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TSG Hoffenheim - FC Schalke 04 | 2026/27 Season | Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:12:58 GMT

Hoffenheim on their toes Only Bayern Munich have covered more ground than the Sinsheimers this season. Hoffenheim are also the fastest at recovering the ball, needing only 13 seconds on average.

Schalke's scoring issues The Royal Blues have scored the fewest goals of any Bundesliga side this season (four), all of which have come away from home.

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Sport-Club Freiburg - 1. FC Union Berlin | 2026/27 Season | Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:42:40 GMT

Freiburg first Freiburg's 16 points after eight matches is their second-best total at this stage of a season after 17 in 2022/23. Their 18 goals scored, though, is a new club record.

Tight Union Union have been defending very deep in their four-match unbeaten league run, conceding only twice and scoring just three times at the other end.

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1. FC Köln - Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2026/27 Season | Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:42:40 GMT

Cologne's home strength Cologne are unbeaten at home in the Bundesliga this season (W2, D2), while they claimed a superb 5-0 DFB Cup win over Union Berlin in front of their own fans in October.

Leverkusen goal threat Bayer may have suffered two consecutive Bundesliga defeats for the first time since January, but their 18 goals this season is the third most in the league and twice as many as Cologne have scored.

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1. FC Heidenheim 1846 - Hannover 96 | 2026/27 Season | 2. Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:14:03 GMT

Always a winner All 10 meetings between Heidenheim and Hannover have taken place in Bundesliga 2, and there was always a winner (six for Heidenheim, four for Hannover).

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VfL Bochum 1848 - Karlsruher SC | 2026/27 Season | 2. Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:18:59 GMT

Hofmann's Karlsruhe past Philipp Hofmann (now of Bochum) scored 49 goals in 96 Bundesliga 2 games for Karlsruhe. Only Emanuel Günther (98 goals) and Marvin Wanitzek (71) have scored more often in the division for them. However, Hofmann has managed just one goal against his former club in eight competitive matches (in 2018 in the 3 Liga for Braunschweig).

Draw kings Some 13 of the 24 Bundesliga 2 meetings between the pair have ended in a draw. Neither side have shared the spoils more often against any other team in the second tier.

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1. FC Magdeburg - FC St. Pauli | 2026/27 Season | 2. Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:22:28 GMT

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Hertha BSC - VfL Wolfsburg | 2026/27 Season | 2. Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:09:19 GMT

Seguin's remarkable history Hertha's Paul Seguin developed in the Wolfsburg youth ranks and played his first 26 Bundesliga games there. His only goal for Wolfsburg's first team came in December 2016 in a 3-2 home defeat against Hertha, a game in which he was also sent off for two bookable offences.

Familiar faces Over the last three seasons at Hertha, Wolfsburg's Fabian Reese (pictured) racked up an impressive 55 goal contributions (30 goals, 25 assists) in 82 Bundesliga 2 appearances. His successor as captain of the Berlin outfit, Josip Brekalo, once scored 22 goals in 129 competitive appearances for Wolfsburg.

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VfB Stuttgart - SV Werder Bremen | 2026/27 Season | Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:46:42 GMT

First Champions League loss Stuttgart's unbeaten start to the league phase was ended in Istanbul on Tuesday as they went down to a 2-0 loss against Galatasaray after two quickfire first-half goals. Sebastian Hoeneß's side struck the woodwork multiple times on a disappointing evening.

Buoyant Bremen Werder's 15 points after eight matches marks their best start to a Bundesliga season since 2018/19.

Demirović's double delight Demirović has matched Füllkrug as only the second player to score two braces this season. Serhou Guirassy is the only Stuttgart player to ever score two or more goals in three successive matches (in September 2023).

History beckons for Füllkrug Füllkrug equalled Rudi Völler's club record of scoring in seven consecutive matches (set in 1982/83) against Hoffenheim, and now has a chance to set a new Bremen best.

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Borussia Dortmund - SV Elversberg | 2026/27 Season | Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:04:15 GMT

Ultimate David vs. Goliath The smallest town in Bundesliga history visits German football's largest stadium on Saturday, with a reported 8,000 Elversberg fans set to be inside Signal Iduna Park. That's over half the population of Spiesen-Elversberg, which could fit inside BVB's home six times and have seats left over.

Reunions Dortmund sporting director Ole Book joined in March after eight years in various functions at Elversberg, while US international Cole Campbell moved in the opposite direction this summer.

Every hope for Elversberg The Bundesliga newcomers' 13 points from their opening eight matches is an impressive tally. No side with that many points at this stage of the season have ended up being relegated since St. Pauli in 2010/11.

Dortmund don't stop running Last week's Der Klassiker saw Dortmund set a new club record for the total distance covered in a match - a whopping 127.6 kilometres.

Previous meeting: Elversberg 1-4 Dortmund This will be the first time these teams have ever met in a league fixture, and their first competitive encounter for 45 years. They have only come face-to-face once before, with Dortmund winning 4-1 in the second round of the DFB Cup on 10 October 1981.

