1. Tim Kleindienst (Gladbach)
Who would have believed even a yr in the past that Tim Kleindienst could be among the best gamers of the entire league? Gladbach’s striker is in unbelievable form for the reason that new yr has began – no Bundesliga crew appears to have the ability to cease him at this second in time.
Kleindienst has simply been Gladbach’s greatest participant this season and is the principle purpose for his or her hope to qualify for a global competitors on the finish of the marketing campaign; because it stands proper now, they’re simply 3 factors shy of a Champions League spot!
Having scored within the final 5 video games consecutively (!), Kleindienst has quietly jumped up within the Bundesliga goalscoring chart and now holds third place with 14 targets – 1 lower than Frankfurt’s former star Omar Marmoush and seven behind Bayern’s Harry Kane. These 5 targets have introduced Gladbach 50% of their factors on this calendar yr, which means that Kleindienst shouldn’t be solely among the best performing gamers within the Bundesliga proper now, but additionally one of the crucial necessary ones as nicely!
Gladbach will come up in opposition to Augsburg on matchday 23 of the Bundesliga – a crew Kleindienst has already scored in opposition to this season. Let’s examine if he can repeat that achievement and proceed his nice kind into March.
2. Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Talking of in-form forwards: Can Uzun appears to be on one of the simplest ways to fill the hole of former teammate Omar Marmoush. Uzun, who transferred to Frankfurt from Nuremberg final summer season for a price of €11m, has proven nice kind in current weeks, even scoring twice within the final 3 video games for Frankfurt.
Changing Marmoush is actually no simple job – perhaps even unimaginable for simply 1 participant by himself. That is why Frankfurt introduced in 2 new strikers within the winter switch interval: Elye Wahi and Michy Batshuayi. However who’s at the moment Frankfurt’s third greatest goalscorer after Marmoush and Ekitiké this season? You guessed it – it is Uzun.
He is even beginning to achieve attraction internationally, with many Turkish followers demanding to see him within the nationwide crew frequently – if he retains up his kind since Marmoush left, this may definetly be possible!
Frankfurt have a tricky match-up forward of themselves: they may come up in opposition to the present Bundesliga chief Bayern Munich. However ‘der Rekordmeister’ is combating kind proper now, solely drawing in opposition to Leverkusen (0-0) and Celtic Glasgow (1-1); along with that, Frankfurt are certainly one of Bayern’s hardest opponents in current historical past: from their final 4 match-ups, Bayern and Frankfurt each gained as soon as and drew twice.
Let’s examine if Can Uzun would be the one participant to look at on this recreation, similar to in Frankfurt’s final video games.
3. Matthias Ginter (SC Freiburg)
In all probability one of the crucial stunning names on certainly one of these type of lists within the final months: Matthias Ginter has re-emerged as among the best centre-backs within the Bundeslia and is among the largest the reason why Freiburg are at the moment ranked fifth within the Bundesliga!
Ginter’s partnership with Philipp Lienhart within the protection has given Freiburg immense stability over time and it hasn’t gotten sufficient reward; coach Julian Schuster’s choice to pair them up once more at the start of February has turned out to be a golden one: 3 wins in 3 video games, no targets conceded.
Ginter himself even provides the ‘cherry on prime’ by being Freiburg’s 4th greatest goalscorer this season (3 targets). If it wasn’t for his like to his home-town membership Freiburg, Ginter would most definitely be again a goal for giant golf equipment in Germany and Europe once more!
Freiburg will meet Bremen on matchday 23 of the Bundesliga; a tricky, however definetly winable recreation for Schuster’s crew. Bremen have been searching for consistency in 2025, solely having gained 1 recreation, drawn 2 and misplaced 4. If Ginter performs like he has been this month, he’ll assist his crew to a different good end result and who is aware of – perhaps he’ll even get Julian Nagelsmann’s consideration…