BUNDESLIGA UPCOMING FIXTURES
"THE BUNDESLIGA HAS A HEAVYWEIGHT GOLDEN BOOT RACE BETWEEN ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI AND ERLING HAALAND"
Dates & times subject to change.
SEPTEMBER
BY: FEARGAL BRENNAN
STRIKING MASTERS THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
THE GOOD The heavyweight Bundesliga Golden Boot race had looked in danger of being broken up at the start of the 2021-22 campaign. Erling Haaland’s rise to become the highest-rated young goalscorer in European football over the last 18 months at Signal Iduna Park has provided a timely rivalry for Bayern Munich hotshot Robert Lewandowski. Polish star Lewandowski has remained unopposed as the Bundesliga’s top gun since 2017, with goal records tumbling around him every season. Haaland’s arrival on the scene has breathed life not just into the Golden Boot battle, but also into the 2021-22 Bundesliga title race. However, the straight shootout was almost disrupted ahead of the new campaign, with Lewandowski linked with a final hurrah away from Bavaria and Haaland on the radar of clubs such as Manchester City, Manchester United and Real Madrid. Neither player opted to push for a move away and now the Bundesliga will again play host to the tightest No 9 scrap in European football. Lewandowski has been the standard setter in the Bundesliga since his 2014 move from rivals Borussia Dortmund, with an incredible return of 30 or more league goals in five of the last six seasons at the Allianz Arena. That consistency is the benchmark for Haaland to follow, but his start to life in German football has shown he is more than capable of matching up to the prolific 33-year-old.
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SOCCER360 SEPTEMBER • OCTOBER 2021
Sat 11
Freiburg
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FC Koln
Sat 11
Greuther Furth
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Wolfsburg
Sat 11
Hoffenheim
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FSV Mainz
Sat 11
Leverkusen
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Dortmund
Sat 11
Union Berlin
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FC Augsburg
Sat 11
RB Leipzig
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Bayern Munich
Sun 12
E. Frankfurt
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Stuttgart
Sun 12
Bochum
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Hertha Berlin
Sun 12
Monchengladbach
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Bielefeld
Fri 17
Hertha Berlin
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Greuther Furth
Sat 18
Bayern Munich
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Bochum
Sat 18
Bielefeld
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Hoffenheim
Sat 18
FC Augsburg
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Monchengladbach
Sat 18
FSV Mainz
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Freiburg
Sat 18
FC Koln
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RB Leipzig
Sun 19
Stuttgart
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Leverkusen
Sun 19
Dortmund
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Union Berlin
Sun 19
Wolfsburg
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E. Frankfurt
Fri 24
Greuther Furth
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Bayern Munich
Sat 25
E. Frankfurt
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FC Koln
Sat 25
Hoffenheim
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Wolfsburg
Sat 25
Leverkusen
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FSV Mainz
Sat 25
RB Leipzig
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Hertha Berlin
Sat 25
Union Berlin
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Bielefeld
Sat 25
Monchengladbach
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Dortmund
Sun 26
Bochum
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Stuttgart
Sun 26
Freiburg
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FC Augsburg
Fri 1
Bayern Munich
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E. Frankfurt
Fri 1
Bielefeld
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Leverkusen
Fri 1
Dortmund
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FC Augsburg
Fri 1
FC Koln
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Greuther Furth
Fri 1
FSV Mainz
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Union Berlin
Fri 1
Hertha Berlin
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Freiburg
Fri 1
RB Leipzig
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Bochum
Fri 1
Stuttgart
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Hoffenheim
Fri 1
Wolfsburg
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Monchengladbach
Fri 15
Dortmund
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FSV Mainz
Fri 15
E. Frankfurt
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Hertha Berlin
Fri 15
FC Augsburg
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Bielefeld
Fri 15
Freiburg
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RB Leipzig
Fri 15
Greuther Furth
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Bochum
Fri 15
Hoffenheim
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FC Koln
Fri 15
Leverkusen
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Bayern Munich
Fri 15
Monchengladbach
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Stuttgart
Fri 15
Union Berlin
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Wolfsburg
Fri 22
Bayern Munich
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Hoffenheim
Fri 22
Bielefeld
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Dortmund
Fri 22
Bochum
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E. Frankfurt
Fri 22
FC Koln
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Leverkusen
Fri 22
FSV Mainz
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FC Augsburg
Fri 22
Hertha Berlin
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Monchengladbach
Fri 22
RB Leipzig
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Greuther Furth
Fri 22
Stuttgart
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Union Berlin
Fri 22
Wolfsburg
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Freiburg
Fri 29
Bielefeld
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FSV Mainz
Fri 29
Dortmund
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FC Koln
Fri 29
E. Frankfurt
vs
RB Leipzig
Fri 29
FC Augsburg
vs
Stuttgart
Fri 29
Freiburg
vs
Greuther Furth
Fri 29
Hoffenheim
vs
Hertha Berlin
Fri 29
Leverkusen
vs
Wolfsburg
Fri 29
Monchengladbach
vs
Bochum
Fri 29
Union Berlin
vs
Bayern Munich
OCTOBER
