Bundesliga Matchday 33: Season Decision for relegation?

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have won top spot and second place respectively for this season, while the third and fourth Champions League spot is still up for grabs among four clubs, Schalke, Leverkusen, Wolfsburg and Gladbach. Will this matchday be the decision for relegation?  Eintracht Braunschweig and Nuernberg's relegation have all but been decided, while Hamburg still has a vague chance of overtaking VFB Stuttgart, but Hamburg can't do it on its own.

All games this weekend will be played on Saturday, as will those on the last matchday.  Hamburg hosts FC Bayern Muenchen this weekend.  Pep Guardiola won't be capturing a treble this year after going down 5:0 in aggregate against Real Madrid.  His tactics of domination football have been criticized and he has something to prove this weekend, ahead of the DFB Pokal game against Dortmund on May 17.  With Munich as the favorite in Hamburg, the club, which is the only side in the Bundesliga that has never faced relegation, will at least try to capture the relegation play off spot.

Braunschweig hosts Bayern's neighbour FC Augsburg, another difficult task. Augsburg, due to goal difference is no longer likely to capture a spot on European play for next season.  Nuernberg hosts Hannover 96 and all bets are off for this match.  Der Club can only hope to capture the relegation play off spot.

Of the top four Bayern travels to Hamburg, while Dortmund hosts Hoffenheim and Leverkusen hosts Frankfurt.  Schalke 04 travels to Freiburg.  Gladbach and Mainz battle for the fourth Champions League spot and barring a draw, that could be decided this matchday.  A Gladbach win dumps Mainz from European competition next season.

Sit back and enjoy the venues this weekend, matchday 33 will in likelihood be the big decision day, leaving only the DFB Pokal game in Berlin on May 17th, where Dortmund has the opportunity to decrown Bayern Muenchen.

SC Freiburg vs Schalke 04       0-2
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Bayer Leverkusen       0-2
1. FC Nürnberg vs Hannover 96       0-2
VfB Stuttgart vs VfL Wolfsburg       1-2
Borussia Dortmund vs 1899 Hoffenheim       3-2
Bor. Mönchengladbach vs FSV Mainz 05       3-1
Eintr. Braunschweig vs FC Augsburg   0-0    
Hamburger SV vs Bayern München     1-4  
Werder Bremen vs Hertha BSC    1-0

Posn  Team             GP   W   D   L    GF/GA   Points

1      FC Bayern        33    28  3    2        94:23       87
2      Dortmund         33    22   5    7       76:38       68
3      Schalke             33    18   7    8       59:42       61
4      Leverkusen       33    18  4   11       55:43       58
5      Wolfsburg         33    17   6  10       60:49       57
6      M'gladbach       33    16   7   10      58:40       55
7      Mainz               33    15   5   13       49:52      50  
8      Augsburg          33    13   8   12       44:46      47
9      Hoffenheim       33   10  11   12       69:69      41
10    Hertha BSC       33   11   7    15      41:43       44
11    Hannover           33   11   6   16      44:58       39
12    Frankfurt           33     9   9    15      39:55       36
13    Freiburg            33      9   9  15       41:58       36
14    Bremen              33    10   8  14      39:64       36 
15    Stuttgart             33     8   8  17       50:62       32
16    Hamburg           33      7   6  20       47:72       27
17    Nürnberg           33      5 11  17       36:66       26
18    B'schweig         33       6   8  19       28:56       26