FCB has to win in Leverkusen, BVB receives Mainz
On matchday 24 FC Bayern Munich will have to win in Leverkusen in order to put some pressure on leading Dortmund. BVB will play against Mainz 05 on homegrounds on Saturday night. All eyes will be on Mainz´ Mohammed Zidan who is in top condition scoring every single game since leaving Dortmund in winter.
Mohammed Zidan scored every single game since leaving BVB in winter.
If Frenchman Franck Ribery will play on Saturday afternoon in Leverkusen is still not sure after his light injury during the friendly match against Germany on Wednesday. FC Bayern Munich could use the strengths of his superstar in order to put some pressure on Dortmund who is leading by four points in chart.
FCB is three games on foreign grounds without a victory, but highly motivated to break the pattern this weekend after dominating Schalke 04 last week. Leverkusen have not won a single game against Bayern in 14 matches straight.
Leading team Dortmund will play on Saturday night against Mainz 05. BVB coach Juergen Klopp used to coach Mainz, but more important will be the return of Mohammed Zidan to Signal-Iduna-Park. The Egyptian has scored in every single game for Mainz since leaving Dortmund in winter and would like to do so against his former employer.
Schalke 04 is going to face SC Freiburg this weekend. S04 urgently needs three points in order not to lose track of the leading three. Freiburg is currently on last place in chart.
Third placed Gladbach will have to compete with Nuremberg on Sunday. They are currently one point shy of Bayern and leading S04 by three points.
Hamburger SV will play against VFB Stuttgart this weekend. HSV did not do well on home turf. After 23 matchdays they were only victorious twice in Imtech-Arena.
More games on Saturday will be: 1. FC Kaiserslautern against VFL Wolfsburg, Hanover 96 against FC Augsburg.
On Friday night Werder Bremen will face Hertha BSC Berlin. New head coach of Hertha Otto Rehagel is highly motivated to score his first three points since starting in Berlin, but against Werder Bremen this will not be an easy task to master.
The last game of the weekend will be the matchup of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC Cologne on late Sunday. TSG coach Markus Babbel is unbeaten in his first three games with Hoffenheim and is looking to make it four.
