RB Leipzig claimed their first ever win over German champions Bayern Munich as goals from Naby Keita and Timo Werner saw them edge the Bavarian giants 2-1 at the Red Bull Arena.

Bayern, whose last competitive defeat prior to this game was the 2-1 loss away at Borussia Monchengladbach back in November, took the lead in the 12th minute when Sandro Wagner headed in James Rodriguez’s pin point cross.

However Leipzig were causing Bayern all sorts of problems on the right, and their equaliser, not surprisingly, came from that flank. Timo Werner’s first time effort was deflected by Niklas Sule, but Naby Keita was on hand to slot home the rebound in the 37th minute.

Leipzig completed the comeback in the 56th minute and it was Keita and Werner who were involved again, with the former setting up the latter. Werner’s goal was his first after a seven game goalless drought in the Bundesliga.

RBL had failed to win in four previous attempts against Bayern and this was also their first league win in over a month (the last one being the 2-0 home win against Augsburg)

Leipzig’s next game is away at Hannover while Bayern will host Borussia Dortmund.

Leipzig 2 (Keita, Werner) beat Bayern Munich 1 (Sandro Wagner)

The Bundesliga’s Team of the Season has been announced, and not surprisingly, 10 of the 11 players selected via an online poll come from the top four teams. Champions Bayern Munich have 4 representatives while Pokal winners Borussia Dortmund have 3. Surprises packages Leipzig, who finished second behind Bayern, have two players in the squad, while Hoffenheim, who took the last Champions League spot on offer, have one representative.

The only player from outside the top four is Schalke’s Sead Kolasinac, who has been linked with a move to Arsenal in the papers Continue reading →

The German Bundesliga introduced its promotion-relegation playoff system in 2008/09, where in the third place team from the 2.Bundesliga (second tier) would take on the third from bottom team (16th) in the Bundesliga.

Has the Bundesliga team always won its playoff tie?

Interestingly, since its introduction, only 2.Bundesliga teams have won their playoff ties- one was Nuremberg in the inaugural 2008-2009 season and the other was Fortuna Dusseldorf, who beat Hertha BSC in the 2011/12 season.

In every other season, the Bundesliga team has retained its spot for next season

Check out the table below that details all playoff games since 08/09 Continue reading →