German Football 2022/23

[greenbay]

9 of 9 possible points for Dortmund after the break. First two games against underdogs were a bit shaky with late goals, but playing with Haller helps a lot, as we could see now against Leverkusen. Thats why they bought him for a lot of money as Haaland replacement.

Now 12 out of 12.

In other news, Union Berlin have climbed back to the top, at least for one night. Bayern are on duty tomorrow.

[ultra2013]

Bundesliga after MD-7

CL: Union Berlin, Dortmund, Freiburg, Hoffenheim
EL: Bayern, Gladbach
ECL: Frankfurt
Relegation play-off: Stuttgart (vs Darmstadt)
Relegated: Wolfsburg, Bochum

Bundesliga after MD-13

CL: Bayern, Freiburg, Union Berlin, Dortmund
EL: Frankfurt, Leipzig
ECL: Bremen
Relegation play-off: Stuttgart (vs Heidenheim)
Relegated: Bochum, Schalke

Bundesliga after MD-19

CL: Bayern, Union Berlin, Dortmund, Leipzig
EL: Frankfurt, Freiburg
ECL: Wolfsburg
Relegation play-off: Stuttgart (vs Heidenheim)
Relegated: Hertha, Schalke

[BurningStorm]

Hannover 96 supporters have entered the stadium of their huge rival Eintracht Braunschweig in the night before their game against Heidenheim. They burned a "96" into the center circle and the groundskeeper couldn't remove it before the game, so they wrote "Nein Danke" (no, thanks) 4-times around the painful number, thats how it looked like before and in the game:



The derby is one of the most hateful in Germany and it was surely not the last action before the derby in March. Answer expected.

Of course it was not okay, you can not do that..

[BurningStorm]

Speaking of derbies... Spicy cup fight in the Hessen derby between Frankfurt and Darmstadt. A very hateful rivalry, even though the most hateful derby in the state of Hessen is of course Frankfurt vs Offenbach. Early Eintracht goal by their top striker Muani, then Darmstadt hit back with two goals. Borré scored the 2-2, which was the HT result. In the second half the bigger quality finally decided the game.

In the other game, Freiburg beat Sandhausen away with two late goals. It was 0-0 until the 87th minute.

Another derby awaits us at 20.45 CET, the small Ruhrpott derby between Bochum and Dortmund. Bochum won 5 home games in a row. Their tight stadium is a little fortress, a bit like Union's.

[ultra2013]

DFB-Pokal R16
1/31: Paderborn-Sttugart, Union-Wolfsburg
2/1: Leipzig-Hoffenheim, Mainz-Bayern
2/7: Sandhausen-Freiburg, Frankfurt-Darmstadt
2/8: Nürnberg-Düsseldorf, Bochum-Dortmund

If any of the Top 6 (in bold) win the Pokal, the 7th of the Bundesliga goes to UECL. I think it's likely that happens.
Terrible from DFB to schedule Dortmund game just a week before the key UCL clash vs Chelsea.

DFB-Pokal QF: The Big 6 of Germany + Stuttgart + Nürnberg.
Moreover, the Big 6 of Germany very alive in three competitions. Is this going to finish in a treble?

[ultra2013]

Bundesliga MD-20 from 2/10 to 2/12. My order to watch:
Best 3 games: Leipzig-Union, Bremen-Dortmund, Köln-Frankfurt
Next 3 games: Bayern-Bochum, Schalke-Wolfsburg, Freiburg-Stuttgart
Last 3 games: Hoffenheim-Leverkusen, Hertha-Gladbach, Mainz-Augsburg

[matt]

Union won in Leipzig too!

[ultra2013]

Bundesliga MD-21 from 2/17 to 2/19. My order to watch:
Best 3 games: Gladbach-Bayern, Dortmund-Hertha, Union-Schalke
Next 3 games: Frankfurt-Bremen, Wolfsburg-Leipzig, Leverkusen-Mainz
Last 3 games: Bochum-Freiburg, Stuttgart-Kölon, Augsburg-Hoffenheim

[ultra2013]

European football return.

