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Bundesliga: Bayern Munchen – Borussia Dortmund 19/11/2011

Sorry but we won’t be betting a single euro on this game. It’s so completely unpredictable that we rather prefer to sit down with a beer and just enjoy watching it on TV. You can classify the Bavarians as the stronger team, but both teams are very good and almost equal so form of the day might be decisive.

Estimated Bayern starting XI: Neuer - Boateng, van Buyten, Badstuber, Lahm - LuizGustavo, Alabama - T. Muller, Kroos, Ribery - Gomez

Approximate starting lineup BVB: Weidenfeller - Piszczek, Felipe Santana, Hummels, Schmelzer - S. Bender, Kehl - M. Götze, Kagawa, Grosskreutz - Lewandowski

Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund – FC Koeln

Dortmund had another painful lesson in international football. I must admit I thought this time this team will be smarter. I did completely ignore the fact that the stars are still living on the memories from last season. Far too often you can see their approach doesn’t provided same benefits as in the championship season.

BVB should be relieved that Barrios is back in the squad, although he probably will not start. Lewandowski may have made some progress, but he still really is not effective. Much bigger problem is the fact that besides new idol there is not much class. Grosskreutz is a far away from what he can actually offer, Kagawa and Perisic are also not in great shape. BVB should also hope that the defense is better than in Greece.

Cologne’s victory last weekend will long provide material for discussion, especially when it comes to the passive offside. The team has made clear progress and Podolski is finally shows what he is worth. If Novakovic can adopt this team will be really dangerous.

The ratio here is simply overblown. Cologne should be able to compete better, also because BVB can not be at 100% after this game in Greece.

Tip: +1.5 Asian handicap Cologne – 2.04 ladbrokes

German Bundesliga: Gladbach – Leverkusen

A great derby with a lot of fire between the teams. Gladbach lost surprisingly in Freiburg. Against Leverkusen they will play only without de Camargo, who was an important player in their last games. Gladbach itself is likely to once again rely primarily on Reus.

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Bundesliga: Schalke 04 – SC Freiburg

Schalke is still completely in shock after the resignation of Rangnick, but the matches will of course continue

Schalke has one really good starting point for the game. The injury list is small, so that they can do almost the full scoop and the defeat against Bayern Munich was certainly more than painful, but in the current situation, there is perhaps no club in this league who would have done better against Bayern than Schalke did. It will be very important for the Royal Blues to bring back their offensive power.

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Bundesliga Sunday games preview

The Sunday games in Bundesliga are booked for the teams that played in European Cups in the midweek. Take a look at our previews.

Hannover 96 – Borussia Dortmund

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Bundesliga weekend games preview

Nürnberg – Werder Bremen

Nuremberg is keep showing that the strategy to trust young talents was a good choice and is now paying off. It’s mainly thanks to a very good coach in person on Hecking. The game against Werder is still not easy, especially because with Pekhart, the most important option in the offense missing. Although Esswein is also a promising talent, however he alone is likely to be overwhelmed.

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Bundesliga: SC Freiburg – VfB Stuttgart Preview

I’m normally a storyteller who can write a pager even about a very weak game, but in this game I can name only a few pretty small arguments and justifications. But one by one:

Freiburg is just as inconsistent team. They can loose games like a 7-0 humiliation suffered against Bayern. The team is definitely strong offensively mainly thanks to  Cisse, but it is geared too offensively, so they often get in trouble at back and it all ends up in more  handball  or ice hockey results.

Cisse is expected to slowly calm down and realize that he just has one more good season in front of him before he makes a move closer to home.

Stuttgart is just as chaotic as already mentioned, such as Freiburg, however with minor fluctuations. I maintain my impression that it is a real player with no team – Labbadia. Stuttgart’s problem has been laminated against the rather open gambling Hanover, but against good defense, they shoot little gates.  As long as the defense in Stuttgart is not fit, they remain just as vulnerable. I see only causes of many goals.

Tip: Over 2.5 goals – 1.70 bet365 

Estimated starting team Freiburg: Baumann – Mujdza, Barth, Krmas, Bastian – Flum, Schuster – Reisinger, Makiadi, Jendrisek – Cisse

Estimated starting team Stuttgart: Ulreich – Boulahrouz, Tasci, Maza, Molinaro – Kvist, Kuzmanovic – Harnik, Hajnal, Okazaki – Cacau

Bundesliga: Saturday Games 08/27/2011

After a great week in international cups for German clubs, it goes back into the league, which is also seen outside the country as the most exciting in Europe.

SC Freiburg – VfL Wolfsburg
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2. Bundesliga Preview

Unfortunately I do not always have time to discuss the second division, but the second Bundesliga this season is really full of surprises!

Ingolstadt – Hansa Rostock
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Second Bundesliga: Hansa Rostock – VfL Bochum

Not that much to talk about. It is going to be a very interesting fight between these clubs, especially because Hansa will be looking for a revenge after they were two times holding the lead in the cup. The end was a draw and then a lost in penalties, so Hansa is 100% motivated.

Overall the eastern German club has a bad season start. Next to the cup dismiss, they collected only one point in the first two rounds of the league. Next to this, they have huge financial problems and also trouble with some players, so they had to suspend five of them for the cup match against Bochum. They will be only without Mintal today, but their main problem is not that much the striker position. The bigger part of the work will be the really bad defense and if the rumors are right, they are already looking for a defensive midfielder. » Read more..