Bundesliga Fights

Three fascinating contests are being fought out in Germany’s Bundesliga with nine rounds left in the season.

Schalke, Werder Bremen, Stuttgart and Bayern Munich and are all in winning the title position, while Nurnberg, Hannover and Hertha Berlin fight for the fifth and final place in Europe.The remainder of the German clubs is fighting to avoid relegation in one of the tightest bottom halves of the table ever. In other words every club is still playing for something.
The Leader, Schalke 04 will play with third-placed Stuttgart on Saturday and both sides have dropped points recently to allow Bremen and Bayern back for the title fight. Stuttgart president Erwin Staudt declared :”I put my money on Schalke because they have made a good impression and because Kevin Kuranyi is scoring again.”
Bayern Munich travel to relegation threatened Frankfurt on Saturday realizing that three points would keep them in the hunt for the first place.Werder Bremen will play with Mainz, by which time they will know if a win would be good enough to take them back into pole position.
Nurnberg (on the fifth place) have won only one point in last three matches, but have still have a shot to UEFA Cup places. They will play with Borussia Dortmund on Saturday while Hertha Berlin start the weekend’s activities at home to Energie Cottbus.
Leverkusen play on Sunday against Borussia Monchengladbach while Hannover host north Germany rivals Hamburg. All four of those opponents are currently fighting to avoid relegation.Only six points separate ninth-placed Alemannia Aachen from bottom club ‘Gladbach.

1 Schalke 04 50
2 Werder Bremen 47
3 VfB Stuttgart 46
4 Bayern München 44
5 1. FC Nürnberg 37
6 Bayer Leverkusen 36
7 Hannover 34
8 Hertha BSC 34
9 Energie Cottbus 31
10 Alemannia Aachen 30
11 FSV Mainz 30
12 VfL Wolfsburg 29
13 Hamburger 28
14 Borussia Dortmund 28
15 VfL Bochum 27
16 Eintracht Frankfurt 27
17 Arminia Bielefeld 26
18 Borussia Mönchengladbach 24