SV Werder will travel to 1.FC Heidenheim on Sunday, 17th September at 15:30 CEST for matchday 4 of the Bundesliga season. The Green-Whites go into the game against the newly-promoted side as slight favourites – an unfamiliar prospect given that this is only Werder’s second season back in the top flight. Heidenheim’s last few games, as well as previous matches between the two sides, have shown how difficult it is to play against them at home.

Niklas Dorsch: The coach drummed it into us that we can deal with going behind and come back again quickly. That’s the most important base mindset. We showed that in Heidenheim and again today – that will definitely have been exciting for the fans. But we relax now, as next week we face another difficult game in Cologne. We need to take this positive feeling with us. The atmosphere in the stadium today was breathtaking and that gave us goosebumps. There’s a group developing here who can rely on each other and I’m pleased that the team still turned the game around after the penalty.

“I’m focused on my performances and that we win as many titles as possible at the end of the season,” Pavard said (via Christian Falk by way of @iMiaSanMia). “Then we have time to speak about the future this summer.”

After the 4-1 victory away to VfB Lübeck in the first round, TSG Hoffenheim will continue their DFB-Pokal campaign away to Borussia Dortmund. TSG only faced BVB on Friday evening and were unlucky to lose 3-1 in Sinsheim. The precise scheduling of the second round will follow at a later date. 31 October and 1 November are the possible fixture dates.

Marco Rose speaks to the press before the Bundesliga game against 1. FC Köln

Sebastian Hoeneß spoke ahead of the DFB Cup second-round tie against 1. FC Union Berlin on Tuesday (kick-off at 18:00). All of the tickets in the home sections of the MHPArena have been sold, with around 1,500 away fans also expected to make the journey.

1. FC Union Berlin’s comprehensive health and safety concept continues to mandate a negative test for all visitors to the stadium. The exceptions to that are fully-vaccinated individuals, recovered from COVID and children under the age of six. The full details of our health and safety regulations can be found on the club website.

There have been talks of for the Red Devils after they beat Newcastle United in the final of the Carabao Cup last weekend.

Edin Terzic (to DAZN): “This year, we’re closer than we have been for a long time. Now we need to go full-throttle and then we can finally – hopefully! – hold the Championship Shield in our hands. We now need the emotions in the city, in the stadium, and we’ll take care of the football. And in such a way that we are present from the start again, play a good game and see it through to the end. Now it’s about taking this one step together. We’ve picked up 70 points so far. That couldn’t have been foreseen before the season, after the overhaul and in particular after the illnesses and the injuries.”

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