Bundesliga Predictions | Round 3 - Get German Football News

In this weekly feature, hosts of the Gegenpressing podcast Stefan Bienkowski and Manu Veth face off with their predictions for the forthcoming Bundesliga matchday fixtures. It’s three points for a correct score and one point for a correct result. Who will come out on top at the end of the season?

Stefan’s game of the week: Union Berlin vs RB Leipzig

In more ways than one, Saturday’s Topspiel will be a clash of two very different football clubs. On the one hand you have one team that is undoubtedly defined by the loyalty and passion of its fans against a club constructed to sell energy drinks. Then, on the other, you have one club punching above their weight and riding a wave of good fortune against a star-studded squad that have stuttered in the opening rounds of the new season. Whichever way this game goes, it will undoubtedly be fascinating for fans and neutrals alike.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 Hertha Berlin
Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Werder Bremen
Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Hoffenheim

Wolfsburg 1-1 Schalke
Augsburg 1-2 Mainz
Stuttgart 1-2 Freiburg
Union Berlin 2-3 RB Leipzig

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Köln
Bochum 0-3 Bayern Munich

Manu’s game of the week: Wolfsburg vs Schalke

My match of the week is Wolfsburg against Schalke for one simple reason: Rodrigo Zalazar. The Uruguayan playmaker has been a joy to watch this season and is without a doubt Schalke’s most important player. Zalazar aside, I think this could be a very well-balanced match. Schalke have positively surprised me at the start of the season and might be just alright to fight off relegation. Wolfsburg too had a decent outing against Bayern Munich on Sunday and will try to build on that experience. That game aside, I want to give a notable mention to Stuttgart against Freiburg, which is a Baden-Württemberg derby.