Bundesliga Round 13 Preview: Bayern Munich hosts Borussia Dortmund

Goal.com previews all the action in store this weekend in the German top flight

Nov 18, 2011 11:30:00 AM

By Clark Whitney

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Bundesliga: Round 11 Preview

Friday SEPTEMBER 16
 KO
 Saturday SEPTEMBER 17
 KO
 Kaiserslautern - Bayer Leverkusen
 2:30
 Wolfsburg - Hannover
 9:30


Freiburg - Hertha Berlin
 9:30


Koln - Mainz
 9:30
    Schalke - Nurnberg
 9:30
    Monchengladbach - Werder Bremen
 9:30
    Bayern Munich - Dortmund
 12:30
    Sunday SEPTEMBER 18
  KO

  Stuttgart - Augsburg
 9:30
              all kickoffs in ET
Hamburg - Hoffenheim
 11:30

Kaiserslautern
 vs Bayer Leverkusen
Fiorentina                                                                 Roma
Champions League hopeful Leverkusen hopes to get back to winning ways and improve upon its current eighth-placed standing, but will have it all to do as it visits the Betzenberg.

A full preview of this fixture can be found here.

Wolfsburg
 vs Hannover

PROBABLE LINEUPS

 Roma
Benaglio
Hasebe, Chris, Madlung, Schafer
Trasch, Josue
Ochs, Jonsson
Dejagah, Mandzukic

  


Zieler
Chahed, Haggui, Pogatetz, Schulz
Stindl, Schmiedebach, Pinto, Pander
Schlaudraff, Abdellaoue
TEAM NEWS
  • Wolfsburg has won eight of its nine home games against Hannover.
  • VfL has conceded eight goals in its last two games.
  • Felix Magath's side is without a clean sheet for five games.

 

  
  • Hannover ended a six-game losing streak against Wolfsburg in February.
  • Mirko Slomka's men have a joint-league low four points from away games this season.
  • Mohammed Abdellaoue has scored half of his side's 16 Bundesliga goals.

Freiburg
 vs Hertha Berlin

PROBABLE LINEUPS

  Roma
Baumann
Hinkel, Barth, Krmas, Butscher
Flum
Putsila, Makiadi, Rosenthal
Dembele, Cisse

  

   Catania
Kraft
Lell, Hubnik, Mijatovic, Kobiashvili
Ottl, Niemeyer
Ramos, Raffael, Ebert
Lasogga
TEAM NEWS
  • Freiburg has lost three of its last four home games.
  • SCF has lost six of its last seven games at home against Hertha.
  • Marcus Sorg's side has have improved in defense as of late, but still has conceded five goals in as many matches
  
  • Hertha has failed to keep a clean sheet in its last eight away games.
  • The Berlin side has a better record against Freiburg than any other side.
  • BSC has only once before lost to Freiburg in its history, a 1-0 defeat in 2001.

 

Koln vs Mainz

PROBABLE LINEUPS

Bari
Rensing
Brecko, Geromel, Pezzoni, Eichner
Clemens, Riether, Matuschyk, Peszko
Jajalo
Podolski

  

Roma
Wetklo
Pospech, Bungert, Noveski, Fathi
Baumgartlinger, Kirchhoff, Soto
Ivanschitz
N. Muller, Allagui
TEAM NEWS
  • Defender Pedro Geromel is expected to make his long-awaited return to the Koln starting lineup, having recovered from injury.
  • Koln has kept a clean sheet in its last three home games, all of which the club won.

 

 

  
  • All six of the previous matches between Mainz and Koln have ended in a win for the home team.
  • Out of the last 17 matches between the two teams, the visiting side won just twice.
  • Mainz was winless in nine games before its triumph over Stuttgart two weeks ago.

 

Schalke
 vs Nurnberg
PROBABLE LINEUPS

 
Unnerstall
Uchida, Papadopoulos, Matip, Fuchs
Jones, Holtby
Draxler, Raul, Pukki
Huntelaar

  

Roma
Schafer
Chandler, Wollscheid, Klose, Plattenhardt
Simons, Cohen
Frantz, Feulner, Eigler
Pekhart
TEAM NEWS
  • Jefferson Farfan and Benedikt Howedes are sidelined until January due to knee injuries.
  • Schalke has kept a clean sheet in eight of its last 16 matches against Nurnberg in the Bundesliga.
  • Julian Draxler's late winner lifted S04 to victory over Nurnberg in last year's DFB Pokal quarterfinal.
  
  • Nurnberg last won at the Veltins-Arena 18 years ago.
  • 1.FCN has lost five of its last six games in Gelsenkirchen, taking just one point.
  • The Bavarians have lost three consecutive away matches, conceding seven goals.

 

Monchengladbach
 vs Werder Bremen
PROBABLE LINEUPS

 Roma
Ter Stegen
Jantschke, Stranzl, Dante, Daems
Herrmann, Marx, Neustadter, Arango
Reus, Hanke

  

Cesena
Wiese
Sokratis, Prodl, Naldo, Schmitz
Fritz, Ignjovski, Hunt
Ekici
Arnautovic, Pizarro
TEAM NEWS
  • Gladbach has gone undefeated in nine home games.
  • Since moving to the Borussia-Park in 2004, Monchengladbach has won only one of its six home games against Bremen.
  • Lucien Favre's side has conceded just nine times, the second best-record in the Bundesliga.
  
  • Naldo's fitness is in question, Andreas Wolf is his potential stand-in alongside center back Sebastian Prodl.
  • Bremen has gone 15 games since keeping a clean sheet on the road.
  • Claudio Pizarro has been involved in 13 of his team's last 14 goals, scoring 10 and assisting three.

Bayern Munich vs Dortmund
Catania                                                                
League leader Bayern looks to exact revenge for its consecutive losses to Dortmund last season, and simultaneously extend the five-point gap to second place.

A full preview of this fixture can be found here.

Stuttgart
 vs Augsburg

PROBABLE LINEUPS

 Juventus
Ulreich
Boulahrouz, Tasci, Niedermeier, Molinaro
Kvist, Kuzmanovic
Harnik, Hajnal, Okazaki
Cacau

  

  Catania
Amsif
Reinhardt, C.-Bracker, Langkamp, Verhaegh
Hosogai, Davids
Gogia, Baier, Werner
Molders
TEAM NEWS
  • Center back Maza is suspended, meaning that Georg Niedermeier will start in central defense.
  • Stuttgart has not gone for four games without a win under coach Bruno Labbadia. The team's current slide stands at three matches.
  • The last time VfB met FCA came 34 years ago as the Swabians won at home by a 4-1 score.
  
  • Goalkeeper Simon Jentzsch is out with a finger injury and will be replaced by Mohamed Amsif.
  • Augsburg has scored just nine goals this season, a league low.
  • FCA has won just one game in the Bundesliga.

 

 

Hamburg
 vs Hoffenheim
PROBABLE LINEUPS

 
Drobny
Diekmeier, Westermann, Bruma, Aogo
Tore, Rincon, Kacar, Jansen
Guerrero, Berg

  

Brescia
Starke
Beck, Vorsah, Compper, Braafheid
Johnson, Rudy, Salihovic
Musona, Ibisevic, Babel
TEAM NEWS
  • Slobodan Rajkovic is suspended, and Heiko Westermann is expected to move to the center of defense
  • Hamburg has failed to win in its last 10 home games.
  • HSV has failed to keep a clean sheet in 16 games, but its last three have ended in draws.
  
  • Hoffenheim has never won a Bundesliga game in Hamburg.
  • Holger Stanislawski's men have lost three consecutive away games, conceding seven goals.
  • Vedad Ibisevic is the only Hoffenheim player to score in the last four matches, finding the net three times.

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