By Rich
Nils Petersen scored in less than a minute after being substituted in to drive Freiburg to a 1:0 victory over visiting Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday. The win keeps Freiburg’s hopes alive of qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. Remarkably, in the last 24 meetings of the 2 clubs, neither has lost at home: the last away win occurred back in March 2002, when Gladbach won 1:0 in Freiburg. The hunt for the league championship will continue on Saturday when Leverkusen hosts Bayern, a match that will feature 2 of the Bundesliga’s hottest strikers. Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz has scored 9 goals in just the 2nd half of the season, and after having left the pitch with an injury in the match against Freiburg last week, has been cleared to return to play. Bayern have extended their lead at the top of the table and are 7 points ahead of Dortmund, and their scoring is led by the only player to have scored more goals in the 2nd half of the season than Havertz, and that striker is Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski needs just 11 more goals to break Gerd Müller’s 40-goal season record. Leverkusen have won their last 2 Bundesliga encounters with Bayern, but have never won 3 consecutive matches against Bayern. Later on Saturday, all eyes will be on Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho when his club hosts Hertha Berlin. Sancho is the league’s 3rd-highest scorer, and his goal tally includes his first career hat trick last Sunday against Paderborn. Sancho has also been a potent weapon for Dortmund against Hertha, having scored 3 times and tallied 3 assists in just 4 league matches with Hertha. Dortmund have won 29 of their past 65 Bundesliga meetings with Hertha, while Hertha have not won their last 5 meetings with Dortmund. Hertha’s leading goalscorer, Dodi Lukebakio, has 6 goals so far this season, but has only managed to score once in his last 8 league appearances. Competition also remains close at the bottom of the table. Paderborn, already facing near-certain relegation, is coming off a 1:6 loss to Dortmund and will travel to Leipzig on Saturday, where the league’s second-best striker, Timo Werner, will be looking to build on his 25 goals so far this season. On Sunday, Bremen will host Wolfsburg and Wolfsburg striker Wout Weghorst. Bremen are just behind Fortuna Düsseldorf and have managed to score just twice since the restart of competition, but they are unbeaten in their last 8 meetings with Wolfsburg.. Wolfsburg will be looking to remain in contention for the final European qualification spot, but that will depend on the outcome of the match between Hoffenheim and Düsseldorf.
Nils Petersen scored in less than a minute after being substituted in to drive Freiburg to a 1:0 victory over visiting Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday. The win keeps Freiburg’s hopes alive of qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. Remarkably, in the last 24 meetings of the 2 clubs, neither has lost at home: the last away win occurred back in March 2002, when Gladbach won 1:0 in Freiburg. The hunt for the league championship will continue on Saturday when Leverkusen hosts Bayern, a match that will feature 2 of the Bundesliga’s hottest strikers. Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz has scored 9 goals in just the 2nd half of the season, and after having left the pitch with an injury in the match against Freiburg last week, has been cleared to return to play. Bayern have extended their lead at the top of the table and are 7 points ahead of Dortmund, and their scoring is led by the only player to have scored more goals in the 2nd half of the season than Havertz, and that striker is Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski needs just 11 more goals to break Gerd Müller’s 40-goal season record. Leverkusen have won their last 2 Bundesliga encounters with Bayern, but have never won 3 consecutive matches against Bayern. Later on Saturday, all eyes will be on Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho when his club hosts Hertha Berlin. Sancho is the league’s 3rd-highest scorer, and his goal tally includes his first career hat trick last Sunday against Paderborn. Sancho has also been a potent weapon for Dortmund against Hertha, having scored 3 times and tallied 3 assists in just 4 league matches with Hertha. Dortmund have won 29 of their past 65 Bundesliga meetings with Hertha, while Hertha have not won their last 5 meetings with Dortmund. Hertha’s leading goalscorer, Dodi Lukebakio, has 6 goals so far this season, but has only managed to score once in his last 8 league appearances. Competition also remains close at the bottom of the table. Paderborn, already facing near-certain relegation, is coming off a 1:6 loss to Dortmund and will travel to Leipzig on Saturday, where the league’s second-best striker, Timo Werner, will be looking to build on his 25 goals so far this season. On Sunday, Bremen will host Wolfsburg and Wolfsburg striker Wout Weghorst. Bremen are just behind Fortuna Düsseldorf and have managed to score just twice since the restart of competition, but they are unbeaten in their last 8 meetings with Wolfsburg.. Wolfsburg will be looking to remain in contention for the final European qualification spot, but that will depend on the outcome of the match between Hoffenheim and Düsseldorf.
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