The Bundesliga varies between having two or three promoted teams each year, with their relegation play-off; this season, only two teams managed to come up. However, these two teams are very familiar faces, and this Sunday they matched up against each other. The home team, 1. FC Köln was promoted...
While most of the attention in the Bundesliga fell onto "Der Klassiker“ between FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund this Saturday, a couple of exciting other games were taking place earlier. One of those games happened in Heidenheim, where the home team 1. FC Heidenheim faced off against Werder Bremen in...
Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in matchday 7 of the 2025/2026 edition of the Bundesliga. Both sides were unbeaten going into the game. Although it was a slender victory, the chances created by Vincent Kompany’s side narrate a different story. The Bavarians had a near-perfect first-half display. Harry Kane,...
The Bundesliga title race has been dominated by two clubs over the past 15 years. Bayern Munich have been the serial winners of the league, with only Bayer Leverkusen being able to beat them out over the course of a season in recent years (2023/2024). In their first season under...
The distribution of power in the Bundesliga appears to be set for another season, with Bayern Munich and Vincent Kompany dominating the league once again. Behind them, things are shaping up a bit differently than people expected, with two teams chasing FC Bayern after the team struggled last season. Borussia Dortmund are coming off...
For the longest time in Bundesliga history, there was only one club that played every single possible matchday in the German top flight, Hamburger Sportverein (HSV). The club has managed to win numerous titles throughout its history, particularly in the 1980s. Overall, HSV can look back at six Bundesliga titles,...
Florian Wirtz’s arrival at Liverpool was met with huge anticipation, with many believing that the German playmaker would become a cornerstone of Arne Slot’s new-look system. Having shone consistently in the Bundesliga, Wirtz brought with him the reputation of a creative force, capable of dictating play between the lines and...
After nearly six rounds in the 2025/2026 Premier League campaign, many tactical battles and ideas have stood out, offering coaches, analysts, and fans around the world a chance to explore new ideas or revisit old ones through a different lens. Set-pieces are among the trends in which the Premier League...
It is easy to lose track of the number of players Chelsea have purchased since the new ownership took control at Stamford Bridge. The club’s model has focused on the pursuit of high‑ceiling youth, banking on contracts of extraordinary length and the potential of later resale value. Among that recruitment...
Even though Leverkusen and Mönchengladbach are relatively close to each other, most fans wouldn’t call the game a derby, simply because it lacks tradition. Still, this Sunday's game between Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the BayArena had a lot of eyes on it, but not for the right reasons....
For the longest time, the footballing power in Hamburg was rather easily settled. Hamburger SV was the city's biggest club, while FC St. Pauli was the little brother that no one really believed in. Despite having a fascinating history and a fair bit of success in the 2. Bundesliga, St....
On Saturday, August 30, 2025, Werder Bremen faced off against Bayer Leverkusen at the Weserstadion, for Matchday 2 of the new Bundesliga season. Both teams had hired new managers in the offseason: Horst Steffen for Werder and Erik ten Hag for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Yet both teams had started the season with defeats and were...
Mainz U19s are a top case study of how to execute different individual and group principles in terms of winning space and using that to gain an advantage from set-pieces. At the heart of this approach is the floating screen, a tool that helps attackers lose their markers and dominate...
Borussia Dortmund started their 2025/2026 Bundesliga campaign dropping points against St. Pauli. However, they've kicked on for the second matchday by recording a comfortable three-nil victory over Union Berlin. This win took Die Schwarzgelben to fourth place on the table, exactly where they finished the previous season after an impressive...
Bayern Munich have started their 2025/2026 season in some style as they thrashed Ole Werner’s RB Leipzig by six goals to nil. This is one of the heaviest defeats in recent Bundesliga opening game history. Vincent Kompany outdid himself as his side only recorded a 3-2 victory for their opening...
The German football season traditionally starts with the first round of the DFB-Pokal, before the Bundesliga kicks off the following week. Last week, we witnessed a couple of very interesting DFB-Pokal matches between the Bundesliga teams. Some showed great form before the league kicked off, while others struggled immensely against...
Inverting the central centre-back (CCB) under Rúben Amorim has become a major talking point for Manchester United. Many questions have been asked about why the Portuguese tactician takes this approach and its pros and cons. Our Rúben Amorim tactical analysis and back-five tactical theory article analyses Rúben Amorim tactics, comparing...
Japanese players have a storied recent history in the German Bundesliga. The East Asian nation is one of the most represented foreign countries in the league currently going into the new campaign, unsurprisingly given the amount of success players from Japan have had in the country over the last decade...
Last season was St. Pauli's first in the German Bundesliga in over a decade, and they performed pretty well. They lost the famous Fabian Hürzeler before the season started and had one of the cheapest squads in the league. Nevertheless, under the leadership of new coach Alexander Blessin, St. Pauli...
Tottenham Hotspur have been spending heavily this summer to keep up with the rest of the traditional 'Big Six'. Thomas Frank needs reinforcements in this midfield as they switch tactically, and they may have found the perfect midfielder for him in João Palhinha. João Palhinha was the best defensive midfielder...
