Bundesliga matches last longer this season, because Germany joins a drive to calculate the added time more accurately.
The Top Men’s League of Germany is the newest followed by the FIFA 2022 World Cup and the English Premier League by measuring the exact time that is taken by adding events such as red cards, fines and injuries and at the end of each half.
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«We currently have a little less than 60 minutes net playing time (with the ball in the game), which will probably increase somewhat» Dpa.
The Bundesliga 2025-26 season starts on August 22, but the changes have already been taken into operation in the second and third layers of the men. There has been a return against some decisions.

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