20:30 Moenchengladbach - Kaiserslautern
Saturday
15:30 Freiburg - Bayern Munich
15:30 Hannover - Hoffenheim
15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt - St Pauli
15:30 Hamburg - Koeln
15:30 Nuernberg - Werder Bremen
18:30 Borussia Dortmund - Mainz
Sunday
15:30 Bayer Leverkusen - Schalke
17:30 Stuttgart - Wolfsburg
Moenchengladbach - Kaiserslautern
The away side has not won any of the last 11 league games between these two teams and none of the last 22 encounters have finished up scoreless.
Gladbach have conceded 60 goals in their first 26 games. The last time this happened was in the 1987-88 season, when Schalke had shipped 67 goals at the same stage.
On the theme of conceding goals, Kaiserslautern are on the verge of conceding their 1500th goal in the Bundesliga, standing currently on 1499.
TEAM NEWS:
Moenchengladbach
Belgian striker Igor De Camargo joins Jens Wissing and Marc-Andre ter Stegen on the sidelines. Filip Daems is a doubt with flu and Sebastian Schachten is ready to deputise at left back. Havard Nordtveit is pushing for a midfield slot at Thorben Marx's expense.
Kaiserslautern
Chadli Amri and Jan Simunek are the only casualties for Marco Kurz's men. Srdjan Lakic makes his return to the starting XI with Adam Nemec and Erwin Hoffer vying for the second spot up front. Tobias Sippel is a slight doubt in goal with Kevin Trapp on standby.
Freiburg - Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich have won their last 10 games in the league against Freiburg, which is the best series of wins for der Rekordmeister against any side except Nuernberg. Der Club lost 12 in a row between March 1982 and November 1988.
Freiburg's last victory against Bayern came on March 9, 1996 when they won 3-1 at home.
These sides boast the Bundesliga's leading goalscorers - Mario Gomez tops the goalscoring charts with 18 goals for Bayern, one ahead of Freiburg's Papiss Demba Cisse on 17.
If Miroslav Klose takes to the field, it will be his 300th appearance in the Bundesliga. In that time, he has scored 121 goals for Bayern, Werder Bremen and Kaiserslautern.
TEAM NEWS:
Freiburg
Robin Dutt is unable to call upon Simon Pouplin, Tommy Bechmann, Daniel Williams and Jan Rosenthal. Heiko Butscher and Maximilian Nicu are pushing for starting places at the expense of Oliver Barth and Johannes Flum respectively.
Toni Kroos looks set to partner Bastian Schweinsteiger in midfield
Bayern Munich
Brazilian centre-half Breno is suspended after his red card in Hannover two games ago and he has returned home to Sao Paulo. The only other absentee for Louis van Gaal is Ivica Olic. The only selection quandry seems to be who will partner Bastian Schweinsteiger in midfield, with Toni Kroos the favourite.
Hannover - Hoffenheim
Surprise package Hannover have won six of their last seven home games in the AWD Arena, losing the other. They have the best home record in the league after Bayern.
Hoffenheim have conceded the most goals in the league from set-pieces (20/42 or 48%), a weakness Hannover will surely be looking to exploit.
Lars Stindl is on the verge of making his 50th Bundesliga appearance. He has 26 for current club Hannover and he made a further 23 for Karlsruhe.
Hoffenheim have given up the second highest amount of points from leading positions (20).
TEAM NEWS:
Hannover
Ron-Robert Zieler is still suffering from the shoulder problem he picked up last week, which means that Florian Fromlowitz is between the sticks. Didier Ya Konan looks to have shrugged off his knee injury and should start up front alongside Moa Abdellaoue.
Hoffenheim
Marco Pezzaiouli is without Andreas Ibertsberger, Tobias Weis and Chinedu Obasi. Ryan Babel may be dropped to the bench after a few disappointing performances and Gylfi Sigurdsson is pushing hard for a place in the starting line-up.
Eintracht Frankfurt - St Pauli
Die Adler have not endured as long a winless streak since 2001, when they went 10 games without a victory.
St Pauli have never won in seven away games against Frankfurt, drawing three times and losing the other four.
This encounter brings together the two most impotent attacks in the Bundesliga. Eintracht have scored a mere 25 goals (14 of which have come from Theofanis Gekas) and St Pauli 28.
