On Matchday 5, VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich meet – the two best teams in the women’s Bundesliga. Turbine Potsdam and Werder Bremen, on the other hand, want to make the leap from the basement.
SV Meppen – Turbine Potsdam (Friday, October 21, 2022, 7:15 p.m.)
SV Meppen and Turbine Potsdam open the match day, both of which find themselves in the basement of the women’s Bundesliga after a mixed start to the season. For Potsdam, in particular, it is now important to get the first win of the season in order not to lose touch with the saving non-relegation places.
But even so, it should be a special game for Turbine’s coach Sebastian Middeke, as he returns to his old place of work on Friday evening. Until 2021, the 38-year-old trained the second team and the B-Juniors of the Meppener.
SC Freiburg – Bayer Leverkusen (Saturday, October 22, 2022, 1 p.m.)
Victory, defeat, victory, defeat – should the law of the series take effect, the Freiburg women can look forward to their third win of the season. But Leverkusen are traveling to Breisgau as difficult opponents. Traditionally, games between the two teams are a close box.
In particular, Freiburg’s variable style of play will make it difficult for them, according to Bayer’s coach Robert de Pauw in advance of the game. “SC Freiburg scored a lot of goals, but also conceded a lot – in other words: they are strong in attack but have weaknesses in defense.”
Robert de Pauw is the new coach for the Bayer women.
In order to be able to take advantage of this, however, Leverkusen’s exploitation of chances has to improve. Only three goals have been scored so far, all scored by Jill Bayings.
SGS Essen – TSG Hoffenheim (Sunday, October 23, 2022, 1 p.m.)
SGS Essen is hosting Hoffenheim, who could now celebrate their third win in a row after a difficult start to the season. The women from Essen, on the other hand, have to make sure that they don’t become the shooting gallery of the women’s Bundesliga.
Coach Markus Högner’s team have already conceded 13 goals. And now, of all times, captain Jacqueline Meißner is missing due to a red suspension.
According to SGS coach Markus Högner, the goals conceded came against strong attacking teams such as Wolfsburg, Freiburg and Frankfurt. The games in which you have to score come only after the Hoffenheim game. “Of course that doesn’t mean we don’t have a chance of beating Hoffenheim. But we have to be solid at the back to do that.”
VfL Wolfsburg – Bayern Munich (Sunday, October 23, 2022, 2 p.m.)
Almost 15,000 tickets have already been sold. Because what Bayern is against Dortmund for men, this game is for the women’s Bundesliga: Wolfsburg against Bayern, the summit meeting of the two best teams in Germany.
However, it’s been two years since FCB won against the Wolves. The memory of the last meeting in the league, when they had to take a 6-0 waddle, should be particularly painful.
So far, substitute goalkeeper Marie-Luisa Grohs has kept a clean sheet – Bayern are the only team in the Bundesliga not to concede a goal this season. In order not to lose the chance of winning the championship, it should stay that way. Because in the event of a defeat, the gap between Bayern and class leader Wolfsburg would increase to five points.
Eintracht Frankfurt – MSV Duisburg (Sunday, October 23, 2022, 4 p.m.)
No other game is so emblematic of the development of women’s football in Germany: Frankfurt and Duisburg once dominated league events together with Turbine Potsdam, at that time still as independent women’s clubs.
Then Wolfsburg and Bayern took over at the beginning of the 2010s. And both Frankfurt and Duisburg saw no other option than to also join a men’s club.
Now both teams meet for the 45th time in the women’s Bundesliga. Even though Duisburg has been doing well as a promoted team, the SGE is going into the game as the clear favorite. No wonder, because the last time Frankfurt lost to Duisburg at home was more than eleven years ago. At that time, DFB greats like Birgit Prinz, Nadine Angerer or Inka Grings were still on the pitch.
1. FC Cologne – Werder Bremen (Sunday, October 23, 2022, 4 p.m.)
Although the Cologne women are still undefeated at home this season, Bremen are now coming to the Franz Kremer Stadium. And FC has never won against them in its history. But things are not going well for Werder, with just two points they are second to last in the table.
One shouldn’t underestimate Bremen, however, says Cologne coach Sascha Glass. “I think they currently have the best squad they’ve ever had. They act out of compactness and have a very strong defense that we have to crack first on Sunday.”