Chema Andrés at VfB Stuttgart, who has generated plenty of well-deserved hype around himself in the 2025/2026 season so far. Andrés isn’t the only young holding midfielder in the Bundesliga with a bit of buzz around himself at the moment. Another...
Werder Bremen were rather busy this summer, overturning their entire identity and style of play. Long-time head coach Ole Werner and the club decided to part ways, which led to the club hiring Horst Steffen as their new head coach. This also meant that the team's entire style of play...
The Bundesliga title race is rather dull, if we are being honest; Bayern Munich and Vincent Kompany are already running away with the title. Behind FC Bayern, there is a vast power struggle about who is number two in German football at the moment. The three key players in this...
Looking back ten years to the 2015/2016 season, Eintracht Frankfurt were in deep trouble. After conceding a late goal against Werder Bremen on the last matchday of the season, the club dropped to 16th in the league and had to participate in the relegation play-off. With the club on the...
Chema Andrés (190cm/6’3”, 77kg/169lbs) joined VfB Stuttgart from Real Madrid this past summer for a transfer fee of just €3m. Andrés was a Real Madrid academy product, having joined Los Blancos' youth setup from Levante in 2018. Like many who came through the Galacticos academy before him, such as Juan...
Lennart Karl is a standout player for Bayern Munich in the 2025/2026 season, having been promoted from the Bayern Munich U19 team last year. The 17-year-old midfielder has played 22 games and scored 8 goals, becoming one of Bayern's best players this season, with a Transfermarkt market value of €20m. He primarily plays...
In the Bundesliga, 1. FSV Mainz 05 have had a very weird trajectory in the last couple of seasons. Between being caught in the relegation battle, historically bad seasons and European outings, the club has longed for consistency for years. After a bad start to the season, the team fired...
Christoph Baumgartner has emerged as one of RB Leipzig’s top performers during the 2025/2026 Bundesliga season. With 14 goal involvements in just 16 games in all competitions, the attacking midfielder has showcased his quality in the final third. After Xavi Simons left for Tottenham Hotspur this season, the Austrian has...
There are a lot of derbies in the Bundesliga, but there are two that stand out among the rest. The first one is the Revierderby between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04, but with Schalke in the second division for now, the derby won’t take place this season. The Nordderby between...
SC Freiburg have slowly evolved from a small, local club into a fully-fledged Bundesliga powerhouse. The club from the Black Forest finished in the top six in three of the last four seasons, qualifying for European football multiple times in a row just a couple of years after being relegated...
3 AFCON Players To Watch Every two years, just as Europe’s December calendar peaks, the Africa Cup of Nations reminds the world where so much of its footballing talent comes from. AFCON has a habit of delivering drama. Ivory Coast’s 2023 win came after they barely squeezed through the groups...
Looking back at the start of the 2025/2026 Bundesliga campaign, it seemed as if the season had already derailed for Borussia Mönchengladbach after just three matchdays. After a hefty 0-4 loss at home against Werder Bremen, manager Geroardo Seoane was relieved from his duties and Eugen Polanski was named interim...
