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Live on StarTimes Schalke v Hannover 96 Saturday, 5.30pm Cologne v Augsburg Player Profi le M’gladbach v Bayern Ingolstadt v Hoffenheim Hamburger v Mainz 05 Hertha v Bayer Levkn Compiled by Samuel Sanya Saturday, 8.30pm Full name: Arnold, Maximilian Wolfsburg v Dortmund Born: May 27, 1994 (age 21). Sunday, 5.30pm Place: Riesa, Germany Stuttgart v Bremen Club: VfL Wolfsburg Arnold Maximilian Sunday, 7.30pm Partner: None the fi rst of a 2–2 home draw Height: 1.83m Frankfurt v Darmstadt 98 against 1899 Hoffenheim; he Salary: $2.3m annually. also became the club’s youngest Position: Midfi elder. BUNDESLIGA TABLE goalscorer. Children: None. He netted again in the follow- Pos Team P W D L F A Pts ing weekend, in a 3–0 success at rnold left Werder Bremen. 1 FC Bayern Munich 18 16 2 0 46 9 50 home aged 12 On 22 June 2013, Arnold 12 FCBayerb Bayern Leverkusen München 1813 12 12 1 0 5 3440 519 37 37 signed a new four-year deal with in prior to join 23 Borussia Borussia Dortmund Dortmund 1813 9 10 2 3 2 5 4036 18 22 29 33 A Wolfsburg. G Dynamo Dresden’s Wolfsburg starlet Maximilian 34 VfLM’Gladbach Wolfsburg 1813 7 10 3 3 5 3523 15 21 24 33 Arnold feels he needs more expe- H academy and moved 45 Hertha Schalke BSC04 1813 7 9 2 4 4 5 3518 15 28 23 31 rience before looking to make a 6 G VfL Wolfsburg 18 9 3 6 29 22 30 to VfL Wolfsburg only move to an Arsenal or Juventus. 5 Mönchengladbach 13 7 1 5 25 19 22 The 20-year-old playmaker is 7 H Hertha Berlin 18 8 4 6 27 21 28 three years later. He 6 Bayer Leverkusen 13 6 2 5 17 17 20 being linked with the European 8 Mainz 05 18 8 3 7 27 32 27 took part of the U19 heavyweights this summer, with 7 Schalke 04 13 6 2 5 17 19 20 9 G FC Augsburg 18 7 4 7 23 27 25 squad, helping the his potential noted in England 810 H FCHanover Ingolstadt 96 04 1813 5 6 4 3 4 9 2610 1032 19 21 and Italy. club to win two youth Arsenal and Juve have turned 9 H 1. FC Köln 13 5 4 4 15 18 19 11 Werder Bremen 18 5 5 8 22 37 20 titles (2009 and 2011). their attention to Arnold in the 1012 H HamburgerStuttgart SV 1813 5 5 3 4 5 9 3114 17 35 18 19 On 26 November 2011 Arnold hope of luring him away from 1113 G 1.Hoffenheim FSV Mainz 05 1813 5 4 2 6 6 8 3618 1942 17 18 made his fi rst-team debut, Germany before his stock rises coming on as a late substitute even further. H 1214 EintrachtFrabkfurt Frankfurt 1813 3 4 5 6 5 8 2117 20 29 14 18 in a 0–2 loss at FC Augsburg, The youngster is, however, in H 1315 SVSC FreiburgDarmstadt 98 1813 3 4 5 5 9 1914 1933 14 17 becoming the youngest player to no rush to take on a new chal- 16 G Hamburg SV 18 4 4 10 33 41 16 feature for Wolfsburg’s fi rst team lenge. Instead, he hopes to build 14 Werder Bremen 13 4 1 8 13 25 13 with 17 years, fi ve months and 30 on his efforts from the last two 17 H FC Nurnmburg 18 1 11 6 21 33 14 15 Hannover 96 13 3 2 8 13 24 11 days of age. seasons, which have seen him 18 Braunschweig 18 3 3 12 10 32 12 On 13 April 2013 Arnold scored net 10 goals in 36 Bundesliga 16 VfB Stuttgart 13 3 1 9 17 31 10 his fi rst professional goal, netting outings. 17 FC Augsburg 13 2 3 8 17 25 9 The Bundesliga is exclusively televised on StarTimes TV Robben (left) will be a key 18 Hoffenheim 13 1 5 7 12 20 8 TENSE Gladbach set for Bayern test

BERLIN gering 42 goals so far despite others as well as drawing twice missing several players through with Juventus and also scoring nbeaten in the injury and have let in just fi ve their fi rst Champions League in 14 matches, three times less victory over Sevilla. Bundesliga and than the second-best defensive “If you want to earn a point Uenjoying a record team that is VfL Wolfsburg. or even beat Bayern Munich start to the season, But Saturday’s game could then you have to defend in a champions Bayern prove tricky with Gladbach en- smart way,” Gladbach defender Munich are faced with joying a sensational run under Havard Nordtveit said. their toughest domestic coach Andre Schubert. “A lot of teams try to do that The 44-year-old took over by playing very defensively challenge yet when they after the team’s opening fi ve- but that does not always work take on in-form Borussia game losing run and oversaw because Bayern will eventually Moenchengladbach on their sharp climb up the table fi nd their space.” Saturday. from 18th to fourth with seven “We will most certainly not The Bavarians, having won wins and two draws from their only focus on defence and we 13 out of 14 league matches so nine games under the new will play up front. We should far for the best start of a season, coach, just two points less than be operating like we have been are already eight points clear Bayern earned over the same doing in the past games, play at the top of the table and are period. with risk but also with brains,” on track for a record-breaking Their sparkling attacking said the versatile defender, fourth consecutive Bundesliga game has seen them beat Bun- who has also been deployed in title. desliga heavyweights Wolfs- midfi eld as Schubert shuffl ed They have scored a stag- burg and Schalke 04 among positions.