Bundesliga return: Fixtures, kick-off times, how to watch, latest betting odds, tips and preview for German league's matches on May 29-June 1, 2020

Monday, June 1

FC Koln v RB Leipzig

• Kick-off: 1930 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 4/1 | Draw - 16/5 | Away - 4/7

Koln

• Form: WWLDDL
• League position: 11th
• Manager: Markus Gisdol
• Key players: John Cordoba, Sebastiaan Bornauw
• Familiar names: Toni Leistner (on loan from QPR), Anthony Modeste (ex-Blackburn)
• Team news: Bornauw (suspended), Risse (knee) both out, Hauptmann (groin) doubtful

Leipzig

• Form: WDDDWD
• League position: 3rd
• Manager: Julian Nagelsmann
• Key players: Timo Werner, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Subitzer
• Familiar names: Ademola Lookman (ex-Everton), Ethan Ampadu (Wales/on loan from Chelsea), Angelino (on loan from Man City), Peter Gulacsi (ex-Liverpool)
• Team news: Ampadu (back), Halstenberg (suspended), Konate (hamstring), Poulsen (ankle) all out, Kampl (groin) doubtful

Our prediction: Koln 1-3 RB Leipzig (Sky Bet odds: 11/1)

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• Out of all the teams Köln have faced at least twice in the Bundesliga, their loss percentage against Leipzig (60%) is higher than versus any other side.
• RB Leipzig have scored a league-high 19 goals from set pieces in the Bundesliga this season. Köln are second with 16 dead-ball goals.
• Köln have scored at least once in each of their last 14 Bundesliga matches – they last managed a run of this kind 26 years ago (August-November 1994).
• RB Leipzig are on a nine-game unbeaten run in the Bundesliga, although six of those games have ended in draws. They are now nine points adrift of league leaders FC Bayern.
• RB Leipzig have avoided defeat in each of their last four Bundesliga away games (W2, D2), without conceding a single goal – the latter is an ongoing club record in the top-flight.

Friday, May 29

Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

• Kick-off: 1930 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 10/3 | Draw - 3/1 | Away - 7/10

Freiburg

• Form: LLWDLD
• League position: 8th
• Manager: Christian Streich
• Key players: Luca Waldschmidt, Robin Koch
• Team news: Kübler (knee) out, Haberer (ankle), Ravet (muscular) both doubts

Bayer Leverkusen

• Form: WDWWWL
• League position: 5th
• Manager: Peter Bosz
• Key players: Kai Havertz, Leon Bailey, Kevin Volland, Mousa Diaby
• Team news: L. Bender (foot) and Volland (foot) both doubts

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Our prediction: Freiburg 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen (Sky Bet odds: 12/1)

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• Bayer 04 Leverkusen have only lost one of their previous nine Bundesliga matches against SC Freiburg (W3, D5): 2-1 away in April 2017. The Werkself are currently enjoying a five-game unbeaten run against SCF (W2, D3).
• Freiburg goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow made 13 saves in the 3-3 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt, equalling the all-time Bundesliga record since detailed data collection began in 2004/05.
• Freiburg’s Nils Petersen ended his longest ever goal drought in the Bundesliga during the 3-3 draw in Frankfurt (9 games, 694 minutes), and scored his 23rd goal off the bench in the BL to further extend his record.
• Vincenzo Grifo has had a hand in five of Freiburg’s last seven Bundesliga goals (1 goal, 4 assists). Only Christian Günter (6) has more assists for SCF in the league this season than Grifo (5).
• Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-1 defeat to Wolfsburg was only their second Bundesliga loss in 2020, having previously taken 19 from a possible 21 points in the seven preceding matches. B04 are third in the Rückrunde table with 25 points.
• After conceding just three goals in their previous five Bundesliga matches, Leverkusen let in four goals for only the second time this season against Wolfsburg (also 4-0 loss in Dortmund on MD4).

