The Rhine derby at the BayArena: The Werkself entertain FC Köln on matchday 29. The DFL has set the clash with the team from Cologne for Saturday night, 17 April with the kick off at 18.30 CEST. That is followed three days later by the away game at Bayern Munich and the final double fixture week of the season for the Black and Reds ends with a home game against Eintracht Frankfurt.
After a weekend without a Bundesliga match, there are the last three games of the season in Germany's top flight: First, the team under head coach Hannes Wolf are away to Werder Bremen (8 May) and the last two matchdays bring a home game against Union Berlin and an away fixture at Borussia Dortmund.
Fixtures on matchdays 29 to 34:
Bayer 04 v FC Köln (Saturday, 17 April, 18.30 CEST)
FC Bayern Munich v Bayer 04 (Tuesday, 20 April, 20.30 CEST)
Bayer 04 v Eintracht Frankfurt (Saturday, 24 April, 18.30 CEST)
Werder Bremen v Bayer 04 (Saturday, 8 May, 15.30 CEST)
Bayer 04 v Union Berlin (Saturday, 15 May, 15.30 CEST)
Borussia Dortmund v Bayer 04 (Saturday, 22 May, 15.30 CEST)
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A cracker of a semi-final at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium. The Bayer 04 U19 team entertain Bayern Munich on Saturday, 10 May (kick-off: 11:00 CEST/stadium opens: 10:00 CEST). In front of a home crowd, the team led by head coach Sergi Runge, who welcomes back an attacking player, is looking to build on the battling performances from the previous knockout games and "perform at the right moment." Tickets are available from the Bayer 04 online shop and the game will also be broadcast live on Sky.
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Germany U17 head coach Marc Meister has called up three Bayer 04 youth players for the forthcoming UEFA U17 European Championship. The tournament involving eight teams runs from 19 May to 1 June in Albania.
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"We have mixed feelings overall today," said head coach Xabi Alonso after the 2-2 draw away to SC Freiburg. Bayer 04 were deservedly 2-0 down against the Champions League contenders up to the closing minutes but fought back with a double whammy from Florian Wirtz and Jonathan Tah to earn a point in the end. That maintains the run of unbeaten away games in the Bundesliga – the all-time record has been achieved! The Werkself review.
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Bayer 04 have now gone 33 Bundesliga away games in succession without defeat and thereby equalled the record set by Bayern Munich: Jonathan Tah netted the equaliser at 2-2 in added time away to SC Freiburg on his 400th appearance for the Werkself. SCF took a 2-0 lead with a strike from Maximilian Eggestein (44') and a Piero Hincapie own goal (48') before Florian Wirtz pulled a goal back on 82 minutes.
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