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“We want the game to go in our favour and we can only do that if we show the right attitude and approach in the match,” said head coach Enrico Maaßen. FCA are five points ahead of sixteenth-placed Stuttgart in the table, who are still unbeaten under their new coach Sebastian Hoeneß and drew 3-3 against Dortmund the week before. “Stuttgart have had positive results recently, but we are only looking at ourselves,” said Maaßen.
FCA gave everything recently in the 3-2 defeat against Leipzig, but it was not enough to secure a point. According to Maaßen, the fact that Augsburg are now in action again on a Friday evening is “hopefully a good omen,” since they have won all three matches on Friday this season (against Bremen, Leverkusen and Hoffenheim). “We will go there full of energy,” the 39-year-old promised.

I have been one of Gnabry’s biggest critics, in that the player has usually been very hot and cold in terms of goal contributions. Consistency is something that the winger has seldom had in his Bayern Munich career, having a few great games every season sandwiched between performances ranging from “bang average” to “embarrassingly appalling.”

There was encouraging applause for Hertha as they made their way to the Ostkurve after the 1-0 defeat against RB Leipzig. Even though this encouragement was more than just a nice sign and impressively showed the togetherness ahead of the final period of the season, you could see the disappointment in the faces. “It’s disappointing that we lost the game, but we showed the right side of Hertha BSC once again. The fans recognised that we gave everything,” said Prince Boateng, who made clear: “We’ll continue to stick together as a team and go to the lions’ den next week full of energy and aggression.”Herthabsc.com has all the reaction to the match.

Head coach Marco Rose, Willi Orbán and Benjamin Henrichs on the 2-0 defeat against Leverkusen

It was a bright start: following a shock 1-0 win at the start of the season at home to RB Leipzig, in which several Mainzer Covid cases caused Bo Svensson to make several emergency changes, young players like Niklas Tauer and Paul Nebel received praise for their top performances. By the end of the season, though, it has unfortunately been the case that these young players have not kept their place in the 1. FSV Mainz 05 team as may have been wanted.

VfB take on Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on Saturday (kick-off 15:30 CEST). Here are the facts on the clash with the Foals.

“Union and Berlin have become my home. My time here has certainly been marked by highs and lows, with the good moments far outweighing them. Saying goodbye on the last matchday was very difficult for me, so it’s all the nicer to be back here and to continue to be part of the team,” said Jakob Busk after his contract extension.

Matchday 15 will see a battle between two teams who are near-neighbours in the league table, with tenth-placed Hoffenheim taking on eighth-placed Wolfsburg. In terms of current form however, things could hardly be more different. The Wolves are on a roll, having gone eight games unbeaten and winning their last three. The hosts meanwhile have won just one of their past five, slipping to three defeats during that period with a 1-1 draw with 1. FC Köln also in the mix.