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RB Leipzig - FC Augsburg | 2026/27 Season | Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:42:37 GMT

Leipzig's formidable home form Leipzig have won all four of their home league matches so far this season with a staggering overall goal difference of 18-0. They could become just the fourth team in Bundesliga history to win their first five home matches of a season without conceding - and first since Bayern Munich in 2005/06.

Goals galore for Gregoritsch Michael Gregoritsch's goal against Freiburg last weekend saw him equal a club record for the most goals in the opening eight matches of a season (five, level with Ermedin Demirović in 2023/24).

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1. FSV Mainz 05 - FC Bayern München | 2026/27 Season | Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:22:23 GMT

Bayern victorious in Madrid The Bundesliga leaders bounced back from their Klassiker draw with an excellent team display to claim a 2-0 win away at Atlético Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday. Lennart Karl and Konrad Laimer were the heroes with two well-taken finishes at the Estadio Metropolitano.

Unbeaten Bayern The champions have not lost any of their past 23 Bundesliga matches. On the flip side, their three draws this season mean they have dropped points more times than in the whole first half of the last campaign.

Bayern's attacking machine Bayern boast the best attack in the league this season, with 27 goals and 184 shots so far. With a combined xG of 28.8, they could well have scored a couple more.

A unique claim Mainz's 2-1 win over Bayern in December 2024, thanks to a Jae-Sung Lee brace, is the only away defeat the champions have suffered in the Bundesliga since Vincent Kompany took charge. Mainz have won four of their past six home matches against Bayern - and have beaten them more often than any other team in that time.

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SC Paderborn 07 - Eintracht Frankfurt | 2026/27 Season | Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:42:38 GMT

Battle of brothers? Paderborn's Felix and Frankfurt's Mario Götze could face one another for the third time in the Bundesliga. The siblings met twice in 2018/19 while at Augsburg and Dortmund respectively, claiming one win each.

Ebnoutalib threat The striker's six league goals this season are as many as Paderborn have scored so far in total.

Starting as they mean to go on Paderborn have yet to finish a matchday in the automatic relegation places this season. They have spent only one week (between Matchdays 6 and 7) in the play-off spot so far.

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1. FC Nürnberg - SV Darmstadt 98 | 2026/27 Season | 2. Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:00:05 GMT

Due a home win? Darmstadt have won four of their last six games at the Max-Morlock Stadion, losing only two of their past 12 visits. Nuremberg last got the better of the Lilies on home soil (1-0) in January 2025.

Darmstadt's impressive run The Lilies won both meetings with Der Club last season without conceding a goal (1-0 away, 2-0 at home). They have taken an impressive 13 points from their last six matches against the Franconians.

Shared Werder past Coaches Miroslav Klose and Florian Kohfeldt were once at Werder Bremen together. Klose played for the first team in the Champions League from 2004 to 2007, while Kohfeldt represented Werder's third team before becoming a youth coach in 2006.

Goals guaranteed? None of the 45 competitive meetings between the two clubs (including 28 in Bundesliga 2) have ended goalless. The most recent games have been tight affairs, though, with only nine goals in the previous six encounters.

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Holstein Kiel - DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 2026/27 Season | 2. Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:02:46 GMT

Winning run In 12 second-tier meetings with Kiel, Arminia have collected 27 points and lost only once - a 2-1 away defeat in October 2017, when Marvin Ducksch registered a goal and an assist.

Kiel's barren spell The Storks' 2-2 draw in January ended a run of seven consecutive defeats against Bielefeld.

Former Hamburg colleagues The two coaches, Oliver Kirch and Tim Wagner, know each other from their time at Hamburg: Wagner was in charge of the Red Shorts' first team between 2021 and 2023 - when Kirch was head coach of HSV's U19 side.

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VfL Osnabrück - 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2026/27 Season | 2. Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:07:36 GMT

Lieberknecht on top Kaiserslautern head coach Torsten Lieberknecht is unbeaten in four previous encounters with opposite number Timo Schultz, winning three and drawing one.

Slim pickings Current Werder Bremen boss Daniel Thioune masterminded Osnabrück's most recent victories over Lautern in 2018/19. Their only second-tier win against the Red Devils was back in March 2008, when Nico Frommer and Pierre de Wit made the scoresheet.

Red Devils licking their lips Kaiserslautern have taken 10 points from their last four games against Osnabrück. They have won seven of the teams' 11 competitive encounters down the years, losing three and drawing once.

Dramatic comebacks Lautern came from behind in both their meetings with Osnabrück in 2023/24. They fought back twice before triumphing 3-2 in March 2024, having battled back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 away from home earlier that season.

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Hamburger SV - Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2026/27 Season | Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:42:36 GMT

No need to panic Borussia were also bottom of the table after Matchday 8 last season - with even fewer points on the board (three compared to four). They survived comfortably at the end of the campaign, finishing nine points above the relegation play-off position in 12th.

