“Bewage around in tenth place”
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“The goal in the league cannot be that we bump around in tenth place. If we have as many bad games as at the moment, then we are completely right, ”said Nico Schlotterbeck against FC Augsburg (0-1) after the preliminary low of this Bundesliga season last weekend. After the 25th matchday, Borussia Dortmund is in tenth place in the table, with the fourth most valuable squad in the league. This corresponds to a discrepancy of six ranks in the transfer market statistics “Squad value vs. Ligarang”-no other team does worse. Only FC Bayern Munich (856 million euros), Bayer Leverkusen (637.05 million) and RB Leipzig (526.75 million) have more valuable teams. The results of the first two correspond to the market values in this snapshot, and RB has a difference of three places.
With VfL Bochum on the relegation rank and VfL Wolfsburg in seventh place, two more clubs are located in the table in accordance with their squad value. In addition to BVB, Hoffenheim plays a season that is by no means meeting its own expectations. The TSG stands in 13th place with the most nine -value squad with 26 points, with a six points ahead of the Bochum. Although the Kraichgauer made the biggest minus on the transfer market after FC Bayern, they are not fighting for Europe, but for relegation.
Instead, this does the 1st FSV Mainz 05, which is the biggest surprise of the current season. The zero five are in third place, which would entitle to participation in the champions League after 34 match days. The team of coach Bo Henriksen is valued at EUR 112.4 million and is therefore in 13th place in the squad value ranking. With no other club, the discrepancy is so big. This is particularly noteworthy because the Mainzers have a positive transfer balance with a balance of EUR 26.25 million this season, only Eintracht Frankfurt has a higher profit.
Freiburg on record course – Heidenheim and Stuttgart behind expectations
The SC Freiburg and FC Augsburg are also located higher in the table than in the market value ranking, both of which are three places above. The sports club from Breisgau is in fifth place, just one point behind the first royal class. The SC was only better placed twice in its story. Two years ago, fourth place under Christian Streich, and in 1994/95 with Volker Finke in third place.
It does not look so positive at VfB Stuttgart and the 1. FC Heidenheim, which in this comparison perform three places worse. VfB is in eighth place with the most five -value squad in the league and threatens to miss international business. Despite a higher squad value (especially because of Paul Wanner with 18 million euros in the market value), the Heidenheimers are the bottom of the light as Bochum, Kiel and St. Pauli.