Highest xG value: BVB achieved the highest XG value of any team this season when they faced Wolfsburg last week (5.0) – but bettered that only six days later with an xG of 5.54.

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After the third Bundesliga matchday, it’s time for the first international break of the season. Following the home game against 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday 2nd September (15:30 CEST), the focus for six Werder players turns to their international sides. Marco Friedl and Romano Schmid are also on standby for Austria.

Head coach Enrico Maaßen had expected an intense game and his expectations were met in the first 15 minutes. The game was full of individual battles and tough tackling, meaning both sides needed to be robust. 

It has been less than a week since Bayern Munich ousted Paris Saint-Germain from the Champions League and details are still leaking out on just how the Bavarians were able to stifle Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi so effectively.

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.

“Mërgim has proven not only during his time in the Bundesliga with FC Augsburg that he is capable of posing an enormous goal threat to any opponent at any time. He is extremely difficult to defend against and – in addition to his physical presence – also boasts a high level of efficiency in front of the opposition goal. A characteristic that will help us, as a team that has been consistently creating a high number of chances for years,” said TSG Managing Director Alexander Rosen, adding: “His development in the recent past – right up to his debut in a DFB shirt in the 2-0 win over Peru in March this year – has been impressive and together we shall do everything we can to ensure that continues.”

Ahead of the trip to Union Berlin, RBL head coach Marco Rose speaks about the opposition, his team, and the Champions League

Norway will play Netherlands, Latvia and Gibraltar in September and their squad will include the versatile Julian Ryerson.

It is now four wins and a draw in their last five Premier League matches with Liverpool closing the gap on Tottenham to just three points, while the Reds also have a game in hand.