Friday, 17 February 2012

Bundesliga - Matchday 22 - February 17th to 19th 2012 Preview

 The top four teams in the Bundesliga are within five points of one another, with Borussia Dortmund enjoying a two point lead over Bayern Muenchen.  Dortmund has also managed to close the goal difference gap with Munich to within three goals.  Second place Bayern enjoys a one point gap over third place Borussia MoenchenGladbach, while Schalke 04 has lost some ground and trails Gladbach by two.

The relegation battle or the battle to avoid relegation is getting critical for Kaiserslautern, Augsburg and SC Freiburg.  With this setting Bundesliga Matchday 22 gets underway today with an opener in Hoffenheim against Mainz 05.  Both Hoffenheim and Mainz have not been firing on all cylinders this season and both teams are under a lot of pressure to bring home the points.  Hoffenheim fans are near revolt.

Dortmund plays in Berlin tomorrow and can extend its league lead with a win, while Berlin could slip into the relegation zone with a loss. FC Bayern is guest in Freiburg and will try to continue its success of the DFB Pokal win over Stuttgart and last week's win over Kaiserslautern.  A win will also give Munich a boost ahead of its Championship league match next week in Basel, just across the border from Freiburg.  Gladbach meets 16th place Kaiserslautern, while Schalke hosts VFL Wolfsburg.

By any measure, the top four teams should win their matches this weekend, but nothing is every fact in the Bundesliga until the 90 minute whistle ends the game.  Look for some surprises, but overall nothing much should change at the top.  The relegation zone may be further solidified, SC Freiburg will have its challenges to gain any points against Bayern. Leverkusen host FC Augsburg, while Kaiserslautern has the difficult task against Borussia MoenchenGladbach.

There will surely be surprises to come, but who will provide them?  Below are this weekends fixtures:


17.02.12,20.30 1899 Hoffenheim - FSV Mainz 05  1-1
18.02.12,15.30 1. FC Nürnberg - 1. FC Köln  (-:-)
18.02.12,15.30 Kaiserslautern - Mönchengladbach  (-:-)
18.02.12,15.30 Hertha BSC Berlin - Borussia Dortmund  (-:-)
18.02.12,15.30 Bayer Leverkusen - FC Augsburg  (-:-)
18.02.12,15.30 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen  (-:-)
18.02.12,18.30 SC Freiburg - Bayern München  (-:-)
19.02.12,15.30 Schalke 04 - VfL Wolfsburg  (-:-)
19.02.12,17.30 Hannover 96 - VfB Stuttgart  (-:-)


Bundesliga Table updated February 11th
                                                             GP     W    D    L    GF/A    Pts 
1Borussia Dortmund                             21     14    4    3      46:14    46      
2Bayern München                                 21     14    2    5      49:14    44
3Borussia Mönchengladbach                21     13    4    4      34:12    43
4Schalke 04                                           21     13    2    6      46:28    41
5Werder Bremen                                   21       9     6    6     34:35    33
6Bayer Leverkusen                               21       8     7    6     28:28    31
7Hannover 96                                        21       7   10    4     23:25   31
8VfL Wolfsburg                                     21       8     3  10     27:38   27
9VfB Stuttgart                                        21       7     5    9     31:28   26
101899 Hoffenheim                                22       6      8   8    24:26    26
11Hamburger SV                                    21       6     8    7    26:34    26
12FSV Mainz 05                                     22      5      9    8    30:36   24
131. FC Köln                                          21       7      3  11   29:41    24
13FSV Mainz 05                                     22      5      9    8    30:36   24
141. FC Nürnberg                                   21       6      4  11    19:31   22
15Hertha BSC Berlin                              21       4      8    9    25:36   20
161. FC Kaiserslautern                            21       3      9    9   15:26   18
17FC Augsburg                                       21        3      9    9  19:33    18
18SC Freiburg                                         21        4      4  13   27:47   17

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