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Week 6 by the Numbers

September 29th, 2008 · Comments · Statistics

0 - Number of wins by Frankfurt, the last remaining winless team
5 - Total number of shots by Gladbach in their 0-1 defeat to Hamburg
7 - Goals scored by Patrick Helmes this season, that’s equal to or more than 8 teams (Hertha, Köln, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Bochum, Cottbus, Frankfurt, and Gladbach)
8.06 - The average number of […]

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Week Five by the Numbers

September 21st, 2008 · Comments · Statistics

1 - Number of weeks Hamburg spent at the top of the table
2 - Number of 0-0 draws after five weeks
5 - Clean sheets, tied (alongside week 4) for the most in one week
8 - Minutes it took sub Jonas Kamper to score in Bielefeld’s 2-0 win over Köln
11 - The mean length of a […]

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The Sync: Bayer 04 v. Hannover 96

September 19th, 2008 · Comments · Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Hannover 96, Tactical Analysis

A hat trick by Patrick Helmes and an unrelenting offense saw Bayer Leverkusen take apart Hannover 96 tonight. The illness and injury riddles Reds, were humiliated by Bayer 04, but also their lack of fight as they seemed disinterested in the proceedings.
Bayer have the most fluid attack in the Bundesliga with […]

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The Bundesliga XI

September 10th, 2008 · Comments · XI

While this is expected to become a weekly column, I have decided to hand out the first Weekly XI based on the cumulative efforts of the first three weeks.  I will use a 3-4-3 formation for my picks.

Schober (S04)

Westermann (S04)

Subotic (BVB)

Friedrich (HBS)

Kuba (BVB)

Marin (MON)

Schweinsteiger (FCB)

Dejegah (WLF)

Wichniarek (AB)

Helmes (BL)

Ibisevic (TSG)

GK: Mathias Schober (Schalke 04) - The […]

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die Tabelle lügen nicht! Preview

August 14th, 2008 · Comments · 1. FC Köln, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, DSC Arminia Bielefeld, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern München, FC Energie Cottbus, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Relegation, SV Werder Bremen, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg

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Schalke

What You Know: If baseball’s Chicago Cubs had a baby with the Red Sox prior to 2004, Schalke would be the offspring.
What You Don’t: All things both good and bad must end.
What to Expect: Yes, Campeones! I say that, bucking all trends, and knowing full well that Schalke could be leading the league by 6 […]

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The New Gaffer: Introducing Labbadia at Bayer Leverkusen

August 7th, 2008 · Comments · Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Gaffers

A look at Bayer Leverkusen’s Bruno Labbadia concludes our The New Gaffer: Introducing… series this week. So far we’ve examined, in order: the journeyman, the company man, the stranger and, er, Martin Jol. Labbadia is a mix between a poor man’s Jürgen Klinsmann and a poor man’s Christian Bale (take a look!). In […]

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