The forthcoming Bundesliga season is set to kick off with Harry Kane’s highly anticipated debut for Bayern Munich against Werder Bremen. Here’s a glimpse of the probable lineups for Matchday 1:
All matches are scheduled for a 3.30pm CEST kick-off unless indicated otherwise.
Friday, 18 August
Werder Bremen vs. Bayern Munich (kick-off: 8.30pm CEST)
Bremen: Pavlenka – Pieper, Stark, Friedl (c) – Weiser, Bittencourt, Lynen, Stage, Jung – Füllkrug, Ducksch
Not available: Agu (knee), Keita (groin)
Uncertain: –
Coach: Ole Werner
Bayern: Ulreich – Pavard, Kim, De Ligt, Davies – Kimmich (c), Laimer – Sane, Musiala, Coman – Kane
Not available: Guerreiro (calf), Neuer (broken leg)
Uncertain: Gnabry (knock), Mazraoui (knock), Sarr (knock)
Coach: Thomas Tuchel
Saturday, 19 August
Bayer Leverkusen vs. RB Leipzig
Leverkusen: Hradecky (c) – Kossounou, Tah, Tapsoba – Frimpong, Palacios, Xhaka, Grimaldo – Hofmann, Wirtz – Boniface
Not available: Adli (suspended), Azmoun (calf), Hincapie (suspended), Schick (groin)
Uncertain: Puerta (broken hand)
Coach: Xabi Alonso
Leipzig: Blaswich – Henrichs, Simakan, Orban (c), Raum – Schlager, Seiwald – Simons, Olmo, Werner – Openda
Not available: Bitshiabu (knee), Gulacsi (knee), Haidara (calf)
Uncertain: Clark (knock), Kampl (muscular)
Coach: Marco Rose
Wolfsburg vs. Heidenheim
Wolfsburg: Casteels – Baku, Lacroix, Zesiger, Maehle – Svanberg, Arnold (c), Gerhardt – Cerny, Wind, Wimmer
Not available: Pervan (finger), Nmecha (knee), Rogerio (suspended)
Uncertain: Bornauw (ankle), Fischer (knee), Paredes (thigh)
Coach: Niko Kovac
Heidenheim: Müller – Busch, Mainka (c), Siersleben, Föhrenbach – Maloney – Dinkci, Beck, Beste – Kleindienst, Pieringer
Not available: –
Uncertain: Qenaj (knock)
Coach: Frank Schmidt
Hoffenheim vs. Freiburg
Hoffenheim: Baumann (c) – Akpoguma, Vogt, Brooks – Kaderabek, Prömel, Grillitsch, Justvan – Kramaric – Weghorst, Bülter
Not available: Geiger (groin), Tohumcu (ankle)
Uncertain: Kabak (ankle), Szalai (back)
Coach: Pellegrino Matarazzo
Freiburg: Atubolu – Kübler, Ginter, Lienhart, Günter (c) – Keitel, Eggestein – Doan, Höler, Grifo – Gregoritsch
Not available: Höfler (suspended), Kyereh (knee)
Uncertain: Adamu (knee), Röhl (knee)
Coach: Christian Streich
Augsburg vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
Augsburg: Dahmen – Engels, Bauer, Winther, Pedersen – Vargas, Breithaupt, Dorsch, Maier – Michel, Demirovic (c)
Not available: Framberger (knee), Gumny (suspended), Okugawa (knee), Oxford (ill), Pfeiffer (suspended)
Uncertain: Gouweleeuw (match fitness)
Coach: Enrico Maaßen
Gladbach: Omlin – Friedrich, Itakura, Wöber – Honorat, Weigl (c), Neuhaus, Netz – Ngoumou, Plea – Cvancara
Not available: Kramer (knee), Kone (knee), Lainer (cancer)
Uncertain: Wolf (muscular)
Coach: Gerardo Seoane
VfB Stuttgart vs. Bochum
Stuttgart: Nübel – Stenzel, Anton (c), Zagadou, Ito – Karazor, Haraguchi – Silas, Millot, Führich – Guirassy
Not available: Nartey (knee), Undav (knee), Vagnoman (foot)
Uncertain: Bredlow (muscular), Kastanaras (foot), Mittelstädt (knee)
Coach: Sebastian Hoeneß
Bochum: Riemann – Masovic, Ordets, Bernardo – Passlack, Losilla (c), Stöger, Antwi-Adjei – Daschner – Hofmann, Asano
Not available: Tolba (knee), Kwarteng (groin)
Uncertain: Förster (Achilles), Oermann (groin)
Coach: Thomas Letsch
Borussia Dortmund vs. Cologne (kick-off: 6.30pm CEST)
Dortmund: Kobel – Ryerson, Süle, Hummels, Bensebaini – Sabitzer, Can (c) – Malen, Reus, Brandt – Haller
Not available: Bynoe-Gittens (shoulder), Duranville (thigh), Meunier (hamstring), Morey (muscular), Reyna (foot)
Uncertain: Adeyemi (muscular), Nmecha (ankle)
Coach: Edin Terzic
Cologne: Schwäbe – Schmitz, Hübers, Chabot, Paqarada – Olesen, Martel – Huseinbasic, Waldschmidt, Kainz (c) – Adamyan
Not available: Dietz (knee), Katterbach (knee), Maina (back), Thielmann (knee)
Uncertain: Ljubicic (ankle), Selke (muscular), Tigges (shoulder), Uth (muscular)
Coach: Steffen Baumgart
Sunday, 20 August
Union Berlin vs. Mainz
Union: Ronnow – Doekhi, Knoche, Leite – Juranovic, Kral, Laidouni, Roussillon – Fofana, Becker (c) – Behrens
Not available: Khedira (calf), Schäfer (foot), Tousart (thigh)
Uncertain: –
Coach: Urs Fischer
Mainz: Zentner (c) – Hanche-Olsen, Bell, Fernandes – da Costa, Stach, Koh
By- Sahiba Suri