Bundesliga Matchday 33 Fixtures and Preview

 Bundesliga season 2011/12 is slowly winding down.  Although Dortmund has already secured the championship, Bayern Muenchen the second spot, and the remaining Euro League qualifying spots, the seventh and final spot, presently occupied by Hannover is still mathematically in contention. 

Kaiserslautern is already relegated, while Hamburg, Augsburg, Koeln and Berlin will still be fighting for Bundesliga survival.  Berlin and Koln are the most likely to end  up in these spots, but the game takes some strange twists and turns and could during the two remaining matchdays as well. 

Kaiserslautern, with nothing left to lose, hosts Borussia Dortmund, a result that should be predictable.  Koeln travels to Freiburg.  With Freiburg having secured its Bundesliga survival, the situation is different for Koeln.  Koeln is in a must win situation.  Will they be able to win in Freiburg?  The pressure will be on Koeln, with Freiburg playing relaxed.  The edge has to go to Freiburg.  Berlin takes on third place Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen, a difficult match with so much at stake for the Berliners. 

Coming off a win against Real Madrid, FC Bayern hosts neighbour VFB Stuttgart in the Allianz arena.  Bayern will be totally relaxed.  With the Bundesliga championship no longer attainable, the focus will be on the DFB Pokal against Dortmund on May 12th in Berlin and the Champions League final against Chelsea in the Allianz Arena on May 19th.  Stuttgart has the faint hope of moving into 4th place, depending on Gladbach's performance in the last two matchdays.  The Schwaben would love to unseat the Champions League heroes. 

Gladbach hosts Augsburg and the outcome is not a forgone conclusion.  Augsburg is struggling for Bundesliga survival and the team has rebounded significantly since the winter break.  This is certainly a match to watch. 

Below are the remaining games for Matchday 35:

28.04.2012, 15.30    Bayer Leverkusen -    Hannover 96                      (-:-)   
28.04.2012, 15.30    Hamburger SV -    FSV Mainz 05                         (-:-)   
28.04.2012, 15.30    1899 Hoffenheim -    1. FC Nürnberg                   (-:-)   
28.04.2012, 15.30    Bayern München -    VfB Stuttgart                       (-:-)   
28.04.2012, 15.30    SC Freiburg -    1. FC Köln                                   (-:-)   
28.04.2012, 15.30    Bor. Mönchengladbach -    FC Augsburg              (-:-)   
28.04.2012, 15.30    1. FC Kaiserslautern -    Borussia Dortmund        (-:-)   
28.04.2012, 15.30    VfL Wolfsburg -    Werder Bremen                       (-:-)   
28.04.2012, 15.30    Schalke 04 -    Hertha BSC Berlin                         (-:-)

Bundesliga Table
                                                    GP       W    D    L        GF/A        Pts
1Borussia Dortmund                    32      23    6    3         71:23          75
2Bayern München                        32      21   4     7         71:21          67
3Schalke 04                                  32      18   4   10         67:42          58
4Borussia Mönchengladbach       32      16   8     8         46:24          56
5VfB Stuttgart                               32     14   8   10         57:42          50
6Bayer Leverkusen                       32      13   9     9         48:41          48
7Hannover 96                                32     11  12     9         39:43          45
8Hoffenheim                                 32     10  11   11          38:41          42
9Werder Bremen                           32     11    9   12          45:52          42
10Wolfsburg                                 32      12   5   15           42:56          41
111. FC Nürnberg                         32      11   6   15           34:43          39
12FSV Mainz 05                           32        9  11 12            47:48          38
13SC Freiburg                               32        9  10  13           41:56          37
14Hamburger SV                           32        8  11  13           35:56          35
15FC Augsburg                             32         7  13  12          35:49          34
161. FC Köln                                 32         8    6  18          37:66          30
17Hertha BSC Berlin                     32         6  10  16         38:59          28
181. FC Kaiserslautern                  32         4   11  17         21:47          23