Bayern: First rival in since 2021 QF worthy to defeat Bayern. This have to be an amazing game.
Dortmund: Dortmund is in great form. A draw would be disappointing.
Ajax-Union: Union is flying right now and ultramotivated. I can see them bringing a victory from Netherlands.
Leverkusen-Monaco: Leverkusen is much better team than before the winter break. Monaco should win right now, though.

[ultra2013]

Bundesliga MD-21 from 2/17 to 2/19. My order to watch:
Best 3 games: Gladbach-Bayern, Dortmund-Hertha, Union-Schalke
Next 3 games: Frankfurt-Bremen, Wolfsburg-Leipzig, Leverkusen-Mainz
Last 3 games: Bochum-Freiburg, Stuttgart-Köln, Augsburg-Hoffenheim

[Lyonnais]

WS marks - Update after MD20 (average of the 10 best performances)


Top 10

8.21 Jamal Musiala (Bayern, AMC, 19, GER)
8.15 Jude Bellingham (Dortmund, DMC, 19, ENG)
8.12 Nicklas Füllkrug (Bremen, FW, 30, GER)
8.06 Joshua Kimmich (Bayern, DMC, 28, GER)
8.06 Serge Gnabry (Bayern, AMR, 27, GER)
7.98 Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg, AML, 29, ITA)
7.94 Dominik Szoboszlai (Leipzig, AMC, 22, HUN)
7.94 Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg, FW, 28, AUT)
7.86 Jonas Hofmann (Mönchengladbach, AMR, 30, GER)
7.85 Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig, FW, 25, FRA)
etc.


Best XI

.............................................. N.Füllkrug (Bremen) ....................................................
........................... V. Grifo (Freiburg) - J.Musiala (Bayern) - S.Gnabry (Bayern) ........................
................................. J.Bellingham (Dortmund) - J.Kimmich (Bayern) .................................
R.Bensebaini (M'Gladbach) - W.Orban (Leipzig) - N.Schlotterback (Dortmund) - J.Frimpong (Leverkusen)
.............................................. R.Gikiewicz (Augsburg) .................................................


U21 Players

8.21 Jamal Musiala (Bayern, AMC, 19, GER)
8.15 Jude Bellingham (Dortmund, DMC, 19, ENG)
7.09 Piero Hincapié (Leverkusen, DC, 21, ECU)
etc.


Best per club

8.21 Jamal Musiala (Bayern, AMC, 19, GER)
7.49 Sheraldo Becker (Union, FW, 28, NED)
8.15 Jude Bellingham (Dortmund, DMC, 19, ENG)
7.98 Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg, AML, 29, ITA)
7.94 Dominik Szoboszlai (Leipzig, AMC, 22, HUN)
7.83 Randal Kolo Muani (Frankfurt, FW, 24, FRA)
7.83 Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg, MC, 28, GER)
7.67 Moussa Diaby (Leverkusen, FWR, 23, FRA)
8.12 Nicklas Füllkrug (Bremen, FW, 30, GER)
7.86 Jonas Hofmann (Mönchengladbach, AMR, 30, GER)
7.80 Ellyes Skhiri (Köln, DMC, 27, TUN)
7.68 Karim Onisiwo (Mainz, FW, 30, AUT)
7.67 Rafal Gikiewicz (Augsburg, GK, 35, POL)
7.50 Christoph Baumgartner (Hoffenheim, MC, 23, AUT)
7.63 Philipp Hofmann (Bochum, FW, 29, GER)
7.45 Dodi Lukébakio (Hertha, FWR, 25, BEL)
7.51 Konstantinos Mavropanos (Stuttgart, DC, 25, GRE)
7.10 Maya Yoshida (Schalke, DC, 34, JPN)

[Lyonnais]

XG analysis after 20 games


Xpts ranking

What would be the table if we took into account goal chances only?

Bayern would be a comfortable leader. Should the issue of their defensive efficiency not be raised, they would be much above the other teams.

Interesting to see that Union Berlin would be a mid-table team only, but they have this incredible performance to have scored 35 goals for only 22 expected goals. Very impressive. Sheraldo Becker is the most efficient striker (7 goals for 2 expected goals only). Bravo!

