Hakan Calhanoglu scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen beat Hertha Berlin 3-1 on Sunday to move up to eighth in the Bundesliga. Leverkusen took the lead early when Omer Toprak fired past Rune Jarstein and the hosts doubled the advantage when Marvin Plattenhard
Bristol City have announced the signing of Hertha Berlin midfielder Jens Hegeler for an undisclosed fee. The 28-year-old midfielder, who can also operate in central defence, has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract. Head coach Lee Johnson told Bristol Ci
Augsburg have given interim coach Manuel Baum “a long-term contract” after he impressed in his first two games in charge. Baum stepped in after Dirk Schuster was fired in mid-December after a run of one win in nine matches and led his side to
One of the many perks the winter break, a month-long hiatus from competitive football, offers German clubs is the opportunity to self-evaluate processes and decisions. Of course, this is mostly an internal procedure and thus closed to the public, unless t
Nobody expected this. Bayern Munich’s final match before the Bundesliga’s month-long Winterpause looked like—when we first glimpsed the fixtures in pre-season—a coast against promoted opposition. Instead the visit of RB Leipzig, level with the cha
Almost lost in the shuffle of Borussia Dortmund’s hectic 2-2 draw with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Friday was a major individual milestone for one of the team’s most consistent players of the last few years. Pierre-Emerick Aubamey
Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga table on Sunday thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win at Darmstadt. Douglas Costa’s goal was enough for Carlo Ancelotti’s men to return to the summit on goal difference ahead of RB Leipzig, who the
Leipzig moved back to the top of the Bundesliga again on Saturday after flexing their muscles in a comfortable 2-0 win against high-flying Hertha Berlin. Beaten for the first time all season last weekend, Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side proved that was just
Augsburg have sacked head coach Dirk Schuster after just six months in charge. The 48-year-old only joined from Darmstadt in July after predecessor Markus Weinzierl left for Schalke 04, but was dismissed on Wednesday along with both of his assistant coac
As far as final matchdays of the UEFA Champions League group stage go, Borussia Dortmund’s trip to the Spanish capital to face Real Madrid is a fairly relaxed one. With both teams already qualified for the round of 16, the group win is still up for
