SV Werder will be back on the road to take on SV Darmstadt 98 on Sunday, 1st October (15:30 CEST), full of confidence following their home win against Köln and a strong week of training. Head coach Ole Werner responded to a series of questions from journalists in the press conference prior to the upcoming fixture.

“We have used the time meaningfully and have trained with great intensity to make sure that we keep our rhythm,” said head coach Enrico Maaßen ahead of the game on the fourth matchday. Leipzig, who are currently fourth in the league, lie in wait for Augsburg, having recently celebrated two big victories against Stuttgart (5-1) and away at Union Berlin (3-0). FCA had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Bochum before the international break and are currently 12th in the league.

Note: The Europa and Europa Conference League matches played on the night of March 16th will not be counted, I’m very sorry Manchester United and Arsenal fans, those performances will factor into next week!

On Thursday, Streich spoke to the media ahead of the game: “Gregerl hasn’t trained very much. We’re assuming that he’ll be in the squad. Luci Höler didn’t train or play last week and other players filled in for him.” That being said, Höler will be available for Saturday’s game and Nicolas Höfler can also be selected following his suspension.

Stuttgart on a Saturday: TSG Hoffenheim will pay a visit to VfB Stuttgart on Saturday 28 October. The match away to the Swabians will start at the classic Bundesliga kick-off time of 15:30 CET. In addition, TSG will play three other fixtures in the 15:30 CET slot on a Saturday: Hoffenheim’s games at home to Bayer 04 Leverkusen (4 November) and away to FC Augsburg (11 November) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (2 December) will start at this time.

Find all the post-match reaction following our 3-1 away win over SV Darmstadt here

To mark the club’s 130th anniversary, VfB had their official team photo taken at the burial chapel at the Württemberg, a landmark of the city of Stuttgart and the state.

Standing in the way of a place in the group stages of the newly-formed UEFA Europa Conference League will be Astana from Kazakhstan or KuPS from Finland.

Following the second defeat of the season at Borussia Dortmund last weekend, VfL fans can look forward to being back at the Volkswagen Arena on Saturday. Both home matches so far this season have ended in victory (2-0 against Heidenheim, 2-1 against Union Berlin), and the Wolves can make it three out of three on home soil against Eintracht Frankfurt (kick-off 15:30 CEST).

Firmino will be following Sadio Mane out of the club, after the Senegal international joined Bayern Munich in the summer, with just Salah remaining of the Fab Three who have torn defences apart in combination throughout Jurgen Klopp’s reign.