Hamburg - Koln
Nurnberg - Augsburg
Freiburg - Wolfsburg
Kaiserslautern - Bayern Munich (Click here for full preview)
Hoffenheim - Werder Bremen
Bayer Leverkusen - Borussia Dortmund (18:30 CET)
Sunday
Hannover - Mainz (15:30 CET)
Schalke - Borussia Monchengladbach (17:30 CET)
Hertha Berlin - Stuttgart 
- Hertha Berlin's Markus Babbel concluded his illustrious playing career at Stuttgart, and started his coaching career with the Swabians.
- The Old Lady are yet to take the lead in a Bundesliga game this season.
- Stuttgart have fielded the exact same team in their last three games. This is set to change on Friday as Khalid Boulahrouz is suspended.
- Hertha Berlin have lost just four times in 27 home games against Stuttgart.
TEAM NEWS:
Hertha Berlin
Markus Babbel will have to do without the services of strikers Abu Bakarr Kargbo and Marko Djuricin, who have been ruled out with injuries. Midfielder Nico Schulz will also have to watch from the sidelines this Friday.
Stuttgart
Bruno Labbadia is likely to have some selection headaches as defenders Ermin Bicakcic, Georg Niedermeier, Patrick Bauer and captain Matthieu Delpierre are all injured. In addition, ex-Valenciennes man Johan Audel and striker Julian Schieber have also been ruled out of the game, while Khalid Boulahrouz is suspended after picking up a red card last Sunday in the game against Bayer Leverkusen.
Hamburg - Koln 
- Hamburg's start to the season is third worst in the club's history.
- Michael Oenning currently has worse record than any other HSV coach. His only win in an official game came against Koln back in March this year.
- Koln have won just eight times in 42 visits to Hamburg.
- Mato Jajalo and Lukas Podolski were on target for the Billy Goats in their last game against HSV.
TEAM NEWS:
Hamburg
Jose Paolo Guerrero, Jacopo Sala, Kevin Ingreso, Tolgay Arslan, Marcus Berg and Mlade Petric are all unavailable for Hamburg, leaving Michael Oenning with plenty to think about before the game on Saturday. New signing Slobodan Rajkovic could make his debut in the game against Koln.
Koln
First-choice goalkeeper Michael Rensing has been ruled out with an injury, and will join veteran midfielder Petit and youngster Kevin Pezzoni on the sidelines. Strikers Sebastian Freis, Thiemo-Jerome Kialka and Alexandru Ionita are also set to miss the game, but are reportedly on their way to returning to full fitness. Lukas Podolski is short of fitness as he is suffering from fever, but could play a part on Saturday.
Nurnberg - Augsburg 
- Nurnberg have lost five times in their last six Bundesliga games.
- The Club eliminated Augsburg in the 2010 Bundesliga relegation play-off, securing their first division status after a 3-0 aggregate win.
- Sascha Molders, similarly to Nurnberg's Tomas Pekhart, has scored all of his team's goals in the league this season.
- Augsburg are yet to achieve their first win in the Bundesliga.
Top gun | Sascha Molders has been on fire for Augsburg
TEAM NEWS:
Nurnberg
First-choice goalkeeper Raphael Schafer picked an injury last week and will sit out the game against the defending Bundesliga champions. 18-year-old talent Patrick Rakovsky is set to deputise for the veteran, who will join defender Per Nilsson and midfielders Manuel Zeitz and Daniel Didavi on the list of absentees.
Augsburg
The Bundesliga newcomers will have to do without the services of Torsten Oehrl and Nando Rafael, who have been sidelined with injuries.
Freiburg - Wolfsburg 
- Papiss Cisse is once again on the top of the goalscoring charts with four goals in three games.
- Freiburg have the best home record against Wolfsburg of all the teams currently in the Bundesliga.
- Wolsburg have gotten to their worst ever season start under Felix Magath.
- The Wolves purchased two players this week, signing Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Hrvoje Cale.
TEAM NEWS:
Freiburg
Jan Rosenthal is the only absentee for Marcus Sorg's men, who will be looking to maintain their good home record against the Wolves.
Wolfsburg
Felix Magath will have a nearly full squad on hand, with only long-term absentees Arne Friedrich and Thomas Kahlenberg, as well as the dropped Diego, unavailable from his first-team squad. Ja-Cheol Koo is also injured after picking a knock in the match against Bayern Munich and will join new signing Patrick Ochs on the sidelines.
New signings Hrvoje Cale and Sotirios Kyrgiakos could make their debut in the game on Saturday.
