Overview
- DAZN premiered the Bundesliga conference broadcast as Sky continued single-match feeds with a multiview option, and the new rights cycle set RTL’s free-TV slot for the 2. Bundesliga’s Saturday evening game with Sat.1 holding season openers, the Supercup and relegation matches.
- FC Bayern Munich thrashed RB Leipzig 6:0 in the league opener before fielding mainly youth players for a 3:1 win in the traditional Traumspiel in Austria.
- Bayer Leverkusen lost 1:2 at home to Hoffenheim in Erik ten Hag’s first league match after a major summer rebuild, with Tim Lemperle netting the winner.
- Augsburg won 3:1 in Freiburg in Sandro Wagner’s Bundesliga coaching debut, while Eintracht Frankfurt beat Werder Bremen 4:1, Union Berlin edged Stuttgart 2:1 and Wolfsburg won 3:1 at Heidenheim.
- Füchse Berlin defeated THW Kiel 34:33 after seven-meter throws (31:31 in regulation) in the Supercup before 10,298 fans at Munich’s SAP Garden, with Mathias Gidsel top-scoring for the champions.