On the 14th match day of the women’s Bundesliga, many teams will face the league heavyweights in a relegation battle.
SV Werder Bremen – Eintracht Frankfurt (Saturday, cancelled)
The women’s Bundesliga game between Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt planned for Saturday has been cancelled. As the German Football Association (DFB) announced on Friday “The field in 11th place in Bremen due to a strong rapid fall” not playable. This is the conclusion reached by the DFB Placement Committee. An alternative date is not fixed yet.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Wolfsburg (Sunday, 1 p.m.)
The squad carousel turns. While VfL Wolfsburg announced that they intend to part ways with some players and only plan to have Merle Frohms in the long-term goalkeeper position, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have announced an important contract extension: Lilla Turányi (24) is staying. Hungary’s Footballer of the Year 2022 has been playing for Leverkusen since 2020 and has become a regular there.
The two-time Hungarian champion is fast and strong in one-on-one combat. She has to be if she wants to hold her ground with Bayer 04 against VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday. The guests will have learned from their defeat against TSG Hoffenheim. A lot will roll up to Turányi and her team.
TSG Hoffenheim – SV Meppen (Sunday, 1 p.m.)
Paulina Krumbiegel could follow in Serge Gnabry’s footsteps. As the only player in the TSG Hoffenheim jersey, Gnabry received the award for the goal of the month from the sports show. Krumbiegel has also been nominated for February with her long-range goal against 1. FC Köln. Just take a shot from your own half and then hit it – that’s typical for the ambitious player.
What is somewhat surprising: the goal against Cologne was her first and only goal of the season so far. The midfielder collects kilometers instead of goals. Against strong defensive Meppen, who are not so dangerous offensively, Krumbiegel could once again dare more in front of the opposing goal. By the way: The game will be the last in which Nadine Rolser is on the sidelines as interim coach. She then hands over to Stephan Lerch.
Turbine Potsdam – 1. FC Köln (Sunday, 4 p.m.)
The goal drought at 1. FC Köln should finally come to an end. Against the bottom of the table from Potsdam, the team of coach Sascha Glass finally wants to work their way up again. Selina Cerci, who recently celebrated her comeback in football and her debut in Cologne after a long injury break, could help.
There was nothing she could do to change the draw against Leverkusen, but she might have made the decisive difference on Sunday. Especially since the 22-year-old striker is against her former club. For Turbine Potsdam, she scored 21 times in her two seasons before her injury. That’s what they’re hoping for in Cologne, where they’re in tenth place with ten goals and eleven points.
SGS Essen – SC Freiburg (Sunday, 4 p.m.)
SGS Essen is regarded as a hotbed of talent in women’s football. That’s why the youngest players in the league play in Essen on average, like Beke Sterner. The 20-year-old scored for the second time this season last week and is considered a promising homegrown talent at SGS. But she will probably have to put her dream of playing the Champions League on the back burner for the time being.
She has committed to the SGS for three more years – and Essen will probably not make it to third place in the table in the near future. Especially since Freiburg, Frankfurt and Hoffenheim are now three heavyweights in the league. With currently 14 points in seventh place, the SGS is staying away from the relegation places and could extend the lead in Freiburg. But that will be difficult for Sterner and her young team.