Football record champions FC Bayern will play against FSV Mainz 05 in the Saturday evening game (6.30 p.m./Sky). Coach Thomas Tuchel’s Munich team is still playing without Manuel Neuer; the comeback of the long-injured national goalkeeper has been postponed by at least a week.
Will Bayern conquer the top of the Bundesliga table?
The Munich team can only become leaders with a win if their competitors make a mistake first. Leaders Bayer Leverkusen will play at VfL Wolfsburg in the afternoon, while second-placed VfB Stuttgart will play at 1. FC Union Berlin (both 3:30 p.m./Sky).
At the same kick-off time, promoted Darmstadt 98 welcomes cup winners RB Leipzig, SC Freiburg plays against VfL Bochum, and Eintracht Frankfurt plays against TSG Hoffenheim.
The games on Saturday
- Union Berlin – VfB Stuttgart (3.30 p.m.)
- SC Freiburg – VfL Bochum (3.30 p.m.)
- VfL Wolfsburg – Bayer 04 Leverkusen (3:30 p.m.)
- 1899 Hoffenheim – Eintracht Frankfurt (3:30 p.m.)
- SV Darmstadt 98 – RB Leipzig (3.30 p.m.)
- FSV Mainz 05 – Bayern Munich (6.30 p.m.)
The games on Sunday
- 1. FC Cologne – Borussia Mönchengladbach (3:30 p.m.)
- 1. FC Heidenheim – FC Augsburg (5.30 p.m.)