Friday, May 29

Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

• Kick-off: 1930 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 10/3 | Draw - 3/1 | Away - 7/10

Freiburg

• Form: LLWDLD
• League position: 8th
• Manager: Christian Streich
• Key players: Luca Waldschmidt, Robin Koch
• Team news: Kübler (knee) out, Haberer (ankle), Ravet (muscular) both doubts

Bayer Leverkusen

• Form: WDWWWL
• League position: 5th
• Manager: Peter Bosz
• Key players: Kai Havertz, Leon Bailey, Kevin Volland, Mousa Diaby
• Team news: L. Bender (foot) and Volland (foot) both doubts

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Our prediction: Freiburg 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen (Sky Bet odds: 12/1)

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• Bayer 04 Leverkusen have only lost one of their previous nine Bundesliga matches against SC Freiburg (W3, D5): 2-1 away in April 2017. The Werkself are currently enjoying a five-game unbeaten run against SCF (W2, D3).
• Freiburg goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow made 13 saves in the 3-3 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt, equalling the all-time Bundesliga record since detailed data collection began in 2004/05.
• Freiburg’s Nils Petersen ended his longest ever goal drought in the Bundesliga during the 3-3 draw in Frankfurt (9 games, 694 minutes), and scored his 23rd goal off the bench in the BL to further extend his record.
• Vincenzo Grifo has had a hand in five of Freiburg’s last seven Bundesliga goals (1 goal, 4 assists). Only Christian Günter (6) has more assists for SCF in the league this season than Grifo (5).
• Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-1 defeat to Wolfsburg was only their second Bundesliga loss in 2020, having previously taken 19 from a possible 21 points in the seven preceding matches. B04 are third in the Rückrunde table with 25 points.
• After conceding just three goals in their previous five Bundesliga matches, Leverkusen let in four goals for only the second time this season against Wolfsburg (also 4-0 loss in Dortmund on MD4).

Saturday, May 30

Bayern Munich v Fortuna Dusseldorf

• Kick-off: 1730 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 1/20 | Draw - 10/1 | Away - 33/1

Bayern

• Form: WWWWWW
• League position: 1st
• Manager: Lucien Favre
• Key players: Erling Braut Haaland, Marco Reus, Julian Brandt
• Familiar names: Jadon Sancho (England/ex-Man City), Emre Can (ex-Liverpool)
• Team news: Coutinho (ankle), Thiago (groin), Tolisso (ankle) both out,Mai (ankle), Süle (match fitness) are doubts

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Fortuna Dusseldorf

• Form: WDDDDW
• League position: 16th
• Manager: Uwe Rösler
• Key players: Dawid Kownacki, Kaan Ayhan
• Familiar names: Uwe Rosler (ex-Man City and Southampton striker, Brentford, Wigan and Leeds boss), Mathias 'Zanka' Jorgensen (ex-Huddersfield), Markus Suttner (ex-Brighton), Zack Steffen (on loan from Man City)
• Team news: Steffen (knee) is out

Our prediction: Bayern Munich 5-0 Fortuna Dusseldorf (Sky Bet odds: 10/1)

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• Fortuna Düsseldorf are without a win in each of their last 11 Bundesliga matches against FC Bayern (D2, L9) – in their BL history they have only ever endured a longer winless streak against HSV (12 matches between 1978 and 1984).
• Bayern have scored at least three goals in each of their last six Bundesliga games against Düsseldorf (24 goals in total, an average of 4 per game) – FCB have only managed a longer streak of this kind in the BL against Bielefeld (7 games between 1982 and 1985).
• Bayern have taken 31 points from their 11 Rückrunde matches – only FCB themselves have ever picked up more points at this stage of a Bundesliga Rückrunde: 33 points in 2012/13.
• FC Bayern have kept seven clean sheets in their 11 Rückrunde matches – a league high. They have only conceded six goals in 2020, fewer than any other side.
• Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski has scored against 17 of the 18 current Bundesliga sides – he has failed to net in his 5 BL games against Düsseldorf. The Pole has had 25 unsuccessful shots in 381 minutes against Fortuna.
• Fortuna Düsseldorf, who have dropped the most points from winning positions in the Bundesliga this season (22), came from behind to win a game for the first time this term, doing so last time out against Schalke (2-1).

Hertha Berlin v Augsburg

• Kick-off: 1430 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 4/5 | Draw - 14/5 | Away - 3/1

Hertha Berlin

• Form: DDWWWD
• League position: 10th
• Manager: Bruno Labbadia
• Key players: Krzysztof Piatek
• Familiar names: Salomon Kalou (ex-Chelsea), Dedryck Boyata (ex-Man City and Celtic), Marko Grujic (on loan from Liverpool)
• Team news: Ascacibar (foot) and Kalou (not included) out, the following are doubtful - Kraft (knock), Plattenhardt (knock), Rekik (knee), Stark (groin), Wolf (match fitness)

Augsburg

• Form: LLLLWD
• League position: 12th
• Manager: Heiko Herrlich
• Key players: Ruben Vargas, Philipp Max
• Familiar names: Stephan Lichtsteiner (ex-Arsenal), Reece Oxford (ex-West Ham)
• Team news: Finnbogason (knee), Giefer (foot), Hahn (tendon), Iago (knock) and Schieber (calf) all doubtful

