Bundesliga team news, injuries and expected lineups for the midweek fixtures

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)

Check out our 40/1 #OOT special selection for Tuesday’s Klassiker between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich here!

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: –

More FST News:

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Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich – How to watch on TV and live stream and possible lineups

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