The new BPW series – The Bundesliga Rundown with Marcus Iredahl – continues with its second episode, covering the second matchday of the 2024/2025 Bundesliga season.
If you missed this matchday due to travel, socializing, or any other reason, this is the episode (and podcast) for you! Marcus recaps all the matchday results, offering his insights on Bayer Leverkusen’s loss and why Bayern Munich fans should be wary of a resurgent RB Leipzig. In the ‘Bundesliga Spotlight’ segment, Marcus also shines a light on the week’s most captivating moment in German football: the miracle boys from Heidenheim!
In this week’s episode, Marcus will cover:
- Why this edition of RB Leipzig feels different, and why that may lead to the Bundesliga becoming a three-horse race.
- Jonathan Tah’s agents’ comments and how it might’ve affected his game against RB Leipzig.
- Why Mainz 05’s Nadiem Amiri might become the signing of the season.
- Words do not do them justice, but Marcus tries to explain the importance of FC Heidenheim.
- Why Stuttgart are in trouble following their poor start to the 2024/25 Bundesliga season.
- A quick preview of Matchday 3, with Bayern Munich returning to Holstein Kiel for the first time since their DFB-Pokal exit back in 2021.
Stay tuned for detailed highlights of the two featured games below.
Bayer Leverkusen 2-3 RB Leipzig
VfB Stuttgart 3-3 Mainz 05
The ‘Karawane Cannstatt’
As is tradition ahead of VfB Stuttgart’s first home game of the season, the “Karawane Cannstatt” made its way through the suburb of Bad Cannstatt towards the Neckarstadion on Saturday.
One of the great traditions in German fan culture.#Bundesligapic.twitter.com/4MwMEJKzk2
— Matt Ford (@matt_4d) September 1, 2024