TEAM NEWS:
Eintracht Frankfurt
Goalkeeping veteran Ola Nikolov is out injured, as are Chris and Zlatan Bajramovic. Maik Franz returns from suspension and both Benjamin Koehler and Patrick Ochs are fully fit. Gekas may yet only begin on the bench, with compatriot Ioannis Amanatidis also in contention for the lone striker's spot.
St Pauli
There are a whole host of defensive injuries for Holger Stanislawski at the moment with Carlos Zambrano, Bastian Oczipka, Fabio Morena and Carsten Rothenbach all on the sidelines. Mathias Lehmann comes back after suspension and he may be pushed further forward as Dennis Daube should play alongside Fabian Boll.
Hamburg - Koeln
The return game was Koeln coach Frank Schaefer's first in charge of die Geissboecke. Koeln managed a 3-2 win as Milivoje Novakovic helped himself to a hat-trick. At that point, Koeln were occupying last place.
Hamburg have only one win in the last five matches, with three defeats in that time. As a result, Armin Veh has been sacked, with Michael Oenning assuming the role of head coach. Oenning was fired as Nuernberg coach in 2009 after a 3-0 defeat to Koeln.
Die Rothosen's 6-0 defeat in Munich to Bayern last week was their heaviest since 2004, when they lost by the same scorelines to bitter rivals Werder Bremen in the Nordderby.
Only Arjen Robben with eight goals has been more prolific in the Bundesliga than Koeln skipper Lukas Podolski (seven) since the winter break.
TEAM NEWS:
Hamburg
The home side are without second-choice goalkeeper Jaroslav Drobny and Romeo Castelen. New coach Michael Oenning has stated that he wishes to give Ruud van Nistelrooy the chance to redeem himself, with Paolo Guerrero likely to make way. Dennis Diekmeier returns to the squad after a long absence through injury.
Koeln
Star defender Pedro Geromel is not yet fully fit, with possible replacement Kevin McKenna also out with back problems. Kevin Pezzoni will partner Youssef Mohamad in the heart of defence. Adil Chihi or Fabrice Ehret could take one of the offensive midfield places instead of Slawomir Peszko.
Michel Oenning has a deal with the club to be head coach until 2012.
Nuernberg - Werder Bremen
Dieter Hecking's men are the form team in the Bundesliga, boasting an unbeaten run that goes back eight games. They have won five of those, drawing the other three.
In sharp contrast, Werder have just a solitary win from their last eight games. That came earlier this month when die Gruen-Weissen won 3-1 in Freiburg.
Der Club have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four games, equalling the club record set back in September 1989.
Bremen have the second worst away record of any side in the top flight this term, with a mere 10 points away from the Weserstadion. Only Koeln (six) have fared worse.
TEAM NEWS:
Nuernberg
Dieter Hecking is sticking to the motto of never changing a winning team. For the record, he is without Julian Schieber, Juri Judt, Mike Frantz and Albert Bunjaku.
Werder Bremen
Central midfielder Philipp Bargfrede is suspended having picked up five yellow cards. Christian Vander, Naldo, Sebastian Boenisch and Daniel Jensen are all injured. Petri Pasanen comes back into the XI, with Clemens Fritz pushing forward into midfield. Wesley and Marko Marin are pushing for inclusion in the midfield diamond.
Borussia Dortmund - Mainz
The last meeting between these two sides was hugely significant. Dortmund won 2-0 in the Stadion am Bruchweg, took the top spot and they do not look like giving it up at all this season, with a nine-point lead over Leverkusen.
Die Schwarzgelben have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three games at the Signal Iduna Park and they have shipped just three goals in the last 11 home games.
Mainz have won nine games away from home this term, which is more than in the previous three Bundesliga seasons combined. Before this season, they had never won more than three away games.
Juergen Klopp was coach of Mainz for seven years from 2001 until 2008, when he was lured to the Ruhrgebiet. He also played for Mainz for 11 years, making 325 appearances in the 2.Bundesliga, scoring 52 goals.
Current Mainz coach Thomas Tuchel won the German youth league in 2009 after his youngsters defeated Dortmund 2-1. Andre Schuerrle and Mario Goetze both featured in that encounter.
