Bundesliga Round 10 Preview

		Saturday SEPTEMBER 17	KO
		Hoffenheim - Monchengladbach	1530
		Dortmund - Koln	1530
		Hertha Berlin - Mainz	1530
		Kaiserslautern - Freiburg	1530
		Nurnberg - Stuttgart	1530
		Hamburg - Wolfsburg	1830
		Sunday SEPTEMBER 18	KO
		Bayer Leverkusen - Schalke	1530
all kick-off in CET		Hannover - Bayern Munich	1730

Hoffenheim

vs

Monchengladbach

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Haas Beck, Vorsah, Compper, Braafheid Williams, Rudy Musona, Firmino, Babel Ibisevic		Ter Stegen Jantschke, Stranzl, Dante, Daems Nordtveit, Neustadter Herrmann, Reus, Arango Hanke
TEAM NEWS
Tom Starke and Tobias Weis have recently been forced to withdraw from Holger Stanislawski's squad . Hoffenheim have lost to Gladbach in only one of their last nine head-to-head matches. The villagers have been held scoreless in their last three matches.		Igor De Camargo remains out due to injury, and Raul Bobadilla will join him in the stands, having picked up a muscular problem. Gladbach have only managed one point in their five visits to Sinsheim. Borussia are winless in two games, their longest such drought in six months.

Dortmund

vs

Koln

The defending Bundesliga champions will hope to rebound from their Champions League loss to Olympiacos as they take on a dangerous Koln side led by the in-form Lukas Podolski. A full preview of this fixture can be found here.

Hertha Berlin

vs

Mainz

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Kraft Lell, Hubnik, Mijatovic, Kobiaschvili Ottl, Niemeyer Ebert, Raffael, Ben-Hatira Lasogga		H. Muller Pospech, Bungert, Noveski, Fathi Kirchhoff Risse, Polanski, Ivanschitz, N. Muller Choupo-Moting
TEAM NEWS
Hertha have lost just once in their last 10 home games against Mainz. The capitol club have scored in each of their last eight meetings with Mainz. BSC have won two and drawn one in their last three home Bundesliga matches.		Mainz have kept a clean sheet just once this season. Thomas Tuchel's side have failed to win in their last seven matches. FSV have lost none of their last five games with Hertha.

Kaiserslautern

vs

Freiburg

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Trapp Dick, Amedick, Abel, Bugera Kirch, De Wit Sahan, Tiffert Kouemaha, Shechter		Baumann Hinkel, Barth, Krmas, Bastians Flum, Schuster Putsila, Makiadi, Abdessadki Cisse
TEAM NEWS
Centre-back Rodnei is suspended and will be replaced by Mathias Abel. Kaiserslautern have won just one of their four home games this season. 1.FCK have won three of their last four Bundesliga matches away to Freiburg.		Freiburg have won five and lost just two of their last matches in all competitions against Kaiserslautern. The Breisgau have lost four of their last five Bundesliga matches. SCF have the Bundesliga's worst record of goals conceded, with 24.

Nurnberg

vs

Stuttgart

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Stephan Chandler, Wollscheid, Klose, Plattenhardt Simons Mak, Cohen, Hegeler, Esswein Pekhart		Ulreich Boulzhrouz, Tasci, Maza, Boka Kvist Harnik, Hajnal, Okazaki Cacau, Pogrebnyak
TEAM NEWS
Markus Feulner has picked up a knock and will join a lengthy list of injured players, including Christian Eigler, Javier Pinola, and Daniel Didavi. Nurnberg have beaten Stuttgart on more occasions than any Bundesliga team other than Gladbach. The Bavarians are winless in four games.		Stuttgart have allowed just six goals this season, and have the Bundesliga's second-best defensive record. The Swabians have won four of their last five Bundesliga matches, including their last two away. Tamas Hajnal is expected to play in a role between the defensive and attacking midfield bands.

Hamburg

vs

Wolfsburg

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Drobny Diekmeier, Westermann, Bruma, Aogo Kacar, Rincon Tore, Jansen Guerrero, Petric		Benaglio Hasebe, Kyrgiakos, Thoelke, Schafer Trasch, Josue Orozco, Dejagah Lakic, Mandzukic
TEAM NEWS
Gokhan Tore sustained an injury on Thursday and is rated questionable for the match. Heung-Min Son is his potential stand-in. Last week's match-winner, Ivo Ilicevic, is unavailable due to a muscular injury. Hamburg have won just one point from a possible 12 in their home games this season.		Mario Mandzukic is on a rich run of form, having scored 13 goals in his last 16 Bundesliga appearances. Wolfsburg have lost their four away games. conceding three or more goals on each occasion. Wolfsburg have scored more goals against Hamburg than any other team in the Bundesliga.

Bayer Leverkusen

vs

Schalke

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Leno Balitsch,Reinartz, Toprak, Kadlec Bender, Rolfes Sam, Ballack, Schurrle Kiessling		Unnerstall Howedes, Papadopoulos, Metzelder, Fuchs Jones, Holtby Farfan, Raul, Jurado Huntelaar
TEAM NEWS
Gonzalo Castro is suspended following his red card last week, and will be replaced by right-back Hanno Balitsch. Leverkusen have won just one of their last four matches and conceded 10 goals in the process. Robin Dutt's side have lost just one of their last 11 home matches, however.		Julian Draxler started in midfield in Thursday's win over Larnaca, but Jose Jurado is expected to replace him in the squad to face Leverkusen. Schalke have kept only one clean sheet in their last 14 Bundesliga matches. S04 have won just one of their last 10 Bundesliga games against Schalke.

Hannover

vs

Bayern Munich

Bayern's Manuel Neuer can come to within 46 minutes of a new Bundesliga record for time between goals conceded should he keep a clean sheet against Hannover. However, the hosts will offer stiff resistance on home soil. A full preview of this fixture can be found here.