In Márton Dárdai and Jessic Ngankam, Hertha have two players called up to the Germany U21s squad for the U21s EUROs. Antonio Di Salvo originally called up a provisional squad of 26 players, including goalkeepers, before cutting three players on 14th June.

“You normally only score a goal like that once in your life,” said Florian Grillitsch after the 3-1 victory away to 1. FC Köln. FC goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe had ventured a long way off his line to charge down Maximilian Beier but his clearance went straight to the feet of Florian Grillitsch, who pulled the trigger from just behind the halfway line. A wonderful goal – which has now been nominated as the September Goal of the Month by ARD-Sportschau. Grillitsch could become the second TSG player to score the Goal of the Month. The only previous award winner for Hoffenheim was Serge Gnabry, who also found the net from the halfway line against RB Leipzig in in December 2017.

Xavi misses penalty in the first half | Forsberg also denied from the spot | RBL have second-half chances | First game without an RBL goal this season

VfB will play Bundesliga 2 side SV Wehen Wiesbaden in a behind-closed-doors friendly on Thursday 12 October.

Ahead of your visit to the Alte Försterei, we want to highlight important information about the rules and regulations:

VfL suffered a setback against high-flying Stuttgart on Matchday 7. After deservedly leading at half-time through Yannick Gerhardt’s first goal of the season, the Green-and-Whites failed to stretch their advantage and were undone by a quickfire hat-trick from Bundesliga top scorer Serhou Guirassy, who increased his goals tally to a remarkable 13. 
After the forthcoming international break, the Wolves return to action at Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Saturday 21 October (kick-off 15:30 CEST).

A perfect storm was created this season with Jurgen Klopp’s side underperforming for the first six months of the campaign and – with even the Premier League top four looking a difficult ask – scrutiny fell on the lack of investment in an ageing midfield, which was seen as the primary issue.

After the great success in the European League, the message from Henk Groener’s team was clear: BVB want to play in Europe again next season. In the battle to finish third in the league, a victory against the side from Blomberg is almost a must. In recent months, HSG have fought to get to within two points of BVB, and have been putting in some strong performances in recent weeks.

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A chaotic end to Saturday night’s clash with TSG Hoffenheim saw SV Werder Bremen defeated 3-2. The visitors took charge of the first half and deservedly went into the break with a two-goal lead thanks to Beier (8’) and Prömel (29’). Schmid had provided a glimmer of hope for the Green-Whites after putting them level in the 17th minute, but the home side were unable to turn the tide in their favour in the first half. With time running out, Werder were able to produce a late rally and Stage levelled the match once again with a spectacular finish (90+1’). The joy was short-lived, however, as Bülter quickly scored a third for the away side (90+2’) to put the game to bed, leaving the Green-Whites with nothing to show for their hard work.