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The experienced Genki Haraguchi fired home a superb strike from 25 yards after 75 minutes to equalise against last season’s Spanish Cup winners. Six minutes later, the turnaround was complete when Timo Baumgartl headed past Julen Agirrezabala from close range.

VfL Wolfsburg suffered their first home defeat in their fourth home match of the 2023/24 Bundesliga season. After three wins, it was leaders Bayer 04 Leverkusen who ended the Wolves’ perfect record at the Volkswagen Arena, claiming a 2-1 victory. Maxence Lacroix cancelled out Jeremie Frimpong’s opener shortly before half-time, but VfL could find no reply to the second strike from the Bundesliga’s form team, despite forcing them to hang on at the end.

His heavy-legged team, which was a colourful mix of current U17s and U19s players, dominated the game for extended periods. Fortuna took a 1-0 lead with the only promising attack of the first half, with Kassim Knelles finding the net on 14 minutes. BVB levelled the game at 1-1 immediately after the restart. Julian Rijkhoff converted a penalty after a foul on Rafael Lubach. The Black and Yellows had plenty of chances to win the game, and in the end, all that was lacking was a little bit of luck. Fortuna’s goalkeeper Simon Vu foiled BVB’s greatest chance with an outstanding save from a well-placed header by Rijkhoff in the 83rd minute.”Every player in the squad got game time and did their best. I can’t ask for any more under these conditions in terms of the personnel situation,” Tullberg explained. The U19s will play the last game of the special match round and the 2022/23 season against VfB Stuttgart next Wednesday, 24 May in the Youth Performance Centre. Kick-off is at 13:00 CET.

Thriving in a new role Florian Neuhaus is continuing to grow into his new leading role...

SV Werder will be back on the road to take on SV Darmstadt 98 on Sunday, 1st October (15:30 CEST), full of confidence following their home win against Köln and a strong week of training. Head coach Ole Werner responded to a series of questions from journalists in the press conference prior to the upcoming fixture.

“We have used the time meaningfully and have trained with great intensity to make sure that we keep our rhythm,” said head coach Enrico Maaßen ahead of the game on the fourth matchday. Leipzig, who are currently fourth in the league, lie in wait for Augsburg, having recently celebrated two big victories against Stuttgart (5-1) and away at Union Berlin (3-0). FCA had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Bochum before the international break and are currently 12th in the league.

Note: The Europa and Europa Conference League matches played on the night of March 16th will not be counted, I’m very sorry Manchester United and Arsenal fans, those performances will factor into next week!

On Thursday, Streich spoke to the media ahead of the game: “Gregerl hasn’t trained very much. We’re assuming that he’ll be in the squad. Luci Höler didn’t train or play last week and other players filled in for him.” That being said, Höler will be available for Saturday’s game and Nicolas Höfler can also be selected following his suspension.

Stuttgart on a Saturday: TSG Hoffenheim will pay a visit to VfB Stuttgart on Saturday 28 October. The match away to the Swabians will start at the classic Bundesliga kick-off time of 15:30 CET. In addition, TSG will play three other fixtures in the 15:30 CET slot on a Saturday: Hoffenheim’s games at home to Bayer 04 Leverkusen (4 November) and away to FC Augsburg (11 November) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (2 December) will start at this time.

Find all the post-match reaction following our 3-1 away win over SV Darmstadt here