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There are 2,000 tickets available for away fans which can be booked online from the host club from Thursday 29 June (12:00). Seats cost €25, while reduced tickets are €22.

“When it comes to derbies, everyone thinks of Dortmund versus Schalke. However, you have also felt in recent years how important the game is for VfL Bochum,” said BVB coach Edin Terzic prior to the clash with the Ruhr neighbours. “We’re definitely ready, regardless of how heated and intense the game is. We have great desire and also have something to make amends for in Bochum.” It is the third time this year that BVB will be making the short journey down the B1 to Bochum. The Black & Yellows won 2-1 in the DFB-Pokal last 16 in February and drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga in April.

SV Werder will kick off Matchday 22 when they face 1. FC Köln on Friday evening at 20:30 CET. It won’t be an easy game for the Green-Whites, with Köln having shown far greater consistency in recent weeks and appearing an entirely different team from the first half of the season. “We know it isn’t easy to play in Cologne. But we’re going there full of confidence because the lads have shown what they can do in the last few weeks,” explained Clemens Fritz, Werder’s head of professional football, in Wednesday’s press conference.

One of the biggest questions surrounding Tuchel’s hiring would become what system he had in mind for the team. It sounds like Tuchel hasn’t quite made up his mind just yet. He plans to speak to the team and see whether they are more comfortable with a back three or back four before any long-term planning.

“We’ve played in some beautiful kits in my many years at TSG, but one in particular stands out for me. The Africa shirt we wore against VfL Bochum almost two years ago is my absolute favourite. On the one hand, because I think it’s an extremely successful design in itself – and the colours are extraordinary.

Jamie Leweling looks ahead to the upcoming away match at Darmstadt 98.

Further information on the match will follow in the next few weeks.

The scenario: Both teams had started the new season with a victory and a draw. The last meeting to date with the team that was relegated from the second division this year had taken place eight and a half years earlier. All three away games in the Upper Palatinate had ended in defeat.

It was another interesting week for Bayern Munich loanees. Sabitzer was the only one that actually...