Karim Bellarabi suffered a thigh injury in Friday night's 4-1 defeat for the Werkself away to Hoffenheim. Lars Bender was not seriously injured.
Show moreThe first international break of the year is over and Bundesliga action returns this weekend. The Werkself kick-off matchday 27 tomorrow (Friday, 20.30 CET, live text commentary and web radio in German at bayer04.de) with an away game at TSG Hoffenheim who are currently ninth in the table. "I hope we've learned from the mistakes in the game against Bremen and do better tomorrow night," said head coach Peter Bosz at the pre-match press conference on Thursday morning.
Show moreThe first international fixtures have been played and now the Bundesliga returns. And in style! There are eight games to go. The next seven weeks will settle matters and provide answers. Also on the question of: Who will qualify for Europe? Read on for stats and facts on the Friday night clash between TSG Hoffenheim and Bayer 04 (20.30 CET, live text commentary and web radio in German at bayer04.de).
Show moreW | D | L | Go. | G. Dif. PTS | |||
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1 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 6 | 2 | 66 : 30 | CL | 27 +36 63 |
2 | FC Bayern | 19 | 4 | 4 | 69 : 28 | CL | 27 +41 61 |
3 | RB Leipzig | 15 | 7 | 5 | 49 : 20 | CL | 27 +29 52 |
4 | Frankfurt | 14 | 7 | 6 | 54 : 30 | CL | 27 +24 49 |
5 | M´gladbach | 14 | 5 | 8 | 46 : 34 | EL | 27 +12 47 |
6 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 9 | 7 | 49 : 39 | EL | 27 +10 42 |
7 | Bayer 04 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 48 : 44 | QEL | 27 +4 42 |
8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 12 | 6 | 9 | 44 : 41 | 27 +3 42 | |
9 | TSG Hoffenheim | 10 | 11 | 6 | 54 : 39 | 27 +15 41 | |
10 | Hertha BSC | 9 | 8 | 10 | 40 : 44 | 27 -4 35 | |
11 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 10 | 4 | 13 | 36 : 51 | 27 -15 34 | |
12 | SC Freiburg | 7 | 11 | 9 | 38 : 43 | 27 -5 32 | |
13![]() | Mainz 05 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 28 : 48 | 27 -20 30 | |
14 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 28 : 44 | 27 -16 26 | |
15 | FC Augsburg | 6 | 7 | 14 | 37 : 50 | 27 -13 25 | |
16 | VfB Stuttgart | 5 | 5 | 17 | 26 : 59 | PL-OFF | 27 -33 20 |
17 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 : 52 | REL | 27 -30 16 |
18 | Hannover 96 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 24 : 62 | REL | 27 -38 14 |