Schalke manager Felix Magath still has his sights set on playing in Europe next season, and success in the DFB-Pokal is not the only way he would like to achieve it. The Royal Blues reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal this week by beating Nurnberg and one more win may well be good enough to see them secure a place in the Europa League, depending on the draw. However, Magath has not given ...Full Story »

Stuttgart begin a new era under Keller after Gross' dismissal. Pavel Pogrebnyak, VfB Stuttgart At the beginning of the season, some writer (he will not be named) here at the Bundesliga Beat wildly picked Stuttgart to challenge for the German title this season. It wasn't without merit, mind you, as Stuttgart were the best team in the league in the matchdays in which Christian Gross was the m...Full Story »

With a win this weekend, Mainz can equal the German record for wins to start a season, although, they might just want to avoid it altogether. The record of seven wins to start a season has been set twice, once by Bayern Munich, and once by Kaiserslautern. The bad thing to come from that record is that neither side managed to win the league when they started out so well. Maybe then this weekend i...Full Story »

The Bundesliga’s European hopefuls all have fixtures against lower-ranked opponents this weekend, but no match will be easy. Friday (all times local) 20:30 Bochum – Stuttgart Saturday 15:30 Nuernberg – Borussia Dortmund15:30 Hertha Berlin – Schalke15:30 Borussia M’gladbach – Bayern Munich15:30 Bayer Leverkusen – Hannover15:30 Mainz – Eintrach...Full Story »

Dortmund will seek revenge in their showdown with in-form Bayern. Kick-Off: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 18:30 CETAllianz Arena, Munich, Germany Tough Champions League Warm-up Awaits Bayern Bayern’s winning streak extended to ten games in all competitions on Wednesday as the Bundesliga record champions earned a 6-2 victory over second division outfit Greuther Fuerth. The scoreline, wh...Full Story »

Out-of-sorts Wolfsburg look to halt Bayern’s red-hot run of form… Kick-Off: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 15:30 CETVolkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany Guess Who’s Baaack One needs only to look back to late August to recall Bayern Munich’s full potential. At that time, the team was still in its developmental stages, trying to scrape past opponents by any means necessar...Full Story »