Our prediction: Hertha Berlin 3-0 Augsburg (Sky Bet odds: 16/1)

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• Hertha’s nine-game unbeaten run against FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga (W4 D5) came to an abrupt end with a 4-0 defeat earlier in the season.
• 19 goals have been scored in the last four Bundesliga matches between Hertha BSC and FC Augsburg (4.75 on average) – more than in the first 11 fixtures combined (14 goals in total), which also saw four goalless draws.
• Hertha BSC are on a five-game unbeaten run in the Bundesliga (W2 D3) – they last managed this between December 2015 and February 2016 (six).
• Hertha BSC have scored at least twice in each of their last five Bundesliga games – the Old Lady have only ever enjoyed a longer run of this kind once in their BL history - Autumn 1976 (nine consecutive matches).
• Hertha’s Marvin Plattenhardt has assisted four goals in his last four Bundesliga appearances, which is more than in his previous 31 matches combined (3). Four of his five goal involvements this term have come in the last four matches.
• FC Augsburg have kept clean sheets in their last two Bundesliga games, which is twice as many as they managed in the 14 BL matches prior to this (1). A third consecutive shutout would equal their club record in the top-flight (last managed in November 2016).
• Augsburg’s Florian Niederlechner, who has had a hand in a club-high 17 goals this season, hasn’t been directly involved in a goal in his last eight Bundesliga matches – he has only ever endured a longer drought in his first 18 Bundesliga games back in 2015/16.

Mainz v Hoffenheim

• Kick-off: 1430 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 17/10 | Draw - 13/5 | Away - 11/8

Mainz

• Form: LWDDLD
• League position: 15th
• Manager: Achim Beierlorzer
• Key players: Jean-Philippe Mateta, Moussa Niakhate, Robin Quaison
• Familiar names: Ji Dong-won (ex-Sunderland), Jeffrey Bruma (ex-Chelsea), Taiwo Awoniyi (on loan from Liverpool), Edimilson Fernandes (ex-West Ham)
• Team news: Latza (suspended) and Zentner (knee) both out, St. Juste (knee) doubtful

Hoffenheim

• Form: DLDLDW
• League position: 7th
• Manager: Alfred Schreuder
• Key players: Andrej Kramaric
• Familiar names: Havard Nordtveit (ex-Arsenal, West Ham and Fulham)
• Team news: Belfodil (knee) and Hübner (suspended) out, the following all doubtful - Adamyan (ankle), Grillitsch (groin), Kramaric (ankle), Stafylidis (muscular)

Our prediction: Mainz 1-2 Hoffenheim (Sky Bet odds: 9/1)

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• Mainz have won each of their last two Bundesliga games against Hoffenheim (4-2 H, 5-1 A) – the Zerofivers have only enjoyed more consecutive BL wins over TSG between 2009 and 2011 (four games; also the first four meetings).
• Mainz 05 have scored 42 goals against Hoffenheim (same as vs. Freiburg) – they haven’t managed more against any other Bundesliga side. TSG have only netted more BL goals against Hannover (41) than they have versus Mainz (38, same as vs. Gladbach and Bremen).
• Four or more goals have been scored in eight of the last nine Bundesliga matches between Mainz and Hoffenheim. 46 goals have been scored in these meetings, at an average of over five per game (5.1).
• Mainz have conceded a league-high 61 goals in the Bundesliga this season (2.2 per game). The Zerofivers had never previously let in more than 57 goals across an entire BL campaign (2006/07 and 2018/19).
• Mainz’s top goalscorer, Robin Quaison (12 goals), hasn’t had a hand in a goal in his last four Bundesliga outings – he last endured a longer drought in autumn 2018.
• Hoffenheim’s Christoph Baumgartner scored twice and registered one assist against Köln – he had only had a hand in three goals before that this calendar year. This was also the first time he had been directly involved in more than one goal in a Bundesliga game.

