According to @iMiaSanMia, Bayern has officially claimed the best season start in history across Europe’s top five leagues. There is a small asterisk because the first win came in the Franz Beckenbauer Cup. With upcoming wins over FC Köln and Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern can leave no doubt that this is the best start ever.

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany announced the decision to rest first-choice veteran goalkeeper Manuel Neuer for the upcoming Bundesliga clash. The decision to drop him from the starting lineup means that 22-year-old understudy Jonas Urbig will get an opportunity to show he can be counted upon despite Neuer still going strong.

BERLIN - Bayer Leverkusen eased past visitors Freiburg 2-0 with goals from Ernest Poku and Edmond Tapsoba on Sunday to stretch their winning run in the Bundesliga only five days after their midweek Champions League debacle.

Swashbuckling Bayern Munich bring their footballing roadshow to the Carnival city of Cologne in the DFB Cup second round, where the hosts will be set up to provide a tough obstacle for the Bavarian giants to tackle on Wednesday (kick-off: 8.

Urbig started between the sticks against SV Wehen Wiesbaden in Bayern’s opening round Pokal match whilst Neuer sat out the first match of his suspension. The 22-year-old – who started ten league and four Champions League matches in place of Neuer last season – nevertheless hasn’t logged any minutes since.

Ernest Poku continued his strong goalscoring form as Bayer Leverkusen bounced back from its heavy loss to Paris Saint-Germain to beat Freiburg 2-0 in the Bundesliga

Despite the heavy European defeat in midweek, Hjulmand remains unbeaten domestically since taking over from Erik ten Hag in early September

Bayer Leverkusen notched up a fourth-consecutive Bundesliga win under coach Kasper Hjulmand, with the Werkself seeing off the 10 men of Freiburg thanks to goals from Ernest Poku and Edmond Tapsoba.