Women's home game against Essen on TV
The German Football Association (DFB) have confirmed the schedule for matchday 18 in the FLYERALARM Women's Bundesliga: The Bayer 04 Women host SGS Essen at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium on Friday 23 April.
As usual, the Friday match will be broadcast live on Eurosport and on the pay-TV channel MagentaSport. The kick-off is at 19.15 CEST.
All the other games for the Werkself Women will be broadcast live by Bayer 04 on the club's YouTube channel – that includes the forthcoming away game on matchday 17 at Werder Bremen on Sunday, 18 April (14.00 CEST).
Remaining fixtures for the Bayer 04 Women:
Matchday 17: Sunday, 18 April, 14.00 CEST: SV Werder Bremen v Bayer 04
Matchday 18: Friday, 23. April, 19.15 CEST: Bayer 04 v SGS Essen
Matchday 20: 7-9 May*: Bayer 04 v SV Meppen
Matchday 21: 21-23 May*: Bayer 04 v FC Bayern Munich
Matchday 22: 6 May*: SC Sand v Bayer 04
*Fixture details to be confirmed.
Matchday 19 was brought forward to the beginning of February due to the adjustment to the outline fixture list.
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