The great mercenary check: Shaqiri sits, Drmic takes shots, Amdouni sins

Noah Loosli (Bochum): With the arrival of Passlack in the 37th minute, the center should strengthen, as Bochum is already 3-0 behind Bayern. It doesn’t get any better: Bochum comes under the wheels, 0:7 means the end result.

Cédric Zesiger (Wolfsburg): Watched the 0-1 defeat at Borussia Dortmund from the bench.

Gregor Kobel (Dortmund): He had to take a forfeit in the national team, but against Wolfsburg he is in the penalty area. The BVB captain remains flawless, but is hardly tested.

Nico Elvedi (Gladbach): Will be reinserted into game one after contract renewal. Good performance in the unfortunate 0-1 defeat against Leipzig.

Jonas Omlin (Gladbach): The Gladbach captain will be out at least until the end of the year after shoulder surgery.

Kevin Mbabu (Augsburg): His cross was the basis of Demirovic’s 1-0 win against Mainz. Plays on.

Ruben Vargas (Augsburg): Initiates Demirovic’s second goal with his dribble – clocks in in the 65th minute.

Silvan Widmer (Mainz): Missing injured – and will be sorely missed in Mainz.

Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz): Played on the left in the three-man defense in the 1:2 against Augsburg and could not prevent the big Demirovic show.

Granit Xhaka (Leverkusen): Bayer wins 4-1 against Heidenheim and leaves many opportunities behind. Xhaka with a decent performance, but he remains without a goal score. Man of the match: Double packer Boniface.

Filip Stojilkovic (Darmstadt): In the 1:3 in Stuttgart, the second half for Pfeiffer takes center stage in the attack. Sees yellow in the 77th minute because of Schwalbe, has no effect.

Leonidas Stergiou (Stuttgart): The VfB newcomer did not come off the bench in the 3-1 win over Darmstadt.

Manuel Akanji (Man City): Despite the fact that there were only ten men against Nottingham in one half (Rodrigo goes for Gibbs-White’s throat), it was still a clear 2-0 victory. Akanji continues to play in central defense and sees a yellow card in the 18th.

Zeki Amdouni (Burnley): He should make it 1-0 in the 17th minute. From a few meters he only hits the post. In the end it is 0-1 against Man Utd – Burnley and Amdouni (substituted in the 74th) form the new bottom.

Fabian Schär (Newcastle): Plays away in Sheffield. The central defender remains without a goal score and that is worth mentioning because Newcastle wins 8-0 (!).

Ricardo Rodriguez (Turin): As usual, the captain played 90 minutes in central defense against Roma (1:1). Good scoring opportunity when he takes full risk after a corner and narrowly misses the goal with his weaker right foot.

Noah Okafor (Milan): Joker on duty. In the 80th minute, Leao, the only goal scorer of the evening, comes into action against Hellas.

Michel Aebischer (Bologna): Wears the captain’s armband for the first time in Serie A and forms the defensive midfield with Freuler in the 0-0 draw against champions Napoli. After half an hour a yellow card for pulling the jersey.

Remo Freuler (Bologna): One of the three Swiss in the starting line-up. Replaced immediately after his warning (82′).

Dan Ndoye (Bologna): Starts on the right. Strong phase after the break, puts a lot of pressure on him and provokes two warnings during his attempts. After 65 minutes he leaves work with a yellow bias.

Yann Sommer (Inter): Had to make a flying move from a Ranocchia free kick, but was hardly tested against bottom team Empoli. 1-0 win for Inter.

Silvan Hefti (Genoa): Came on for Badelj in the 76th minute in the 0-1 defeat in Lecce and was on the pitch when the goal was scored.

Djibril Sov (Seville): After two games from the start, again on the bench, he only came on in the 85th minute in the 0-0 draw at Osasuna.

Eray Comert (Nantes): Scored a goal for the first time in almost a year when he beat his Nati colleague Mvogo with a header shortly after half-time in the 5-3 win against Lorient.

Yvon Mvogo (Lorient): Unlike last season, the team from Brittany did not get off to the desired start. Mvogo is also no longer doing as well as last year. He has conceded ten goals in the last three games.

Becir Omeragic (Montpellier): After initial difficulties, we fought for a starting place. Against Rennes, Montpellier played a clean sheet for the first time with the Swiss central defender.

Vincent Sierro (Toulouse): Is a regular player, but only came off the bench for the first time this season in the 2-1 defeat against Lens after playing in the Europa League in midweek.

Breel Embolo (Monaco): After tearing his cruciate ligament in the summer, Nati’s number 1 attacker will be out for several months.

Philipp Köhn (Monaco): After moving from Salzburg to the Côte d’Azur, Köhn has established himself as number 1 in the Monegasque team. He has no chance if he concedes a goal in injury time.

