“As a result of injury and illness, it was difficult for Leon to play his way into the team. That’s why we’re happy to now go this route with him, to be able to give him the playing practice he wants. We consider this step to be purposeful for his further development,” said Oliver Ruhnert, 1. FC Union Berlin’s Managing Director for Professional Football.

The left winger is naturally being heavily linked with a move to the Premier League. Given his incredible recent form, it comes as no surprise that Napoli are not overly keen to let him leave.

”We know that we have to follow them up until the end of the season,” says Niklas Süle about the fixture list. Last weekend and this weekend, the BVB game has been scheduled for after the Bayern one. This will continue into Matchday 33, when Bayern face Leipzig on Saturday evening (18:30 CET) and BVB travel to Augsburg on Sunday (17:30 CET). ”We can only say at the end of the season whether this is an advantage or a disadvantage,” says Süle. Three weeks ago, when the Munich club slipped up away to Mainz in the afternoon, it certainly didn’t put BVB at a disadvantage when they stepped out into a rocking Signal Iduna Park for their Saturday evening game against Frankfurt. 

It was not always pretty, but Bayern Munich ultimately took care of business against FC Augsburg in a match that was not overly competitive.

“Mo is a young and highly talented player who we believe will make his breakthrough in our first-team squad in the future. He has developed very well in recent months, both physically and mentally, and is therefore now ready for the next step in his career,” says Pirmin Schwegler, director of football at TSG, adding: “We previously had good experiences when we sent Maximilian Beier out on loan to Hannover 96, and for this reason we are sure that Mo will also make huge progress there and get regular playing time at a high level in the 2. Bundesliga. This is not something we can guarantee him at the moment, as we have numerous highly talented midfielders in our squad, and we can’t work on developing them while contesting matches in the Bundesliga. With this in mind, Mo’s loan to Hannover 96 makes sense for all concerned.”

SV Lichtenberg 47: Wollert (Williams 45 (Riedel 80)) ; Fiegen, Ohlow (Sinan 73), Hollwitz (Brando 45), Bremer (Maric 45), Gawe (Graf 89), Owczarek, Schmidt (Schöps 59), Krüger (Emre 80), Gözüsinn (Grüneberg 89), Ihbe (Chor 55)

VfL Wolfsburg made it two wins from two at the start of the Bundesliga season, coming from behind to beat 1. FC Köln 2-1. After a goalless first half, it was only after the break that the hosts began to really threaten and they took the lead through VfL loanee Luca Waldschmidt in the 55th minute. The Wolves responded quickly through Jonas Wind, who then made it 2-1 ten minutes later with his fourth goal of the campaign. It’s the Dane’s first brace away from home for VfL.

Chelsea’s six-game winless run was ended last weekend as they beat Leeds United 1-0. They followed that up with a win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last-16.

The scenario: Second versus 10th. Eight places and 25 points separate the teams before kick-off at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK at 18:30 CET on Saturday. BVB have taken 46 out of a possible 51 points from their last 17 home games against Gladbach.

SV Werder Bremen will take on 1. FSV Mainz 05 at the wohninvest WESERSTADION on September 2nd 2023 in their third Bundesliga fixture of the season, after which the first international break will take place. Ilia Gruev has been called up for the Bulgarian national team, who will take on Iran in a friendly match on 7th September 2023 at 18:00 CEST, before playing Montenegro three days later in a qualifier for EURO 2024 (18:00 CEST).