TEAM NEWS:
Borussia Dortmund
Juergen Klopp has a full complement of players to choose from with the exceptions of Mohamed Zidan, Shinji Kagawa and Florian Kringe. Felipe Santana is back on the bench due to the comeback of Mats Hummels and Sven Bender is fit enough to take his place in midfield alongside Nuri Sahin.
Mainz
Adam Szalai is a long-term casualty for Thomas Tuchel's men and the young coach is also without midfield duo Miroslav Karhan and Marco Caligiuri. Sami Allagui may return upfront to partner Andre Schuerrle while Christian Wetklo looks likely to start in goal.
Bayer Leverkusen - Schalke
Leverkusen coach Jupp Heynckes will take to the bench against one of his many former clubs. He led Schalke to seventh spot in the 2003-04 season but was sacked not long into the following campaign.
Schalke have lost six and won just one of the last nine clashes in the Bundesliga against Leverkusen. Their last win came last March when Kevin Kuranyi scored both goals in a 2-0 win in the Bay Arena.
Bayer and Germany goalkeeper Rene Adler made his Bundesliga debut against Schalke on February 25, 2007. He kept a clean sheet as die Werkself won 1-0 in the Veltins Arena.
Schalke duo Hans Sarpei and Angelos Charisteas both used to ply their trade in Leverkusen, making 42 and 13 appearances respectively.
Die Koenigsblauen have spent the entire season in the lower half of the table. This last happened in the 1998-99 campaign when Schalke finished 10th.
Both these sides are well known for being forever the bridesmaid and never the bride. Between them, they have been Bundesliga runners-up six times since the turn of the century.
Former Leverkusen striker Angelos Charisteas was Schalke's hero last week.
TEAM NEWS:
Bayer Leverkusen
Jupp Heynckes has just one player absent - Manuel Friedrich. All the speculation regarding Leverkusen's starting line-up concerns the central midfield area. It looks as though Michael Ballack will get the nod alongside Simon Rolfes, leaving Lars Bender and Arturo Vidal to ponder their disappointment on the bench.
Schalke
In a difficult first game for interim coach Seppo Eichkorn, who is in charge until the end of the month, key winger Jefferson Farfan is absent due to suspension - Edu will come in on the right. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar may have to settle for a place on the bench after recovering from his knee problems and there is a choice to make on the left side of midfield between Jose Jurado and Julian Draxler.
Stuttgart - Wolfsburg
Although these sides have both lifted the Bundesliga shield in the last four years, this time it's a relegation battle royal with both sides in grave danger of falling into the next tier. Wolfsburg are second bottom and although Stuttgart are thirteenth, they are just two points better off.
Stuttgart are unbeaten in the last 10 games at the Mercedes-Benz Arena against Wolfsburg, boasting eight wins and two draws since their last defeat in April 2000.
Wolfsburg have lost six and won just one of their last seven games, scoring just four goals in that time. Only Frankfurt are more goalshy than die Woelfe.
Stuttgart midfielder Christian Gentner made 99 league appearances for Wolfsburg between 2007 and 2010, winning the Bundesliga in 2009 under Felix Magath. Diego Benaglio was at Stuttgart without appearing in the first-team.
Felix Magath spent two seasons at the VW-Arena from 2007-2009, leading Wolfsburg to fifth and European football in his first before an incredible title win in his second. His record against Stuttgart was two wins and two defeats.
Magath's second spell in charge with Wolfsburg begins against one of his many former clubs. He coached die Schwaben from February 2001 to June 2004, winning every one of his four matches against Wolfsburg.
TEAM NEWS:
Stuttgart
There are a whole host of absentees for Bruno Labbadia's men, most notably top goalscorer Martin Harnik, who is suspended. Also missing are captain Mathieu Delpierre, Cacau, Khalid Boulahrouz, Patrick Funk, Marc Ziegler, Arthur Boka and Johan Audel, whilst striker Ciprian Marica has once again been frozen out.
Wolfsburg
Diego Benaglio is a big miss for die Woelfe in goal and he joins Patrick Helmes and Tolga Cigerci on the treatment table. Koo Ja-Cheol may start on the left-hand side of midfield instead of Cicero and Dieumerci Mbokani is jostling with Mario Mandzukic for the lone striking role.
