By RIch M
Hosts Eintracht Frankfurt and visitors SV Werder Bremen each picked up a point on Friday in a 1:1 draw in Frankfurt’s Waldstadion. The game’s first goal did not come until the 62 minute, when Bremen’s Milos Veljkovic shot the ball inside Frankfurt’s right post. Frankfurt tied the match in the 77th minute, thanks to a header from Tuta. Both sides finished the game with just 10 men on the pitch each, after dismissals of Jens Stage and Tuta. The result is of little consequence to both clubs, as Frankfurt were going to remain in 6th place regardless of the match’s outcome, while Bremen remains in the middle of the table, 2 points behind Hoffenheim and 1 point ahead of Heidenheim going into the rest of the weekend’s contests. Leverkusen will be playing away at Union Berlin on Saturday, and need just 3 wins from their final 7 matches to be crowned Bundesliga champions for the first time. The club is also on track to make history as the first team to go unbeaten through a league campaign. Leverkusen will also be going to Berlin to compete in the DFB Pokal final next month. A Leverkusen win on Saturday would also tie the league record of 28 unbeaten contests to start a season, which is currently held by Pep Guardiola’s Bayern and Jürgen Klopp’s Dortmund from just over 10 years ago. It was a Leverkusen victory in the reverse fixture earlier this season that spelled the end of Urs Fischer’s time as Union Berlin’s trainer, but the club’s fortunes have turned since Nenad Bjelica took over. Union have collected 23 points from their last 16 games, all but ending any fears of relegation. Two important contests on Saturday at the other end of the table will take place, and one of those occurs when 1. FC Köln host VfL Bochum 1848. Köln have only lost 2 of their 31 Bundesliga home games against Bochum, but Bochum are unbeaten in their last 4 games against the Billy Goats, with 3 draws and 1 win. Should Köln win, they could take the relegation play-off spot from Mainz, unless Mainz win their match against visitors Darmstadt. While the reverse fixture ended in a scoreless tie, Mainz haven’t lost any of their last 4 home matches, and Darmstadt are now winless in 20 contests. The late game on Saturday between hosts Borussia Dortmund and visitors VfB Stuttgart is not one to miss, as just 4 points separate the clubs in their 3rd and 4th-place posts. While Stuttgart have won 7 of their last 9, they’ve only won 1 of their last 14 league games in Dortmund. Looking ahead to Sunday, both fixtures feature sides that are separated by just a few points in the table. A win for Hoffenheim at home against Augsburg would bring the 2 clubs level on points.
Hosts Eintracht Frankfurt and visitors SV Werder Bremen each picked up a point on Friday in a 1:1 draw in Frankfurt’s Waldstadion. The game’s first goal did not come until the 62 minute, when Bremen’s Milos Veljkovic shot the ball inside Frankfurt’s right post. Frankfurt tied the match in the 77th minute, thanks to a header from Tuta. Both sides finished the game with just 10 men on the pitch each, after dismissals of Jens Stage and Tuta. The result is of little consequence to both clubs, as Frankfurt were going to remain in 6th place regardless of the match’s outcome, while Bremen remains in the middle of the table, 2 points behind Hoffenheim and 1 point ahead of Heidenheim going into the rest of the weekend’s contests. Leverkusen will be playing away at Union Berlin on Saturday, and need just 3 wins from their final 7 matches to be crowned Bundesliga champions for the first time. The club is also on track to make history as the first team to go unbeaten through a league campaign. Leverkusen will also be going to Berlin to compete in the DFB Pokal final next month. A Leverkusen win on Saturday would also tie the league record of 28 unbeaten contests to start a season, which is currently held by Pep Guardiola’s Bayern and Jürgen Klopp’s Dortmund from just over 10 years ago. It was a Leverkusen victory in the reverse fixture earlier this season that spelled the end of Urs Fischer’s time as Union Berlin’s trainer, but the club’s fortunes have turned since Nenad Bjelica took over. Union have collected 23 points from their last 16 games, all but ending any fears of relegation. Two important contests on Saturday at the other end of the table will take place, and one of those occurs when 1. FC Köln host VfL Bochum 1848. Köln have only lost 2 of their 31 Bundesliga home games against Bochum, but Bochum are unbeaten in their last 4 games against the Billy Goats, with 3 draws and 1 win. Should Köln win, they could take the relegation play-off spot from Mainz, unless Mainz win their match against visitors Darmstadt. While the reverse fixture ended in a scoreless tie, Mainz haven’t lost any of their last 4 home matches, and Darmstadt are now winless in 20 contests. The late game on Saturday between hosts Borussia Dortmund and visitors VfB Stuttgart is not one to miss, as just 4 points separate the clubs in their 3rd and 4th-place posts. While Stuttgart have won 7 of their last 9, they’ve only won 1 of their last 14 league games in Dortmund. Looking ahead to Sunday, both fixtures feature sides that are separated by just a few points in the table. A win for Hoffenheim at home against Augsburg would bring the 2 clubs level on points.
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