At the bottom of the table, Schalke would like as miserable as their current rating suggests but they need to find a scorer. 14 goals scored for 23 expected. Difficult to compete in these conditions. They furthermore more goals than they should (same remarks for Stuttgart) whereas a team like Augsburg can rely on a great Gikiewicz to be above relegation zone.

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Pts	xPts	Diff.		
43	43,0 	0,0 	-	Bayern
36	38,0 	-2,0 	-	Leipzig
40	34,8 	5,2 	-	Dortmund
37	31,7 	5,3 	-	Freiburg
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27	30,0 	-3,0 	-	Leverkusen
29	29,5 	-0,5 	-	Köln
35	29,2 	5,8 	-	Frankfurt
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30	28,2 	1,8 	-	Wolfsburg
42	28,2 	13,8 	-	Union
26	28,0 	-2,0 	-	Mainz
16	26,6 	-10,6 	-	Stuttgart
19	26,0 	-7,0 	-	Hoffenheim
26	25,8 	0,2 	-	Mönchengladbach
27	23,4 	3,7 	-	Bremen
12	22,9 	-10,9 	-	Schalke
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17	21,9 	-4,9 	-	Hertha
21	17,4 	3,6 	-	Augsburg
19	16,2 	2,8 	-	Bochum

Attacks

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G	xG	Diff.		
35	21,7 	13,4 	-	Union
59	49,8 	9,2 	-	Bayern
40	31,5 	8,5 	-	Frankfurt
38	29,8 	8,2 	-	Wolfsburg
31	26,1 	4,9 	-	Bremen
(...)
32	32,9 	-0,9 	-	Freiburg
29	30,0 	-1,0 	-	Hoffenheim
24	25,3 	-1,3 	-	Hertha
23	27,9 	-4,9 	-	Stuttgart
14	23,1 	-9,1 	-	Schalke

Defenses

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GA	xGA	Diff.		
36	40,8 	-4,8 	-	Augsburg
26	28,7 	-2,7 	-	Wolfsburg
18	20,3 	-2,3 	-	Bayern
33	33,6 	-0,6 	-	Mönchengladbach
26	25,1 	0,9 	-	Dortmund
(...)
49	43,8 	5,2 	-	Bochum
41	35,4 	5,6 	-	Schalke
39	32,2 	6,9 	-	Hoffenheim
36	29,2 	6,9 	-	Stuttgart
31	24,0 	7,1 	-	Köln

Top scorers (7 goals min)

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G	xG	Diff.		
7	2,3 	4,7 	-	Sheraldo Becker (Union)
10	6,5 	3,5 	-	Jamal Musiala (Bayern)
8	4,9 	3,1 	-	Karim Onisiwo (Mainz)
7	4,0 	3,0 	-	Jonas Hofman (M'Gladbach)
13	10,3 	2,7 	-	Niclas Füllkrug (Bremen)
7	4,5 	2,5 	-	Philipp Hofmann (Bochum)
8	5,6 	2,4 	-	Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha)
7	4,7 	2,3 	-	Daichi Kamada (Frankfurt)
11	8,9 	2,2 	-	Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg)
9	7,3 	1,8 	-	Serge Gnabry (Bayern)
7	5,3 	1,7 	-	Jesper Linstrom (Frankfurt)
12	10,3 	1,7 	-	Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig)
9	7,8 	1,2 	-	Randal Kolo Muani (Frankfurt)
7	5,8 	1,2 	-	Moussa Diaby (Leverkusen)
7	6,4 	0,6 	-	Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting (Bayern)
7	6,9 	0,1 	-	Ermedin Demirovic (Augsburg)
7	7,6 	-0,6 	-	Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg)
10	11,6 	-1,6 	-	Marcus Thuram (M'Gladbach)

[rpo.castro]

Is it me or Borussia Monchengladbach is like kryptonite to Bayern Munich?
Union can go for pole and Dortmund might cacth them. Who said Bundesliga was boring?

[matt]

Will Union Berlin start to feel the pressure tomorrow against a team striving for points (Schalke 04)?

[ultra2013]

DFB Pokal. Quarterfinals. From 4/4 to 4/5. One non-Top 6 team will play the Semifinals.