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Werder Bremen – Borussia Dortmund (Tuesday, 8.30pm)
After the decline at the end of the preseason, which has just been avoided, the signs for Bremen again point to headwinds. For eight games, Florian Kohfeldt has had to explain with his pleasant eloquence why it was not enough for him to win again. No one in the industry can do that with such charm as he.
Especially not Lucien Favre, but he doesn’t have to. After two years definitely not only bad, the Swiss was fired after 1: 5 against Stuttgart, now it is assumed that Edin Terzic, who is much closer to the people, will give BVB the emotion that they so much missed on the bench . It will be very interesting to see if, only through positive energy, the team, sometimes disconcertingly insensitive, can now fully participate.
Hertha BSC – 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Tuesday, 8.30 pm)
Things are looking up for Hertha. Coach Bruno Labbadia’s team has been undefeated for three games and can close the gap to the top half of the table with a victory. But beware: against Mainz there have been three defeats in the last six games in the capital, the last being the spectacular escape of Jürgen Klinsmann.
For Mainz manager Jan-Moritz Lichte, it is only his 10th game as head coach, but it is already his second trip to Berlin. However, their debut in the capital was bad: In Hertha’s rival city, Union, there was a 0: 4 iron in early October.
VfB Stuttgart – 1. FC Union Berlin (Tuesday, 8.30pm)
The best (Tuesday) comes to the end! The duel between the promoted Stuttgart and the promoted Union last year is actually the best match of the day. And that applies above all to football: watching Stuttgart this season, this pace, this breakthrough, this extraordinary transition game, it’s just fun.
This also applies in a somewhat more routine way to “Iron”, who of course had to be placed one step higher with soccer fox Max Kruse. But even without the injured star, Union snatched a draw from Bayern, and Taiwo Awoniyi in particular could have provided even more: the direct comparison to VfB shooting star Silas Wamangituka will be exciting.
FC Schalke 04 – SC Freiburg (Wednesday, 6.30pm)
The biggest news for Schalke over the weekend was that Mark Uth survived the terrible clash with Augsburg’s Felix Uduokhai reasonably well. The wait for the first win this century, uh, sorry, in 27 games, continues. The biggest problem, aside from the lack of skill, is the lack of concentration: we have already conceded 14 standard goals.
Freiburg is doing better there, ending three negative runs with a 2-0 win against Bielefeld: the first three after nine games without a win, the first home win and the first clean sheet of the season. If one more encouragement is needed: Freiburg have not won so many times against any other Bundesliga team, that is, 15 times.
Bayern Munich – VfL Wolfsburg (Wednesday, 8.30pm)
The bad news for Wolfsburg first: Robert Lewandowski is neither penalized nor injured. So you can continue to search for records against your absolute favorite opponent: in 19 games you have already scored 21 times against the “Wolves”. 2017 was the worst: with 0: 1, he was substituted at half time and set a world record with five goals in nine (9!) Minutes.
The best and probably the only antidote to VfL: attacking yourself. Bayern’s defense is as weak and cumbersome this year as it has been in years, with five goals on the ball it has already reached the value of the entire previous season. So coach Oliver Glasner will certainly include high balls over Wout Weghorst, who is currently in great shape, in his match plan.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – RB Leipzig (Wednesday, 8.30pm)
If there is a duel with guaranteed goals on matchday 12, it is this: in the nine official matches between Hoffenheim and Leipzig in the cup and in the league, 31 goals have already been scored. Hoffenheim is likely to be furious: More recently, in Leverkusen, two clear wrong decisions by the referee favored defeat: goalkeeper Oliver Baumann has to answer for his subsequent criticism in the DFB.
Leipzig haven’t won three straight away games recently, that hasn’t happened with Julian Nagelsmann yet. However, the premier class is in a good mood: Manchester United won, reached the round of 16 and now Liverpool FC in front of their chest, that should give momentum.
1. FC Köln v Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Wednesday, 8.30pm)
Run for FC! The Cologne games aren’t a big feast for the eyes yet, to be honest they’re actually an extremely heavy fee, but the effectiveness is staggering. Little Blitz Table Before Christmas: In the last three games, Markus Gisdol and his carnival club scored one point more (seven) than Bayern and Dortmund combined.
And as many as Leverkusen, with the difference that Bayer also plays very well. The Werkself showed that they attack together last season. But now they continue to defend together, which makes them a serious contender for the title. Whether Bayer regrets that the name “Vizekusen” was patented in April 2010 will be a very interesting question.
Arminia Bielefeld – FC Augsburg (Wednesday, 8.30pm)
There has really been a lot in the Bundesliga. But this duel between Arminia Bielefeld and FC Augsburg still not, by the way, as little as the previous day’s game between VfB Stuttgart and Union Berlin: it is the 930th and 931st pairing in the league’s history.
And if instead of this dusty table, which always only judges by points and goals, one for hard work, then the champions and runners-up would meet here: Bielefeld is at the top this season with 120.6 kilometers per game, followed by Augsburg with 120.2. You could also offer a bowl for this.
Position: 15.12.2020, 19:13