Denis Zakaria (Monaco): Coach Adi Hütter brings the midfielder to the center of the defense. Cannot prevent opponent Boga from successfully scoring the goal.

Fabian Rieder (Rennes): Rennes transferred 15 million to YB for the attacking midfielder. But so far, Rieder hasn’t moved beyond the role of the Joker. He played 25 minutes against Montpellier (0-0).

Jordan Lotomba (Nice): Played at right back until the 92nd minute in the last-minute win against Monaco and was only substituted to buy time.

Miro Muheim (Hamburg): The former FCZ junior and St. Gallen professional was missing from the 1:2 in Osnabrück due to a ligament injury. At HSV they are eagerly awaiting his recovery.

Jasper van der Werff (Rostock): The Hanseatic League is central to the defense, but cannot prevent the third defeat in a row (1:3 in Kaiserslautern).

Jan Elvedi (Kaiserslautern): The twin brother of Nati star Nico is an undisputed regular player, after the 3-1 win over Rostock he is at the top of the table with Kaiserslautern.

Saulo Decarli (Braunschweig): In the 2nd Bundesliga he commutes between the field, the bench and the stands. Most recently, the blonde wasn’t drafted twice in a row.

Carlo Brunner (Schalke): The former FCZ player is also a regular player after Schalke’s relegation, but despite the shortage of full-backs, he is not good enough for Nati coach Murat Yakin. After the 1:3 against St. Pauli, Brunner and Schalke have reached the bottom of the table.

Martin Angha (Wehen-Wiesbaden): Came to the newly promoted team as an unemployed person and is an undisputed regular player there. Despite a 2-0 defeat against Elversberg, Wiesbaden is doing bravely in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Haris Tabakovic (Hertha Berlin): Had the better goal percentage than Erling Haaland in the spring (!). For once he did not score in the 3-2 win in Kiel, but after his good start in Berlin (seven goals in six games) the question arises: shouldn’t Yakin even look at him in the national team?

Christian Fassnacht (Norwich): Had to go out at half time with the score at 0:3 against Plymouth Argyle, it doesn’t really get any better: Norwich eventually lost 2:6.

Simon Sohm (Parma): Placed as a central player behind the top near the leader. Subbed after 65 minutes against Sampdoria (1-1).

Pajtim Kasami (Sampdoria): Also playing under coach Andrea Pirlo in the second match after his transfer from the start. Subbed after 85 minutes against Parma (1-1). The relegated team is only in 16th place.

Charles Pickel (Cremonese): Comes in as a joker at twelfth in the table in the 71st and helps keep the score at 1-1 against Ascoli when they are outnumbered.

Michael Frey (Antwerp): Stands on the back, waiting for its first use of the season. He still has a contract with the Belgian champion and Champions League participant until June 2024.

Stefan Knezevic (Charleroi): The former Lucerne player was in the starting line-up for the first three games of the season, but then injured his knee and has since had to take a break.

Leo Seydoux (Westerlo): The YB junior still has a contract until June 2024, but will not play yet this season.

Cameron Puertas (Saint-Gilles): Was in the starting line-up for the first seven games of the season, but was only on the field for two minutes last weekend in the 2-0 win against Cercle Brugge.

Andi Zeqiri (Genk): Was on the field for 70 minutes in the 3-3 draw against Sint-Truiden, but for once had no feeling of success. Previously with two goals in his first two games.

Steven Zuber (AEK Athens): No match this weekend, but on Monday evening the classic awaits Panathinaikos.

Noam Baumann (OFI Crete): Was between the posts at FC Wil last season and is now a substitute on the largest Greek island.

Petar Pusić (Osijek): Makes his twelfth appearance in the Osijek kit in the 1-1 draw against Varazdin. Has been on the field for 28 minutes.

Josip Drmic (Dinamo Zagreb): Waited eight games for a feeling of success, now the decision has been made with a 5-1 win against Rudes. Three packs!

Gokhan Inler (Besiktas Istanbul): Will be 40 next June. Still warm. But wait for his first appearance of the season.

Albian Ajeti (Gaziantep FK): Came 18 minutes before the end of the 2-0 win against Istanbulspor and immediately got on the scoresheet.

Marco Burch (Legia Warsaw): The U21 national team player, who arrived from Lucerne at the beginning of September, is still waiting for his first minute of action in Poland.

Oliver Buff (Vilnius): Was just on the bench during the 2-0 defeat against Kauno Zalgiris.

Haris Seferovic (Al Wasl): The striker scored the 1-0 in the 3-2 win over FC Baniyas. It is his second goal in the third competition match.

Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire): Serving a suspension for Sunday’s 2-2 draw against New England.