Kaiserslautern - Bayern Munich 
Hoffenheim - Werder Bremen 
- Last weekend Hoffenheim won twice in a row for the first time in more than a year and a half.
- Neither as a player, nor as a coach has Holger Stanislawski ever been victorious against Werder Bremen.
- The River Islanders lost 1-4 to Hoffenheim in their opening game last season.
- Werder Bremen has gotten off to their best start to a season in five years, collection six points from three games.
TEAM NEWS:
Hoffenheim
Holger Stanislawski will have to do without the services Manuel Gulde, Tobias Weis, Boris Vukcevic, Knowledge Musona and Vedad Ibisevic, who have been sidelined with injuries.
Werder Bremen
Thomas Schaaf can not rely on the services of defenders Naldo, Leon-Aderemi Balogun, Mikael Silvestre and Sebastian Boenisch, who have been deemed unfit. Midfielders Ozkan Yildirim and Tim Borowski as well as strikers Denni Avdic and Onur Ayik are also likely to miss the game with various injuries.
Bayer Leverkusen - Borussia Dortmund 
Thomas Schaaf can not rely on the services of defenders Naldo, Leon-Aderemi Balogun, Mikael Silvestre and Sebastian Boenisch, who have been deemed unfit. Midfielders Ozkan Yildirim and Tim Borowski as well as strikers Denni Avdic and Onur Ayik are also likely to miss the game with various injuries.
Bayer Leverkusen - Borussia Dortmund - Leverkusen last lost at home to no other than Borussia Dortmund on January 14.
- The Aspirins have won just once in their last eight games against BVB.
- Dortmund's Sven Bender is set to face his twin brother Leverkusen's Lars Bender on Saturday.
- The reigning champions beat the Aspirins to the title last season by seven points.
Fraternal battle | Bender twins are set for a midfield duel on Saturday
TEAM NEWS:
Bayer Leverkusen
Long-term casualty Rene Adler is definitely out of the game, while his deputy Fabian Giefer has recovered from the knock he picked up in Leverkusen's opener against Mainz. He is unlikely, however, to replace Stuttgart-owned goalkeeper Bernd Leno, who has kept two clean sheets in his last two games. Bastian Oczipka and Tranquillo Barnetta have also been ruled out of the clash with injuries.
Borussia Dortmund
Jurgen Klopp will have to do without the services of first-choice striker Lucas Barrios, who will join defenders Patrick Owomoyela and Julian Koch as well as midfielder Marvin Bakalorz on the sidelines.
Hannover - Mainz 
- The 96ers qualified for the group stage of the Europa League on Thursday, edging Sevilla 3-2 on aggregate.
- Hannover have better balance against Mainz than against any other team, but Freiburg.
- The Oh-Fives have conceded three goals from set-pieces last Sunday, while Mirko Slomka's men have scored just one of their five goals so far this season from open play.
- Nikolce Noveski have played in all of the ten games between the two clubs.
TEAM NEWS:
Hannover
Hannover will be able to field an almost full-strength team on Sunday, with only midfielders Carlitos and Leon Andreasen as well as striker Artur Sobiech out of the squad with injuries.
Mainz
Long-term casualty Adam Szalai and midfielder Florian Heller have been ruled out of the game together with defender Eugen Gopko as Thomas Tuchel's men aim to bounce back from their 2-4 loss to Schalke last Sunday.
Schalke - Borussia Monchengladbach 
- Schalke have done very well so far in the league, and now sit in fourth place in the Bundesliga. This time last year the Royal Blues were second from bottom without any points.
- Last year Champions League semi-finalists' home balance against Borussia Monchengladbach stands at 16 wins, 7 draws, and 15 defeats.
- The Foals now sit at the top of the league table, which is in stark contrast with their performance last season, when they barely escaped relegation to the second division of German football.
- Lucien Favre has won eight times in 15 games in charge of Gladbach, making him the only coach of the club to have won more than 50 per cent of his matches.
TEAM NEWS:
SchalkeRalf Rangnick will have to do without the services of midfielders Peer Kluge and Levan Kenia, who have been deemed unfit to start the game on Sunday. Defenders Christoph Metzelder, Tim Hoogland and Sergio Escudero will also be forced to watch from the stands as they are still recuperating from knocks.
Borussia Monchengladbach
Injured defender Martin Stranzl is the only absentee for Lucien Favre's men, who will be looking to continue their superb start to the season on Sunday against Schalke.
