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The final pre-season friendly of 1. FSV Mainz 05’s program before the competitive season starts in Aue finished 1-1 at the MEWA ARENA against La Liga side Athletic Bilbao. The 120-minute long friendly saw the Basque club lead through Nico Williams after 40 minutes, before numerous chances in the second half were finally capitalised upon in the last seconds by Edimilson Fernandes who equalised.

VfB face 1. FC Union Berlin at the Stadion An der Alten Fösterei at 15:30 CEST on Saturday. Here are the key facts and figures ahead of the teams’ sixth Bundesliga meeting.

Chemnitzer FC: Jakubov – Berger (99. Ulrich), Zickert, Pelivan, Campulka, Walther – Müller, Kurt (89. Keller), Pagliuca (89. Stagge) – Roscher (75. Kircicek), Brügmann (106. Mensah)

VfL Wolfsburg welcome Bundesliga leaders and record champions Bayern Munich to a sold-out Volkswagen Arena on Sunday 5 February (kick-off: 17:30 CET). 

The scenario: Leading up to game, new U23s head coach Jan Zimmermann had lost his second game in a row last week, falling to a 2-0 defeat at Rot-Weiss Essen, leaving the Black and Yellows on just 21 points after 23 league games, so BVB headed into the match lying 16th in the league. Mannheim, meanwhile, still had hopes of promotion and headed to Oberhausen, where the Drittliga duel was taking place due to the ongoing construction work in the Rote Erde stadium, in fifth place.

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Marvin Ducksch spoke to the media from the mixed zone at the wohninvest WESERSTADION on Wednesday afternoon, taking questions on his direct free-kick goal against VfL Bochum last weekend and the upcoming game against Augsburg. “It will not be a great spectacle, but we also play a part in that,” said Ducksch.

Thomas Reis (Head Coach VfL Bochum 1848):

“For me, it was a huge career highlight to take part in the World Cup. Especially because I got a lot of minutes,” says Vargas, who has also already been part of the 2021 European Championship squad. At the World Cup, Switzerland qualified for the last 16 after wins against Cameroon (1-0) and Serbia (3-2) and a narrow defeat against Brazil (0-1). However, the side suffered a bitter 6-1 defeat against Portugal.

Amid rumors that Bayern Munich and Lucas Hernandez are closing in on a deal, Atlético Madrid — Hernandez’s old club — is ramping up interest in the Frenchman: