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There is a full programme of Bundesliga fixtures to sink your teeth into on Tuesday and Wednesday this week as 2019/20 German football season gathers speed towards its climax.
On Tuesday’s four-match agenda, the potentially pivotal Klassiker clash between the division’s top two Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich is undoubtedly the standout contest, while RB Leipzig’s meeting with a re-energized Hertha Berlin looks the pick of the games from Wednesday’s five-fixture lineup.
Below, you’ll find all of the latest Bundesliga team news, injury updates and probably line-ups ahead of the weekend’s fixtures.
We’ll be updating this page with all the latest updates as they break, and remember- you can find all of our German football betting tips and match previews over on our Bundesliga predictions page.
Bundesliga Team News
Tuesday 26 May
Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich
- Kick-off: 5.30pm – BT Sport 1/BT Sport Ultimate
Dortmund: Bürki – Piszczek (c), Hummels, Akanji – Hakimi, Can, Brandt, Guerreiro – Sancho, Haaland, Hazard
Out: Reus (thigh), Schulz (muscular), Zagadou (knee)
Doubtful: Witsel (groin)
Bayern: Neuer (c) – Pavard, Boateng, Alaba, Davies – Kimmich, Goretzka – Gnabry, Müller, Coman – Lewandowski
Out: Coutinho (ankle), Thiago (groin), Tolisso (ankle)
Doubtful: Süle (match fitness)
Check out our 40/1 #OOT special selection for Tuesday’s Klassiker between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich here!
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Wolfsburg
- Kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport 2
Leverkusen: Hradecky – Weiser, S. Bender, Tapsoba, Wendell – Aranguiz, Demirbay – Bellarabi, Amiri, Diaby – Havertz (c)
Out: –
Doubtful: L. Bender (foot), Tah (back), Volland (foot)
Wolfsburg: Casteels (c) – Mbabu, Pongracic, Brooks, Roussillon – Steffen, Schlager, Arnold, Brekalo – Weghorst, Ginczek
Out: Gerhardt (head injury), Mehmedi (Achilles tendon), Otavio (ankle), William (knee)
Doubtful: Camacho (ankle), Guilavogui (knee)
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Freiburg
- Kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport ESPN
Frankfurt: Trapp – Toure, Abraham (c), Hinteregger, N’Dicka – Ilsanker, Rode – Gacinovic, Kamada, Kostic – Dost
Out: Paciencia (thigh)
Doubtful: –
Freiburg: Schwolow – Gulde, Lienhart, Heintz – Schmidt, Abrashi, Höfler, Günter (c) – Sallai, Petersen, Grifo
Out: Kübler (knee)
Doubtful: Haberer (ankle), Koch (back), Ravet (muscular), Waldschmidt (ankle)
Werder Bremen vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Kick-off: 7.30pm BT Sport 1
Bremen: Pavlenka – Gebre Selassie, Veljkovic, Moisander (c), Augustinsson – M. Eggestein, Bargfrede, Klaassen – Bittencourt, Selke, Rashica
Out: Füllkrug (torn ACL), Möhwald (knee), Pizarro (thigh), Toprak (calf)
Doubtful: Vogt (hip)
Gladbach: Sommer – Lainer, Ginter, Elvedi, Bensebaini – Kramer, Neuhaus – Hofmann, Stindl (c), Thuram – Plea
Out: Embolo (ankle), Strobl (hamstring), Zakaria (knee)
Doubtful: Johnson (muscular)
Wednesday 27 May
RB Leipzig vs. Hertha Berlin
- Kick-off: 5.30pm – BT Sport 1
Leipzig: Gulacsi – Klostermann, Upamecano, Halstenberg – Mukiele, Sabitzer (c), Kampl, Angelino – Nkunku, Werner – Schick
Out: Konate (hamstring), Poulsen (ankle)
Doubtful: Ampadu (back), Laimer (knee)
Hertha: Jarstein – Pekarik, Boyata, Torunarigha, Plattenhardt – Skjelbred, Grujic – Lukebakio, Darida, Cunha – Ibisevic (c)
Out: Ascacibar (foot), Kalou (not included), Rekik (knee), Stark (groin), Wolf (match fitness)
Doubtful: Kraft (knock)
Hoffenheim vs. Cologne
- Kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport 3
Hoffenheim: Baumann – Kaderabek, Posch, Hübner (c), Zuber – Rudy, Grillitsch – Skov, Geiger, Baumgartner – Dabbur
Out: Belfodil (knee), Kramaric (ankle)
Doubtful: Adamyan (ankle), Stafylidis (muscular)
Cologne: Horn – Ehizibue, Bornauw, Leistner, Katterbach – Skhiri, Hector (c) – Kainz, Uth, Jakobs – Cordoba
Out: Risse (knee)
Doubtful: Hauptmann (groin)
Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. Schalke
- Kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport 1
Fortuna: Kastenmeier – Ayhan, Hoffmann, Gießelmann – Zimmermann, Stöger, Morales, Berisha, Suttner – Karaman, Hennings (c)
Out: Steffen (knee)
Doubtful: –
Schalke: Schubert – Kenny, Sane, Nastasic, Oczipka (c) – Caligiuri, McKennie, Schöpf – Matondo – Gregoritsch, Raman
Out: Harit (ligament), Mascarell (groin), Todibo (ankle)
Doubtful: Serdar (shin), Stambouli (match fitness)
Augsburg vs. Paderborn
- Kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport Extra 2
Augsburg: Luthe – Framberger, Jedvaj, Uduokhai, Max – Khedira, Baier (c) – Sarenren Bazee, Löwen, Richter – Niederlechner
Out: Hahn (tendon)
Doubtful: Finnbogason (knee), Giefer (foot), Iago (knock), Schieber (calf), Vargas (ankle)
Paderborn: Zingerle – Jans, Strohdiek, Schonlau (c), Collins – Vasiliadis, Gjasula, Sabiri – Pröger, Srbeny, Antwi-Adjei
Out: –
Doubtful: Kilian (match fitness), Michel (dental surgery)
Union Berlin vs. Mainz
- Kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport 2
Union: Gikiewicz – Friedrich, Schlotterbeck, Subotic – Trimmel (c), Gentner, Andrich, Lenz – Ingvartsen, Bülter – Andersson
Out: Becker (thigh)
Doubtful: Gogia (match fitness)
Mainz: Müller – St. Juste, Bruma, Niakhate – Baku, Barreiro, Latza, Martin – Boetius – Quaison, Mateta
Out: Zentner (knee)
Doubtful: –
More FST News:
5 things to watch out for in Dortmund’s Der Klassiker clash with Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich – How to watch on TV and live stream and possible lineups
