Fixture update: Schalke and Ingolstadt on Sundays
The DFL has confirmed matchdays 13 to 16. The final game of the year is the derby in Cologne on the Wednesday before Christmas.
The German Football League (DFL) has confirmed the dates for the Bundesliga fixtures on matchdays 13 to 16. Bayer 04 are at home to SC Freiburg on a Saturday in a 15.30 CET kick-off at the BayArena. The two games away to Schalke 04 and at home to FC Ingolstadt are Sunday fixtures at 17.30 CET. The final Werkself match in 2016 is the derby at FC Köln just before Christmas on Wednesday 21 December at 20.00 CET.
Bayer 04 updated fixtures
Matchday 13, Saturday 03.12., 15.30 CET: Bayer 04 v SC Freiburg
Matchday 14, Sunday 11.12., 17.30 CET: Schalke 04 v Bayer 04
Matchday 15, Sunday, 18.12., 17.30 CET: Bayer 04 v FC Ingolstadt
Matchday 16, Wednesday, 21.12., 20.00 CET: FC Köln v Bayer 04
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