Bundesliga - Round 7 Preview

Friday SEPTEMBER 16	KO	Saturday SEPTEMBER 17	KO
Stuttgart - Hamburg	2030	Augsburg - Hannover	1530
		Borussia M'gladbach - Nurnberg	1530
		Mainz - Borussia Dortmund	1530
		Schalke - Freiburg	1530
		Wolfsburg - Kaiserslautern	1530
		Bayern Munich - Bayer Leverkusen	1830
		Sunday SEPTEMBER 18	KO
		Koln - Hoffenheim	1530
all kick-off in CET		Werder Bremen - Hertha Berlin	1730

Stuttgart

vs

Hamburg

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ulreich Boulahrouz, Tasci, Maza, Molinaro Kvist, Kuzmanovic Harnik, Gentner, Okazaki Cacau		Drobny Westermann, Bruma, Rajkovic, Aogo Jarolim, Tesche Lam, Son, Tore Petric
TEAM NEWS
Stuttgart have won four of their last five Bundesliga games at home Bruno Labbadia's men have also won seven of their last 11 Bundesliga games overall The Swabians and HSV have not drawn in any of their last 15 head-to-head matches		Winger Andreas Lam has been promoted from the reserves and is expected to start Hamburg have failed to win in each of their last eight away games in the Bundesliga New signing Ivo Ilicevic is still suspended following his red card in his final match for Kaiserslautern

Augsburg

vs

Hannover

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Jentzsch Reinhardt, Sankoh, Mohrle, De Jong Hosogai, Callsen-Bracker Gogia, Baier, Bellinghausen Molders		Zieler Chahed, Haggui, Pogatetz, Schulz Schmiedebach, Pinto Stindl, Schlaudraff, Rausch Ya Konan
TEAM NEWS
Augsburg are yet to win their first game in the Bundesliga FCA have not kept a clean sheet in 10 games in the 1. and 2. Bundesliga The newly promoted side have won just one of their last six home games in domestic league play		Hannover have lost only once this season in all competitions Moa Abdellaoue, who was in a race for fitness ahead of Saturday's clash, has been ruled out The Lower Saxons have only met Augsburg twice in the past: both matches ended in draws

Borussia M'gladbach

vs

Nurnberg

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Ter Stegen Jantschke, Stranzl, Dante, Daems Marx, Neustadter Reus, De Camargo, Arango Hanke		Stephan Chandler, Wollscheid, Klose, Pinola Simons Hegeler, Feulner, Mendler, Esswein Pekhart
TEAM NEWS
If the season were to end today, Gladbach, who only stayed in the top flight through the play-offs last term, would qualify for the Champions League group stage Under Lucien Favre, the Foals have conceded just 12 goals in 18 Bundesliga games Monchengladbach have lost just one of their last 10 Bundesliga games		Nurnberg have scored more than once in just one of their last 10 meetings with Gladbach In Monchengladbach, the Bavarians have won just one of their last nine meetings 1.FCN have won just three of their last 10 Bundesliga games. All three have come this season

Mainz

vs

Borussia Dortmund

The hosts have gone four league games without a win while the visiting champions have won just one in their last five. Can either side break their poor run of form? A full preview of this fixture can be found here.

Schalke

vs

Freiburg

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Fahrmann Hoger, Howedes, Matip, Fuchs Papadopoulos, Holtby Farfan, Raul, Draxler Huntelaar		Baumann Mujdza, Barth, Flum, Bastians Makiadi, Schuster Caligiuri, Putsila, Jendrisek Cisse
TEAM NEWS
Ralf Rangnick stepped down as Schalke coach on Thursday Despite having some attacking flourishes earlier in the season, S04 are scoreless for 257 minutes in all competitions The Miners have not drawn in any of their last 10 Bundesliga games		Freiburg have won just one of their last seven matches against Schalke The Breisgau have conceded 18 goals this campaign, a high for all Bundesliga teams Winger Erik Jendrisek is expected to start against the club for which he made just three league appearances before leaving

Wolfsburg

vs

Kaiserslautern

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Benaglio Hasebe, Russ, Kyrgiakos, Schafer Trasch, Josue Ochs, Mandzukic, Jonsson Lakic		Trapp Dick, Amedick, Rodnei, Jessen Kirch, Tiffert Fortuonis, Sukuta-Pasu, Petsos Shechter
TEAM NEWS
Aliaksandr Hleb has returned to training, but will be unavailable Wolfsburg have lost four of their last five games At the Mercedes-Benz Arena, Felix Magath's men have won just two of their last seven Bundesliga matches		Kaiserslautern have won only one of 10 Bundesliga games away to Wolfsburg 1.FCK have won four of their last seven away games Only once in Wolfsburg and 'Lautern's 22-match history has an away team emerged victorious

Bayern Munich

vs

Bayer Leverkusen

The Bavarians will look to extend their excellent run of five successive league wins to continue their march at the top of the Bundesliga. A full preview of this fixture can be found here.

Koln

vs

Hoffenheim

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Rensing Andrezinho, Sereno, McKenna, Eichner Jajalo, Riether Chihi, Podolski, Peszko Novakovic		Starke Beck, Vorsah, Compper, Braafheid Rudy, Kaiser Sigurdsson, Firmino, Obasi Babel
TEAM NEWS
Pedro Geromel is out for the next month or so after having meniscus surgery on Monday Koln have averaged three goals per game in their last three matches The Billy Goats have lost just one of their last four Bundesliga games		Hoffenheim have avoided defeat in each of their last three meetings in Koln Holger Stanislawski's side have won three of their last four away games Hoffe have scored in each of their last 12 games

Werder Bremen

vs

Hertha Berlin

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Mielitz Ignjovski, Prodl, Wolf, Schmitz Fritz, Bargfrede, Hunt Ekici Arnautovic, Pizarro		Kraft Lell, Hubnik, Mijatovic, Kobiashvili Ottl, Niemeyer Ebert, Raffael, Torun Lasogga
TEAM NEWS
Goalkeeper Tim Wiese will serve the first of a three-match ban following his sending off against Nurnberg. There is an off chance that Naldo will make his first start in central defence since returning from a string of knee injuries Marko Marin has recovered from a minor knock, but Mehmet Ekici is still tipped to start in the playmaker role		There is a question mark over the fitness of striking options Pierre-Michel Lasogga and Adrian Ramos Right-back Christian Lell was complimented by Joachim Low this week; the DFB coach said the ex-Bayern man has a chance to feature at Euro 2012 Hertha's last league defeat away from home was in December of 2010