
Bundesliga Matchday 15 teams
Joshua Kimmich was one of a number of big-name absentees for Bayern Munich in their final game of the year at Heidenheim on Sunday.
Find out who was in and who was out on Bundesliga Matchday 15.
Sunday 21 December
Mainz: Batz – Da Costa, Hanche-Olsen, Kohr - Widmer (c) (Veratschnig 78‘), Nebel, Sano, Lee, Potulski -Amiri (Weiper 90+1‘) – Hollerbach (Sieb 78‘)Unused subs: Rieß, Bell, Maloney, Nordin, Moreno Fell, BøvingOut: Caci (hamstring), Dal (knee), Leitsch (thigh), Kawasaki (thigh), Mwene (groin), Zentner (groin)Coach: Urs Fischer
Pauli: Vasilj – Wahl, Dźwigała, Mets – Pyrka, Fujita, Sands, Irvine (c), Oppie (Ritzka 74‘) – Hountondji (Jones 58‘), Pereira Lage (Sinani 90‘)Unused subs: Voll, Saliakas, Robatsch, Ahlstrand, Metcalfe, CeesayOut: Nemeth (groin), Smith (suspended), Spari (ankle)Coach: Alexander Blessin
Heidenheim 0-4 Bayern Munich
Goals: 0-1 Stanišić 15, 0-2 Olise 32', 0-3 Díaz 86' (assist: Stanišić), 0-4 Kane 90'+2 (assist: Gnabry)
Heidenheim: Ramaj – Busch (Niehues 66'), Mainka (c), Gimber – Traoré, Schöppner (Kaufmann 67'), Dorsch, Föhrenbach – Kerber (Ibrahimović 46'), Honsak (Schimmer 46') – Pieringer (Conteh 66')Unused subs: Müller, Siersleben, Kölle, BeckOut: Feller (knee), Paqarada (knee), Zivzivadze (knee)Coach: Frank Schmidt
Bayern: Urbig – Stanišić, Upamecano (Kiala 90'+1), Tah, Ito (Davies 72') – Goretzka, Guerreiro (Santos Daiber 72') – Olise (Mike 90'+1), Karl (Gnabry 63'), Díaz – Kane (c)Unused subs: Ulreich, Ofli, Fernandez, ChávezOut: Boey (ill), Jackson (international duty), Kimmich (ankle), Laimer (suspended), Musiala (ankle), Neuer (hamstring)Coach: Vincent Kompany
Saturday 20 December
RB Leipzig 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen
Goals: 1-0 Schlager 35' (assist: Baumgartner), 1-1 Terrier 40' (assist: Arthur), 1-2 Schick 44' (assist: Tella), 1-3 Culbreath 90+7'
Leipzig: Gulácsi – Nedeljković (Baku 70'), Orbán, Lukeba, Raum (c) – Schlager, Seiwald (Bitshiabu 89'), Baumgartner – Harder, Rômulo (Maksimović 70'), Gomis (Werner 79')
Unused subs: Vandevoordt, Finkgräfe, Klostermann, Kaltefleiter, Konaté
Out: Bakayoko (knee), Banzuzi (thigh), Diomande (international duty), Haidara (international duty), Henrichs (Achilles), Nusa (ankle), Ouédraogo (hamstring)
Coach: Ole Werner
Leverkusen: Flekken – Andrich (c), Badé, Belocian – Arthur (Vázquez 89'), García, Tillman, Tella (Tapé 77') – Hofmann (Fernández 57'), Terrier (Culbreath 77') – Schick (Kofane 77')
Unused subs: Blaswich, Lomb, Mensah, Sarco
Out: Ben Seghir (international duty), Echeverri (not included), Grimaldo (muscular), Maza (international duty), Palacios (groin), Quansah (suspended), Poku (hamstring), Tapsoba (international duty)
Coach: Kasper Hjulmand
Stuttgart: Nübel – Vagnoman, Jeltsch (Al-Dakhil 46'), Chabot, Mittelstädt – Karazor (c), Stiller – Leweling, Nartey, Tomás (Führich 69') – UndavUnsed subs: Bredlow, Stenzel, Hendriks, Stergiou, Chema, Jovanović, BouananiOut: Assignon (shoulder), Demirović (foot), El Khannouss (international duty), Jaquez (hamstring), Keitel (thigh), Zagadou (muscular)Coach: Sebastian Hoeneß
Hoffenheim: Baumann (c) – Coufal, Hranáč, Hajdari (Kabak 73'), Bernardo – Prömel, Avdullahu, Burger – Lemperle (Hložek 89'), Asllani (Kramarić 65'), Prass (Gendrey 88')Unused subs: Philipp, Damar, Tohumcu, Bebou, MoerstedtOut: Machida (knee), Touré (international duty)Coach: Christian Ilzer
Wolfsburg 3-4 Freiburg
Goals: 0-1 Treu 5' (assist: Suzuki), 1-1 Pejčinović 13' (assist: Wimmer), 2-1 Pejčinović 49', 2-2 Grifo 56' (pen.), 3-2 Pejčinović 69' (assist: Wimmer), 3-3 Seelt 71' (o.g.), 3-4 Scherhant 78' (assist: Manzambi)
