Bundesliga, the tenth: On the 10th matchday of the 2024/25 Bundesliga, the Saturday conference in particular is likely to make fans' hearts beat faster. Then champions Bayer Leverkusen, league leaders Bayern Munich and Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund all have feasible away tasks ahead of them. On Sunday, Eintracht Frankfurt will be guests at VfB Stuttgart. In Flashscore's Bundesliga tracker you will find all the important news such as results, interviews, injuries and highlights.
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LIVE: FC St. Pauli 0-1 FC Bayern – also LIVE in the Flashscore audio report
LIVE: Mainz 05 0-0 Borussia Dortmund – also LIVE in the Flashscore audio report
LIVE: VfL Bochum 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen
LIVE: Werder Bremen 0-0 Holstein Kiel
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3:30 p.m. – KICK-OFF – And with that everything is set for a top-class conference on Saturday afternoon. The German champions from Leverkusen, Bayern and BVB, plus Dieter Hecking's coaching debut in Bochum and a northern duel between Bremen and Kiel. Let's go!
3:12 p.m – Leon Goretzka celebrates his starting eleven comeback for FC Bayern. The former international will play for FC Bayern from the start away at FC St. Pauli. As one of four changes compared to the Champions League home game during the week, Goretzka is supposed to bring order to Munich's midfield alongside Joshua Kimmich. Here is an overview of the lineups of both teams.
“We didn't doubt its quality for a second. It's a completely normal decision for me“, said Kompany on Sky immediately before kick-off. Goretzka was actually supposed to leave Munich in the summer, but there was no taker for the former national player. Recently he had repeatedly recommended himself with short appearances.
2:38 p.m. – Hecking before debut against Leverkusen: “Not without a chance” – Dieter Hecking returns to the Bundesliga stage full of anticipation. “It's a nice game for me to be able to make my comeback against the German champions“, said the new coach of VfL Bochum before the duel with double winners Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday (3.30 p.m. / Sky).
To the match center: VfL Bochum vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Despite the miserable start to the season and only one point from nine games, Hecking doesn't think his team has a chance. “The goal must always be to win the game. If Leverkusen turns up the heat, it will be incredibly difficult for us. We know that. But of course we will field the players with whom we believe we have the best chance of winning“, said the 60-year-old, who was most recently active as sports director and interim coach at 1. FC Nürnberg. In the Bundesliga he looked after Borussia Mönchengladbach until the summer of 2019.
The first impressions in the new environment were positive, explained the coach. “Of course you can tell that we are currently bottom of the table. Not everyone can happily walk through the cabin“, so Hecking: “After three days of working together, we have laid an initial good foundation.“
12:46 p.m. – Bayern on St. Pauli: “We feel like it, we’re keen” – With a lot of respect, but also a big shot of “Mia san mia”, FC Bayern looks at the unequal Bundesliga duel against newly promoted FC St. Pauli on Saturday (3.30 p.m./LIVE in the Flashscore audio report and on Sky). “Finally back to Hamburg!“, wrote the original Munich native Thomas Müller on Instagram on Thursday morning full of anticipation.
To the match center: FC St. Pauli vs. Bayern Munich
After the important 1-0 win in the Champions League against Benfica Lisbon on Wednesday evening, Müller emphasized: “We feel like it, we feel like it, we want to continue where we left off. We still have one game before the international break so we can give it our all again.”
Bayern won their last meeting in May 2011 in Hamburg 8-1, which was the heaviest defeat for St. Pauli in the Bundesliga. In eight home games in the upper house, the outsider managed a victory against the record champions in addition to three zero numbers – the legendary “World Cup winner” in February 2002 with goals from Thomas Meggle and Nico Patschinski (2:1).
11:14 am – Even though 1. FC Heidenheim is only in action against Wolfsburg tomorrow, a player from the Conference League participant has been making the headlines for weeks: The “tug of war” over Paul Wanner continues, Germany and Austria want the top talent – but the 18th The year-old doesn't let this bother him.
“Basically, I said weeks ago that I simply wanted to develop myself as much as possible in the next few months and didn't actually want to deal with the final association issue“, said the midfielder in the Bild interview: “I just want to follow my path and my development.” More info
9:52 a.m. – Kiel wants the first mini-series in its own Bundesliga history – Werder Bremen met champions Bayer Leverkusen in their last home game and scored their first home goals of the season at the fourth attempt. The Hanseatic League is still waiting for a home win after the 2-2 draw, but the opponents in Bremen also had it tough: Dortmund, Bayern, Freiburg and most recently the Werkself. In the 1970/71 and 1998/99 Bundesliga seasons, Werder went seven home games without a win, and Ole Werner's team doesn't want to let it get that far this time.
To the match center: Werder Bremen vs. Holstein Kiel
The guests from Schleswig-Holstein, on the other hand, recently achieved their first win in the ninth game of their Bundesliga history, with a 1-0 win against Heidenheim. Nevertheless, the storks have now been stuck in 17th place for four match days. The first positive series in their young upper house history, i.e. two wins in a row for the first time, would come at exactly the right time.
7:12 a.m. – Leipzig sees no need for improvements in personnel – RB Leipzig coach Marco Rose sees no need for action on the transfer market during the winter break, despite the many failures. “We don't have to do anything because injured people are coming back. It is foreseeable that we will be able to use all the boys again from January 1st“, said the 48-year-old before Saturday's home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
To the match center: RB Leipzig vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
National player David Raum should be able to play again in December after his ankle surgery, and Xavi Simons in January. The third long-term injured Xaver Schlager is back after tearing his cruciate ligament.”close to team training“, the defenders Castello Lukeba (thigh problem) and Lutsharel Geertruida (muscle injury) who were missing against Gladbach at short notice”will be back after the international break“, so Rose.
The squad is “not too small, but big enough to accommodate the abundance of failures. The squad planning was absolutely fine.“Against his former club”We will have a good team on the field and still have good substitution options” said Rose – he couldn't resist a bit of politics: “We are still able to act – and unlike our federal government.“
Everything about the draw between Union and Freiburg
In the end, the 0-0 draw between Union Berlin and SC Freiburg was fair, with the guests probably being a little closer to victory. Vincenzo Grifo's penalty (21') in particular could have been the decisive difference, but Frederik Rönnow gave the Iron Men a deserved point in the end. To the match report
The Union keeper had to smile a bit. “That's a feeling. Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're unlucky“, explained the keeper after he contributed significantly to his team's point win against Breisgauer as a penalty killer. More info
You can read even more details about yesterday's game in our yesterday's Bundesliga tracker.
The 10th Bundesliga matchday at a glance
Friday 8:30 p.m.: Union Berlin 0-0 SC Freiburg
Saturday 3:30 p.m.: FC St. Pauli vs. FC Bayern – also LIVE in the Flashscore audio report
Saturday 3:30 p.m.: Mainz 05 vs. Borussia Dortmund – also LIVE in the flash score audio report
Saturday 3:30 p.m.: VfL Bochum vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Saturday 3:30 p.m.: Werder Bremen vs. Holstein Kiel
Saturday 6:30 p.m.: RB Leipzig vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach – also LIVE in the Flashscore audio report
Sunday 3:30 p.m.: FC Augsburg vs. TSG Hoffenheim – also LIVE in the flash score audio report
Sunday 5:30 p.m.: VfB Stuttgart vs. Eintracht Frankfurt – also LIVE in the Flashscore audio report
Sunday 7:30 p.m.: 1. FC Heidenheim vs. VfL Wolfsburg – also LIVE in the Flashscore audio report
