Here is what well known German paper Bild expects to be the possible starting XI for both Germany and Hungary as they do battle in the Nations League tonight.
Bild reckons Andrich and Pascal Gross will be in the centre of the park, with new West Ham signing Nicklas Fullkrug upfront. Fullkrug is one of three overseas based players in this German squad- Barca goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen and Arsenal forward Kai Havertz are the other two.
Here are Bild and Kicker Magazine’s Bundesliga Team of the Week for MD1 of the 2024/25 season. Only three teams won away from home in this round- Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich (both by 3:2 margins) and Heidenheim, who prevailed 2:0 at St Pauli.
Bild Team of the Week (MD1 for 24-25)
Baumann, Drexler, Tah, Kubler, Wirtz, Benes, Stoger, Weiser, Gittens, Kramaric, Majer
Kicker Magazine Team of the Week (Round 1)
Grabara, Agu, Sule, Mainka, Kubler, Schoppner, Wirtz, Kramaric, Majer, Kane, Gittens
Some similarities between the two teams- both have Kubler, Wirtz, Majer, Kramaric and Gittens (5 common players out of the XI selected). The defences are very different, as can be seen above.
FC Bayern’s indifferent recent form continued as they drew 2:2 away at SC Freiburg. These player ratings for Bild suggest the same- only Mathys Tel and Manuel Neuer (with their 2 rating) emerged from the game with some kind of credit. Bayern’s other goal scorer on the evening- Jamal Musiala, got a 3.
On the Freiburg side, Lucas Holer got the perfect 1 rating. It was Holer’s 87th minute equaliser that gave SCF a point in this clash.
Bayern’s next task is their UCL Round of 16 second leg clash against Lazio. The Serie A outfit lead 1:0 from the first leg. They come into this game on the back of a controversial encounter against Milan, where they had three players sent off and lost 1:0