Wolfsburg: Grabara – Kumbedi (Bürger 88'), Seelt, Koulierakis, Zehnter – Arnold (c), Gerhardt – Eriksen (Lindstrøm 80'), Majer (Svanberg 68'), Wimmer (Daghim 80') – PejčinovićUnused subs: Pervan, Jenz, Fischer, Vinicius, HenselOut: Amoura (international duty), Dárdai (knee), Mæhle (shoulder), Paredes (foot), Rogério (muscular), Skov Olsen (muscular), Wind (thigh)Coach: Daniel Bauer
Freiburg: Atubolu – Kübler, Ginter, Jung, Günter (c) – Eggestein, Osterhage (Grifo 46') – Treu (Scherhant 67'), Manzambi (Höfler 79'), Suzuki (Matanović 90+1) – Höler (Adamu 79')Unused subs: Müller, Makengo, Ogbus, SteinmannOut: Beste (ill), Dinkçi (muscular), Kyereh (knee), Lienhart (groin), Rosenfelder (hamstring)Coach: Julian Schuster
Augsburg: Dahmen – Banks, Schlotterbeck (c), Zesiger – Fellhauer, Jakić (Rexhbecaj 56'), Massengo (Tietz 90+2'), Giannoulis (Pedersen 56') – Rieder (Dardari 78'), Claude-Maurice – Wolf (Kömür 45'),Unused subs: Labrović, Sorg, Schnitzer, Maier,Out: Essende (international duty), Gharbi (international duty), Gouweleeuw (knee), Kade (ankle), Matsima (suspended), Saad (international duty)Coach: Manuel Baum
Bremen: Backhaus – Sugawara, Pieper, Stark (Malatini 83'), Friedl (c) – Stage, Lynen – Puertas (Čović 75'), Schmid, Schmidt (Topp 83') – Njinmah (Grüll 68')Unused subs: Hein, Schmetgens, Wöber, Hansen-Aarøen, AlveroOut: Agu (ankle), Bittencourt (ill), Boniface (knee), Coulibaly (suspended), Weiser (knee)Coach: Horst Steffen
Cologne 0-1 Union Berlin
Goals: 0-1 Schäfer 90’+1Red card: Van den Berg 83’
Cologne: Schwäbe (c) – Van den Berg, Martel, Heintz (Özkacar 86’) – Sebulonsen, Jóhannesson, Krauß (Huseinbašić 68’), Lund - Thielmann (El Mala 68’), Ache (Bülter 58’), Kamiński (Maina 86’)Unused subs: Zieler, Kainz, Castro-Montes, SchentenOut: Hübers (knee), Kilian (knee), Schmied (thigh)Coach: Lukas Kwasniok
Union: Rønnow – Doekhi, Querfeld, Leite – Trimmel (c) (Juranović 73’), Khedira, Kemlein (Schäfer 84’), Köhn – Jeong (Burcu 64’), Burke (Ilić 72’), Ansah (Skarke 72’)Unused subs: Raab, Nsoki, Ogbemudia, Preu, BurcuOut: Haberer (suspended), Skov (calf)Coach: Steffen Baumgart
Hamburg 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Goals: 1-0 Lokonga 19‘, 1-1 Larsson 26‘ (assist: Brown)
Hamburg: Heuer Fernandes – Capaldo (c), Vušković, Elfadli (Soumahoro 61‘) – Mikelbrencis (Jatta 61‘), Sambi Lokonga, Remberg, Muheim – Philippe (Gocholeishvili 88‘), Königsdörffer (Pherai 88‘), Baldé (Vieira 70‘)Unused subs: Peretz, Meffert, SahitiOut: Dompé (Achilles), Glatzel (thigh), Omari (ankle), Poulsen (ankle), Ramos (ill), Røssing-Lelesiit (muscular), Torunarigha (unconfirmed)Coach: Merlin Polzin
Frankfurt: Zetterer – Collins, Koch (c), Amenda – Kristensen (Baum 71‘, Buta 84‘), Dahoud, Larsson (Uzun 71‘), Brown – Dōan, Knauff (Ngankam 82‘), Bahoya (Højlund 46‘)Unused subs: Santos, Doumbia, Dills, StaffOut: Batshuayi (foot), Burkardt (calf), Chaïbi (international duty), Chandler (ankle), Skhiri (international duty), Theate (suspended), Wahi (ill)Coach: Dino Toppmöller
Friday 19 December
Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Goals: 1-0 Brandt 10' (assist: Süle), 2-0 Beier 90'+7 (assist: Silva)
Dortmund: Kobel – Süle, Can (c), Schlotterbeck – Ryerson (Couto 82'), Nmecha, Groß (Sabitzer 71'), Svensson – Adeyemi (Beier 60'), Brandt (Chukwuemeka 71') – Guirassy (Silva 82')
Unused subs: Meyer, Mané, Özcan, Campbell
Out: Anselmino (muscular), Anton (thigh), Bellingham (suspended), Bensebaini (international duty)
Coach: Niko Kovač
Gladbach: Nicolas – Sander (Machino 80'), Elvedi, Diks – Scally, Reitz (c), Engelhardt (Mohya 80'), Netz – Reyna (Ranos 65'), Neuhaus (Stöger 80') – Tabaković
Unused subs: Omlin, Ullrich, Fraulo, Fleck, Herrmann
Out: Castrop (illness), Chiarodia (thigh), Friedrich (ankle), Hack (knee), Honorat (calf), Kleindienst (knee), Ngoumou (Achilles), Urbich (ill)
Coach: Eugen Polanski
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