Overview
- Bayern resume league play unbeaten with an 11-point lead after a joint-record 47-point first half and a prolific 66 goals in 17 matches.
- Leipzig, winners in seven of eight home games, seek a response to their 6-0 opening-day loss as Assan Ouédraogo, Lukas Klostermann and Johan Bakayoko remain out.
- Vincent Kompany confirmed Jamal Musiala is expected back in the squad, while Bayern manage absences at full-back including Konrad Laimer, Josip Stanišić, Sacha Boey and Alphonso Davies.
- Eintracht Frankfurt drew 3-3 at Werder Bremen after Ansgar Knauff’s stoppage-time equalizer stood on VAR review, leaving Frankfurt seventh and Bremen winless in seven in 12th.
- 2. Bundesliga squads shifted in January as Elversberg sold top scorer Younes Ebnoutalib to Frankfurt and signed David Mokwa, Braunschweig lost Christian Conteh to Heidenheim, and Bielefeld added multiple loans.