News in brief: Bosz celebrates birthday – Völler on ‘Sky 90’

Happy birthday, Peter Bosz

Head coach Peter Bosz celebrates his 57th birthday today. His Werkself team are away to Bundesliga newcomers Arminia Bielefeld on matchday eight (kick-off: 15.30 CET – live on Sky and on Werks11 Radio at bayer04.de or on the app) – and the winning run could be extended on his birthday on the back of four matches won in succession. We hope the coach has two reasons to celebrate. Three points, many happy returns and, above all, good health.

Dr. Felix Brych, the man with the whistle

The Werkself game against Arminia will be refereed by Dr. Felix Brych. The 45-year-old lawyer from Munich has already officiated 36 Bayer 04 games, producing 53 yellow cards and three reds along the way. Under this referee, the Werkself have won 21 games, drawn five and lost ten. Brych will be assisted by Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp. Sven Jablonski is the fourth official. Robert Hartmann will be in the studio in Cologne in his role as the VAR referee and he will be assisted by Michael Emmer.

Rudi Völler on Sky 90

A little reminder: Rudi Völler will be joining Sky pundit Dietmar 'Didi' Hamann at 11.30 CET on Sunday morning on Sky 90 for the Unibet football debate. In addition to events on the pitch in Saturday's Bundesliga games, there will also be discussion of the 6-0 defeat for Germany against Spain. Also involved in the debate is journalist Philipp Selldorf (Süddeutsche Zeitung). The broadcast is on Sky Sport News and is freely available as well as on a live stream at skysport.de.