What looked like an one-sided affair on paper, turned out to be exactly the same on the pitch. Leverkusen dominated possession right from the start, and although they failed to create a lot of chances...

On the surface, the encounter between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Hertha BSC seems a one-sided affair won by a side revitalized by the freshness of a new manager. Yet what manifested between these two sid...

1. FC Köln were able to take an early lead and later in the game also managed to double the score in a way that did not reflect the game’s happenings. Eventually, though, Mainz 05’s efforts to equaliz...

Bundesliga football returned with an - on paper - intense relegation battle, with both Fortuna Düsselsorf and SC Paderborn fully engrossed. In this first match after a long layoff, both teams had a ha...

Mönchengladbach did not miss a beat as they strolled past a disorganized Eintracht Frankfurt. Gladbach constantly adjusted their shape in the buildup, scoring twice inside the first seven minutes. Fra...

Julian Nagelsmann’s centrally-congestive attack looked to combine in direct fashion, but an all-too-familiar problem in the conversion of their chances made hard work against Freiburg on a snatch-and-...

There were brief moments of promise from Schalke in the early minutes of the game. After this, Dortmund took control and smart movements in their attack from the likes of Julian Brandt and Thorgan Haz...

Augsburg’s inability to fully capitalize on a dominating start to the second half was eventually exposed by a 91st minute winner from substitute Daniel Ginczek, who was the beneficiary of a brilliant ...

Top teams’ ability to progress the ball becomes increasingly scrutinized in modern football due to the continued improvement of the defensive systems they face. This analysis outlines the buildup stra...

At the biggest and most historic clubs, winning is no longer the only thing that matters. Such is the nature of the modern day European super club: success is to be achieved following a positive style...