Bundesliga Matchday 16 Fixtures and Preview

As the Bundesliga approaches the halfway mark of the season one point separates the top three in the league.   Gladbach, in third place shares 30 points with Dortmund, while Munich has a one point lead in the top spot.

Gladbach will be meeting Augsburg, which has just two wins on the season with eight losses.  This should be an easy three points for Gladbach.  Dortmund hosts 16th placed Kaiserslautern, which has three wins and 7 losses after 15 games. FC Bayern Muenchen travels to Stuttgart on Sunday and should have the most difficult challenge to add another three points to its record.

Bayern, a team challenged with the flu and injuries, took on Manchester City on Wednesday with team that had seven regular players on the sidelines.   With what many called a B team, Bayern took a 2-0 loss, although the team was already qualified for the Group of 16 knock out round.

Fourth placed Schalke travels to Berlin for Friday's matchday 16 opener.  Schalke is just two points off the front runners.   Berlin will be a tough challenge.

To say the least, Matchday 16 should provide another exciting three days in the Bundesliga.  With no clear front runner, the field is wide open and nothing has been decided yet. 

Matchday 16

09.12.11,20.30 Hertha BSC Berlin - Schalke 04 1-2
10.12.11,15.30 Werder Bremen - VfL Wolfsburg  4-1
10.12.11,15.30 FSV Mainz 05 - Hamburger SV 0-0
10.12.11,15.30 1. FC Nürnberg - 1899 Hoffenheim 0-2
10.12.11,15.30 1. FC Köln - SC Freiburg 4-0
10.12.11,15.30 FC Augsburg - Mönchengladbach  1-0
10.12.11,18.30 Hannover 96 - Bayer Leverkusen  0-0
11.12.11,15.30 Borussia Dortmund - Kaiserslautern  (-:-)
11.12.11,17.30 VfB Stuttgart - Bayern München  (-:-)



Bundelsiga Table Updated 02 December  2011 

                                                         GP      W   D   L   GF/GA    Pts

1    Bayern München                        15      10  1    4        38:9       31
2    Schalke 04                                  16    10    1    5        33-22     31
3    Borussia Dortmund                    15      9    3    3         30:10     30
4   Borussia Mönchengladbach       16      9    3   4          24:11     30
5    Werder Bremen                          16       9    2    5       30-26    29
6    Bayer Leverkusen                      16       7    5   4        22:19    26
7    VfB Stuttgart                              15       6    4   5        22:17     22
8    Hannover 96                               16       5   7    4       22:23     22
9    1899 Hoffenheim                        16       6    3    7       18:18    21
10    1. FC Köln                                 15       6    2    7       26:31    21
11    Hertha BSC Berlin                     15       4    7    4        22:23    19
12   Hamburger SV                           16       4    6    6       20:26    18
13   FSV Mainz 05                            15      4    5    6       21:28    17
14   VfL Wolfsburg                          16      5    2    9        22:34   17
15    1. FC Nürnberg                          16       4    3    9      14:28    15
16    1. FC Kaiserslautern                  15       3    5    7      11:19    14
17    FC Augsburg                              15       3    5    8      14:27    14
18    SC Freiburg                                16       3    4    9      20:35    13