Category Archives: German Football

Bayern Munich Slovan Bratislava 3:1 Player Ratings 2025 Champions League | Pavlovic, Kimmich shine

Champions League, German Football

FC Bayern beat Slovan Bratislava 3:1 in their final league phase UCL game. The result means that Bayern finish 12th in the Champions League group phase standings (outside the 8 automatic qualification spots) and will play either Manchester City or Glasgow Celtic in the playoffs.

These Bayern vs Slovan player ratings are from the Kicker Magazine (1 very good, 6 very bad in the German rating system). It has Joshua Kimmich as the pick of the Bayern players with a 1.5 rating.

Bayern’s goals on the evening came from Thomas Muller, Harry Kane and Kingsley Coman

Bayern vs Slovan Bratislava Player Ratings 2025

Fellow Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund also beat Shakhtar Donetsk by the same 3:1 scoreline on the evening.

Interestingly, the only Bayern player to make the official UCL team of the week for MD8 was midfielder Pavlovic, who got a 3 from Kicker. Continue reading Bayern Munich Slovan Bratislava 3:1 Player Ratings 2025 Champions League | Pavlovic, Kimmich shine →

Borussia Dortmund Shakhtar Donetsk 3:1 Player Ratings 2025 | BVB win in crucial UCL game

Champions League, German Football

Borussia Dortmund finished ahead of the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the UCL standings as they finished their league phase engagements with a 3:1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Here are the player ratings for BVB vs Shakhtar from L’Equipe (1 very bad, 10 very good). Guirassy was the best Dortmund player against Shakhtar with rating of 8, while Donetsk’s Pedrinho was the poorest player (rating of 2/10)

Dortmund eventually finished 10th in the 24 team league, narrowly missing out on an automatic Round of 16 spot (which goes to teams 1-8). BVB will now have to go through the playoffs but will be seeded for this clash by virtue of their 10th place finish.

Borussia Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk Player Rating 2025

Borussia Dortmund Werder Bremen 2:2 Player Ratings 2025 | Schlotterbeck shocker for BVB against SWV

German Football

Interim Borussia Dortmund manager Mike Tullberg’s first game in charge of the senior team after Nuri Sahin’s sacking saw BVB draw 2:2 at home against Werder Bremen on Matchday 19. Here are the player ratings for BVB vs Werder from well known German newspaper Bild, as well as the team of the week for Round 19.

Tullberg would’ve feared the worst when Nico Schlotterbeck’s red card reduced Dortmund to ten men in the 21st minute. Schlotterbeck got a 5 (6 is the worst rating; 1 the best) from Bild for his performance as did Pascal Gross. BVB then raced to a 2:0 lead, only to squander it in the second half, and had to settle for a point in the end.

Bild player ratings Dortmund vs Werder Bremen January 2025

(1 very good, 6 very bad)

Borussia Dortmund vs Werder Bremen 2-2 Player Ratings 2025

As you can see, not a single starting player on either BVB or SVW got a 2 or better. Leonardo Bittencourt however managed a 2 off the bench (he was a 60th minute substitute for Senne Lynen). Bittencourt scored the goal that kickstarted Bremen’s comeback and was also the only player on either side to be named in Bild’s team of the week for this round. Continue reading Borussia Dortmund Werder Bremen 2:2 Player Ratings 2025 | Schlotterbeck shocker for BVB against SWV →