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According to Sky Germany, Bayern Munich's youth academy managers had been regularly inquiring about Can Uzun since the U12s.

After crucially finding the net in 1.FC Köln's 1-0 win over TSG Hoffenheim last night, much of the talk is about mercurial talent Said El Mala. 

Ahead of their Matchday 6 top spiel against Bayern Munich this evening, Eintracht Frankfurt have a bit of soul searching to do after their hefty 5-1 midweek defeat to Atlético Madrid. 

After 1.FC Köln overcame TSG Hoffenheim on a 1-0 scoreline tonight, coach Lukas Kwasniok couldn't hide his delight at full-time. 

After a seven-year wait for a Bundesliga return, HSV have been quickly reminded of the league’s demands. Just one point from their first three games - including a 5-0 thrashing at Bayern - highlighted the challenge. Recent weeks, however, have offered encouragement. Four points from their last two fixtures brought a long-awaited first Bundesliga win, beating Heidenheim 2-1 at home, followed by a positive goalless draw at Union Berlin.

Christian Ilzer and Lukas Kwasniok planned to go into the second international break of the season with a win. Both Hoffenheim and Köln enjoyed successful starts to the campaign, but they struggled in recent weeks.

Gladbach have started the Bundesliga season poorly, having picked up just two points thus far. 

Sebastian Hoeneß’s side sit fifth in the Bundesliga with nine points after a 2-1 win over FC Köln on September 28. Their recent Europa League defeat to Basel - a 2-0 loss - ended a nine-game streak of scoring, highlighting that the team still has room for improvement.

Paderborn put pressure on Darmstadt with a hard-fought win in Braunschweig, while Miroslav Klose won the battle between underfire coaches.

Frankfurt have proven to be a must-watch team this season for all the good and the bad in their opening eight competitive games. All of their matches have produced a minimum of four goals, while they have netted at least three times in four of their five top-flight games. They started the Bundesliga season with commanding victories over Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim, before they fell to a 3-1 defeat against Bayer Leverkusen. 

In their first season under former German national team assistant coach Sandro Wagner, FC Augsburg (1-0-4, 16th) stunned SC Freiburg on the opening day of the season, but have dropped four consecutive matches since. Three of those were one-goal defeats to FC Bayern München (2-3), FC St. Pauli (1-2), and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (1-2), and the other was a 1-4 defeat to 1. FSV Mainz 05.

Hoffenheim and Köln will hope to return to winning ways before October’s international break. The hosts drew with Freiburg a week after a customary defeat to the Rekordmeister. Köln only picked up a single point from the last three games following an excellent start to the campaign.

Back in the second tier as last season’s 3. Liga runners-up, Dresden have struggled to find their footing. Thomas Stamm’s side sit 15th with five points from seven matches and remain winless in their last four. Even when performances have been encouraging, victories haven’t followed - typified by consecutive 2-2 draws with Elversberg and Hannover 96.

Eintracht Braunschweig host high-flying SC Paderborn, and the two coaches under big pressure to deliver results go head-to-head in Friday's 2. Bundesliga games. 

Pascal Groß' future at Borussia Dortmund continues to spiral further into doubt, going by the latest report from Sports BILD.