There is a full programme of Bundesliga fixtures to sink your teeth into on Tuesday and Wednesday this week as 2019/20 German football season gathers speed towards its climax.
On Tuesday’s four-match agenda, the potentially pivotal Klassiker clash between the division’s top two Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich is undoubtedly the standout contest, while RB Leipzig’s meeting with a re-energized Hertha Berlin looks the pick of the games from Wednesday’s five-fixture lineup.
Below, you’ll find all of the latest Bundesliga team news, injury updates and probably line-ups ahead of the weekend’s fixtures.
We’ll be updating this page with all the latest updates as they break, and remember- you can find all of our German football betting tips and match previews over on our Bundesliga predictions page.
Bundesliga team news
Tuesday 26 May
Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich (kick-off: 5.30pm – BT Sport 1/BT Sport Ultimate)
Dortmund: Bürki – Piszczek (c), Hummels, Akanji – Hakimi, Can, Brandt, Guerreiro – Sancho, Haaland, Hazard
Out: Reus (thigh), Schulz (muscular), Zagadou (knee)
Doubtful: Witsel (groin)
Bayern: Neuer (c) – Pavard, Boateng, Alaba, Davies – Kimmich, Goretzka – Gnabry, Müller, Coman – Lewandowski
Out: Coutinho (ankle), Thiago (groin), Tolisso (ankle)
Doubtful: Süle (match fitness)
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Bayer Leverkusen vs. Wolfsburg (kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport 2)
Leverkusen: Hradecky – Weiser, S. Bender, Tapsoba, Wendell – Aranguiz, Demirbay – Bellarabi, Amiri, Diaby – Havertz (c)
Out: –
Doubtful: L. Bender (foot), Tah (back), Volland (foot)
Wolfsburg: Casteels (c) – Mbabu, Pongracic, Brooks, Roussillon – Steffen, Schlager, Arnold, Brekalo – Weghorst, Ginczek
Out: Gerhardt (head injury), Mehmedi (Achilles tendon), Otavio (ankle), William (knee)
Doubtful: Camacho (ankle), Guilavogui (knee)
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Freiburg (kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport ESPN)
Frankfurt: Trapp – Toure, Abraham (c), Hinteregger, N’Dicka – Ilsanker, Rode – Gacinovic, Kamada, Kostic – Dost
Out: Paciencia (thigh)
Doubtful: –
Freiburg: Schwolow – Gulde, Lienhart, Heintz – Schmidt, Abrashi, Höfler, Günter (c) – Sallai, Petersen, Grifo
Out: Kübler (knee)
Doubtful: Haberer (ankle), Koch (back), Ravet (muscular), Waldschmidt (ankle)
Werder Bremen vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach (kick-off: 7.30pm BT Sport 1)
Bremen: Pavlenka – Gebre Selassie, Veljkovic, Moisander (c), Augustinsson – M. Eggestein, Bargfrede, Klaassen – Bittencourt, Selke, Rashica
Out: Füllkrug (torn ACL), Möhwald (knee), Pizarro (thigh), Toprak (calf)
Doubtful: Vogt (hip)
Gladbach: Sommer – Lainer, Ginter, Elvedi, Bensebaini – Kramer, Neuhaus – Hofmann, Stindl (c), Thuram – Plea
Out: Embolo (ankle), Strobl (hamstring), Zakaria (knee)
Doubtful: Johnson (muscular)
Wednesday 27 May
RB Leipzig vs. Hertha Berlin (kick-off: 5.30pm – BT Sport 1)
Leipzig: Gulacsi – Klostermann, Upamecano, Halstenberg – Mukiele, Sabitzer (c), Kampl, Angelino – Nkunku, Werner – Schick
Out: Konate (hamstring), Poulsen (ankle)
Doubtful: Ampadu (back), Laimer (knee)
Hertha: Jarstein – Pekarik, Boyata, Torunarigha, Plattenhardt – Skjelbred, Grujic – Lukebakio, Darida, Cunha – Ibisevic (c)
Out: Ascacibar (foot), Kalou (not included), Rekik (knee), Stark (groin), Wolf (match fitness)
Doubtful: Kraft (knock)
Hoffenheim vs. Cologne (kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport 3)
Hoffenheim: Baumann – Kaderabek, Posch, Hübner (c), Zuber – Rudy, Grillitsch – Skov, Geiger, Baumgartner – Dabbur
Out: Belfodil (knee), Kramaric (ankle)
Doubtful: Adamyan (ankle), Stafylidis (muscular)
Cologne: Horn – Ehizibue, Bornauw, Leistner, Katterbach – Skhiri, Hector (c) – Kainz, Uth, Jakobs – Cordoba
Out: Risse (knee)
Doubtful: Hauptmann (groin)
Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. Schalke (kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport 1)
Fortuna: Kastenmeier – Ayhan, Hoffmann, Gießelmann – Zimmermann, Stöger, Morales, Berisha, Suttner – Karaman, Hennings (c)
Out: Steffen (knee)
Doubtful: –
Schalke: Schubert – Kenny, Sane, Nastasic, Oczipka (c) – Caligiuri, McKennie, Schöpf – Matondo – Gregoritsch, Raman
Out: Harit (ligament), Mascarell (groin), Todibo (ankle)
Doubtful: Serdar (shin), Stambouli (match fitness)
Augsburg vs. Paderborn (kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport Extra 2)
Augsburg: Luthe – Framberger, Jedvaj, Uduokhai, Max – Khedira, Baier (c) – Sarenren Bazee, Löwen, Richter – Niederlechner
Out: Hahn (tendon)
Doubtful: Finnbogason (knee), Giefer (foot), Iago (knock), Schieber (calf), Vargas (ankle)
Paderborn: Zingerle – Jans, Strohdiek, Schonlau (c), Collins – Vasiliadis, Gjasula, Sabiri – Pröger, Srbeny, Antwi-Adjei
Out: –
Doubtful: Kilian (match fitness), Michel (dental surgery)
Union Berlin vs. Mainz (kick-off: 7.30pm – BT Sport 2)
Union: Gikiewicz – Friedrich, Schlotterbeck, Subotic – Trimmel (c), Gentner, Andrich, Lenz – Ingvartsen, Bülter – Andersson
Out: Becker (thigh)
Doubtful: Gogia (match fitness)
Mainz: Müller – St. Juste, Bruma, Niakhate – Baku, Barreiro, Latza, Martin – Boetius – Quaison, Mateta
Out: Zentner (knee)
Doubtful: –
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