Nurnberg Bochum
Cologne v Leverkusen
Wolfsburg v Hannover
Bremen v Mainz
Eintracht v Stuttgart
Dortmund v Schalke
Hamburg v Bayern
Freiburg v Monchengladbach
Hoffenheim v Hertha
It goes from bad to worse for Hertha. Bottom of the league, they were dumped out of the cup in midweek by second division 1860 Munich on penalties. Lucien Favre is planning on sticking it out saying "some of the fans still like me" which sounds like the last shred of hope for the Swiss. Defeat in Hoffenheim will see that number of Favre fans diminish further and the Villagers arrive in some sort of form.
Top game, however, is in Hamburg where the visitors are Bayern. Hamburg stumbled last week, but are in free-scoring mood, as were Bayern up until last week. Defensive frailties still plague the Bavarian behemoth, so this one promises goals aplenty. Off-season signing Mario Gomez is unhappy with his lot at Bayern having gone from main man at Stuttgart to bit-part player in Munich. Could it be that Bayern will become their own worst enemies? Leverkusen are still right up there and go to Cologne for a match they should win pretty comfortably. Wolfsburg got back into something like a week ago and a home tie with Hannover will hold few fears.
Elsewhere, Bremen v Mainz promises entertainment. Both sides are in decent form, aren't great at the back, but like to score goals. Nurnberg and Bochum looks a tale of two strugglers, Eintracht against Stuttgart doesn't promise anything, Freiburg are going well and should do well against Gladbach and Schalke's in-fighting and teetering challenge goes to Dortmund.
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