Hertha v Stuttgart
Hertha haven't won any of their last 17 Bundesliga home games - a league record. They have lost their last four BL home games - a club record.
Hertha are winless in their last eight BL games (four draws, four defeats).
Hertha manager Markus Babbel was sacked at Stuttgart - his first job as a manager, and the one before Hertha - in December 2009.
Stuttgart have won only four of their 27 BL meetings with Hertha in Berlin (seven draws, 16 losses).
Stuttgart have lost only one of their last seven away games in the league (four wins, two draws).
Stuttgart have won six of their last nine competitive games and five of their last eight BL games (one draw, two losses).
Hamburg v Köln
Hamburg are winless in 10 BL games (six draws, four defeats). Their last win came back in April, when they beat Köln 3-0 away.
Hamburg have conceded the most goals of all BL teams this season (10).
The last league game that Hamburg won was their home game on MD 27 in 2010/11 against Köln (6-2).
In their last five away games in the league, Köln have conceded an average of four goals.
Köln have won only two of their last 20 Bundesliga away games (three draws, 15 losses).
Köln lost their first away game of this season 1-5 at Schalke, after taking a 1-0 lead.
Nürnberg v Augsburg
Nürnberg have won only one of their last seven league games (one draw, five losses).
At home, Nürnberg have won none of their last five games in the league (two draws, three losses).
In the two teams' last encounter, the Bundesliga relegation match of 2009/10, Nürnberg held off Augsburg (1-0 H, 2-0 A) to stay in the top flight.
Augsburg haven't won any of their last 10 competitive games against Nürnberg (three draws, seven losses) and have been waiting for a win against them for almost 35 years now.
Spanning seasons (and leagues), Augsburg have won only one of their last seven league games (three draws, two losses).
Newly-promoted Augsburg have yet to win their first Bundesliga game (two draws, one loss).
Freiburg v Wolfsburg
Freiburg have lost their last three BL home games - a fourth loss in a row would be a negative club record.
Freiburg have kept a clean sheet in only one of their last 16 BL games.
Freiburg have only kept one clean sheet in their last 16 BL games.
In eight BL visits to Freiburg, Wolfsburg have never managed a win (three draws, five losses).
Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath has lost only one of his 19 competitive meetings with Freiburg, winning 16 and drawing two.
Wolfsburg have won three of their last four away games in the league, although the latest was a 1-4 loss at Gladbach.
Kaiserslautern v Bayern
Lautern have only lost one of their last eight competitive games (five wins, two draws).
Lautern have won only one of their last 16 meetings with Bayern, losing 11 (four draws).
Lautern have lost more games (45) and conceded more goals (168) against Bayern than against any other BL team.
Bayern's defeat to Kaiserslautern (0-2) in the first half of last season was the only one in all competitions against the Red Devils since April 1999.
Bayern have only lost one of their last 12 BL games (nine wins, two draws).
Bayern have scored 36 goals in their last 12 BL games, an average of three per game, and did not allow their opponents more than one goal in any of these games.
Hoffenheim v Bremen
Hoffenheim have found the net at least once in each of their last nine BL games - currently the longest series in the league.
Hoffenheim have won only one of their seven competitive meetings with Bremen (one draw, five losses).
New Hoffenheim manager Holger Stanislawski has never won against Bremen as a player or manager (one draw, five losses).
In the two teams' first BL meeting in September 2008 in Bremen, Hoffenheim managed to erase a 1-4 deficit only to lose 4-5 come full time.
Bremen have alternated between wins and defeats for seven games now - if this pattern continues, they will lose at Hoffenheim.
Bremen have won three of their last six BL away games (one draw, two losses).
Leverkusen v Dortmund
Leverkusen have scored only four goals in their last six BL games, but won three of those games (one draw, two losses).
Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last eight BL home games, winning seven of these (one draw) - their last home defeat came at the hands of Dortmund (1-3 in January).
Leverkusen have only won one of their last eight competitive meetings with Dortmund (three draws, four defeats).
Dortmund's 0-2 defeat to Leverkusen in their home opener last season was the Champions' only home defeat in all of last season.
Dortmund are winless in their last five BL away games, losing four of these games (one draw) and failing to find the net in the last three.
Dortmund have conceded more than one goal in only one of their last 36 BL games, keeping a clean sheet in 15 of those games.
Hannover v Mainz
Hannover have won seven of their last nine BL home games (one draw, one loss).
Hannover haven't conceded more than one goal in any of their last 12 BL home games - a club record.
Hannover haven't lost a BL game at home against Mainz (two draws, three losses).
Mainz' last win at Hannover came in their Second Division encounter in 2001, when they turned an early 0-2 deficit into a 4-2 win.
Last week, Mainz lost 2-4 to Schalke after taking an early 2-0 lead - their first defeat after seven unbeaten games in the league.
Mainz are unbeaten in their last three BL games on foreign soil, winning two of these (one draw) - their last away loss came at Hannover (0-2) on matchday 29 of last season.
Schalke v Gladbach
Schalke have scored a total of nine goals in their last two BL games - they had last managed this in two consecutive league games in February of 2006.
Schalke have conceded 15 goals in their last six BL games, an average of 2.5.
At Mainz last week, Schalke turned a two-goal-deficit into a win (4-2) for the first time in more than ten years (5-3 against Unterhaching in May 2001).
Gladbach won none of their last 15 BL visits to Schalke (five draws, ten losses).
Gladbach are unbeaten in their last seven Bundesliga games (five wins, two draws).
Since Lucien Favre took over the helm at Gladbach in February, the Foals have only conceded 11 goals in 15 BL games. The home game against Schalke (2-1) was Favre's debut at Gladbach.