Hamburg hoping for an upturn After starting the Bundesliga season with three defeats, Merlin Polzin's side then gained three successive wins - before going on to lose three on the bounce again in all competitions.

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SG Dynamo Dresden - SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2026/27 Season | 2. Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:58:45 GMT

Fürth past Dynamo have four former Fürth players in their ranks in Lennart Grill, Robert Wagner, Tobias Raschl and Nicolai Rapp (pictured, left).

Strong record Their 2-0 loss in the teams' last meeting was Fürth's only defeat in their last nine matches against Dynamo (five wins, three draws).

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Eintracht Braunschweig - FC Energie Cottbus | 2026/27 Season | 2. Bundesliga

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:56:45 GMT

Unhappy hunting ground Energie's only victory at the Eintracht-Stadion to date came over 20 years ago, when a stoppage-time Francis Kioyo goal secured a 1-0 win in March 2006.

Guard of honour The last Bundesliga 2 meeting between the sides on 6 May 2013 ended goalless, but there was a memorable moment before kick-off as the Cottbus players formed a guard of honour for their opponents - who had just secured promotion to the Bundesliga.

Previous meeting: Eintracht Braunschweig 1-1 Energie Cottbus The teams played out a feisty encounter in the third tier when they last met in May 2019, with a red card apiece being issued in the final few minutes. Cottbus were ultimately relegated, while Braunschweig survived on goal difference.

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Champions League today: Borussia Dortmund - Real Betis Balompie Sevilla | 2026/27 Season | Champions League

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:29:46 GMT

Kobel praises Dortmund squad Gregor Kobel also spoke to the media ahead of this clash, saying, "The way I perceive the team, the way I feel myself, I have to say: We're all at a very, very good athletic level. We feel good and are ready to perform every few days."

Kovač on facing Betis "We have to impose our game, especially here in our stadium with our fans. They are a team that will certainly challenge us tomorrow. We have to do exactly what they don't want us to do."

Kovač discusses Dortmund backline Dortmund lined up in a back four at the weekend a Bayern, but Kovač remains open to a return to a back three for this clash. "If the team embraces it as they did this weekend, it's absolutely no problem whether we play with a three-man or four-man backline," he explained. "Attitude, passion, intensity – those are the attributes you need."

Guirassy gets Champions League goals The Dortmund striker's brace at Sabah took him to four goals in three appearances in the competition this season - and 23 career goals in the UEFA Champions League.

Karetsas back Dortmund were able to field Konstantinos Karetsas again as a second-half substitute in Der Klassiker, after the 18-year-old creative talent missed the previous three matches due to injury. Emre Can, Giannis Konstantelias and Justin Lerma were the only names on the injury list on Saturday.

Betis victorious Betis were triumphant in LaLiga on Saturday as they defeated Malaga 2-1. Former Dortmund man Marc Bartra and Pablo Fornals were the goalscorers, with Betis remaining fourth in the table.

Spanish H2H Dortmund beat Betis 2-0 in a pre-season friendly in August 2015, but the clubs have never met competitively. They're set to become BVB's eighth different Spanish opponent in the Champions League (W13, D9, L14).

Remember this guy? Dortmund fans may remember Marc Roca from his time at Bayern Munich. The Betis midfielder played for BVB's fierce domestic rivals in 2020/21 and 2021/22, before returning to Spain, via a loan spell at English club Leeds United, in summer 2023.

Bartra's return Betis defender Marc Bartra played for Dortmund between July 2016 and January 2018, making 51 competitive appearances and winning the 2017/18 DFB Cup. His time in Germany was marked by the attack on the BVB team bus ahead of a Champions League quarter-final against Monaco in April 2017, in which he suffered a broken wrist after being struck by shrapnel. Bartra later spoke openly about the trauma and its lasting psychological impact, explaining that he needed to return to Spain to be closer to his family.

Dortmund: the story so far Dortmund have recorded wins over Villarreal (3-2) and Sabah (2-1) either side of a 1-0 defeat at Norway's Bodø/Glimt. With six points to show for their efforts, BVB are outside the automatic last-16 qualification places on goal difference going into the latest round of league-phase fixtures.

Betis: the story so far Betis are arguably the surprise package of the league phase so far, taking maximum points from games against Lille (3-2), Porto (3-2) and Feyenoord (1-0). The Spanish outfit are in fine company in the top five of the standings, with only holders Paris Saint-Germain, English duo Aston Villa and Liverpool and José Mourinho's Real Madrid also on nine points after three games.

Welcome! Follow all of the build-up and live action as Borussia Dortmund host Real Betis in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday (kick-off: 9pm CET).

Champions League today: Futebol Clube do Porto - SSC Neapel | 2026/27 Season | Champions League

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Champions League today: Futebol Clube do Porto - SSC Neapel | 2026/27 Season | Champions League