Bundesliga week 34

Saturday:
Wolfsburg v Bremen
Arminia v Hannover
Energie v Leverkusen
Cologne v Bochum
Karlsruhe v Hertha
Monchengladbach v Dortmund
Eintracht v Hamburg
Schalke v Hoffenheim
Bayern v Stuttgart

It's the last round of matches in Germany where a point might well be enough for Wolfsburg to clinch their first ever title. They welcome UEFA Cup finalists Bremen to the VW-Arena with Thomas Schaaf getting a good look at the side he's tipped to be taking charge of next season. How Bremen bounce back from their extra time defeat in midweek may not even matter, so well have the Wolves been playing of late. Edin Dzeko is on fire and challenging his partner in crime Grafite for the golden boot. Should Wolfsburg go down, all eyes will be on the Allianz where Bayern face Stuttgart. A draw here and Wolfsburg are champions no matter what. Should this game produce a winner - and form suggests it'll be Stuttgart rather than Bayern - then there needs to be a swing of at least seven goals should Wolfsburg draw. Basically, it's Wolfsburg's to lose.

Karlsruhe will be down if they fail to beat Hertha and that may not be enough depending on other results. Arminia look most likely to get a result, at home to Hannover, of the current bottom three with Energie welcoming Leverkusen to the Freundschaft. Gladbach are all but out of it and it's a good job too as they face in form Dortmund, albeit at home. Bochum are safe and have nothing to play for against Cologne and neither do Eintracht who have bored their way to safety who welcome Hamburg to the CommerzbankArena. Hamburg need a win to stand a chance of European football next season and all signs point to them getting it.

Resurgent Hoffenheim finish their debut season in the top flight at home to Schalke and it speaks volumes for how far they've come to say that it's been a bit of a disappointment. Leaders at christmas, they tailed off badly as injuries to the small squad kicked in. How might they have done had Vedad Ibsevic, 17 goals before the winter break, not done his cruciate? It's a moot point, but the club will learn from their experiences this year and come back better for it. In Ralf Rangnick, they have the future of coaching. If he's backed in the transfer market, and Dietmar Hopp has said as much, they'll be challengers again next season.