Schalke v Werder Bremen

• Kick-off: 1430 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 7/5 | Draw - 23/10 | Away - 19/10

Schalke

• Form: LLDLLL
• League position: 9th
• Manager: David Wagner
• Key players: Ozan Kabak, Amin Harat
• Familiar names: David Wagner (ex-Huddersfield boss), Rabbi Matondo (Wales, ex-Man City), Jonjoe Kenny (on loan from Everton), Matija Nastasic (ex-Man City), Benjamin Stambouli (ex-Tottenham)
• Team news: Harit (ligament), Serdar (knee), Stambouli (match fitness) all out, the following all doubtful - Mascarell (groin), Raman (thigh)

Werder Bremen

• Form: LLDLD
• League position: 17th
• Manager: Florian Kohfeldt
• Key players: Milot Rashica, Max Eggestein
• Familiar names: Claudio Pizarro (ex-Chelsea), Nuri Sahin (ex-Liverpool), Davy Klaassen (ex-Everton)
• Team news: Füllkrug (torn ACL), Möhwald (knee), Pizarro (thigh), Toprak (calf), Veljkovic (suspended) all out, Augustinsson (match fitness) is doubtful

Our prediction: Schalke 0-1 Werder Bremen (Sky Bet odds: 10/1)

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• SV Werder Bremen have won more Bundesliga games against FC Schalke 04 (43/101) than they have versus any other team. Schalke have also picked up 38 wins against Werder – more than they have versus any current BL side.
• Werder Bremen have won each of their last three competitive away games at Schalke – four away wins on the bounce would equal a club record since the Bundesliga was founded (most recently achieved in Mainz between 2014 and 2018).
• FC Schalke 04 are without a win in 10 Bundesliga games (D4, L6) – this last happened to the Royal Blues at the end of 1996/97 (11 winless matches). With seven points and a -19 goal difference, Schalke are bottom of the Rückrunde table. This is their worst ever points tally after 11 Rückrunde matches.
• Werder have kept back-to-back clean sheets in the Bundesliga for the first time since October 2018 – they last managed more under Robin Dutt in February/March 2014 (3).
• Bremen’s Maximilian Eggestein has had a hand in five goals in six Bundesliga games against Schalke (3 goals, 2 assists) – he hasn’t been directly involved in more than two goals against any other side in the BL.

Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

• Kick-off: 1430 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 17/20 | Draw - 14/5 | Away - 11/4

Wolfsburg

• Form: WDDWLW
• League position: 6th
• Manager: Oliver Glasner
• Key players: Wout Weghorst, Jerome Roussillon
• Team news: Klaus (suspended), Otavio (ankle), William (knee) all out, the following all doubtful - Camacho (ankle), Guilavogui (knee), Mehmedi (Achilles tendon)

Eintracht Frankfurt

• Form: LLLLLD
• League position: 14th
• Manager: Adi Hütter
• Key players: Filip Kostic, Andre Silva, Evan N'Dicka
• Familiar names: Gelson Fernandes (ex-Man City), Jonathan de Guzman (ex-Swansea), Erik Durm (ex-Huddersfield)
• Team news: Ilsanker (suspended), Paciencia (thigh) both out

Our prediction: Wolfsburg 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt (Sky Bet odds: 15/2)

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• Wolfsburg have won five of their last seven Bundesliga games against Eintracht Frankfurt (D1 L1), with the defeat coming at home in January 2018 (3-1).
• Wolfsburg scored three headers in a single Bundesliga game in their 4-1 win against Leverkusen last time out for the first time since detailed data collection began in 2004/05. Indeed, the Wolves have netted 11 headers this season already – they last scored more in 2014/15 (13).
• Wolfsburg have won just one of their last six Bundesliga home games (D3 L2): a 4-0 victory against Mainz on MD23. They’ve scored just three goals across their other five home games in this run.
• Wolfsburg‘s Maximilian Arnold had a hand in three goals last time out for the first time in the Bundesliga (1 goal, 2 assists). Arnold’s 11 goal involvements this season (4 goals, 7 assists) are a new personal best for him in a BL season.
• Frankfurt have conceded at least three goals in each of their last four Bundesliga matches – doing so against Woflsburg would see them equal their worst such run - set in autumn 1976 – conceding 3+ goals in five straight top-flight games.
• Eintracht Frankfurt had 16 shots on target against Freiburg last time out, equalling a Bundesliga record in the process (since detailed data collection began in 2004/05). FC Bayern are the only other side to have also managed this (vs. Kaiserslautern in November 2004).
• With just seven points from 13 Bundesliga away games in 2019/20, Frankfurt have won the fewest number of points in away games of all sides this season. They are the only side yet to keep a clean sheet on the road this term.

Sunday, May 31

Borussia Monchengladbach v Union Berlin

• Kick-off: 1430 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 8/15 | Draw - 10/3 | Away - 17/4

Gladbach

• Form: WLWWLD
• League position: 4th
• Manager: Marco Rose
• Key players: Denis Zakara, Alassane Plea, Marcus Thuram
• Team news: Embolo (calf), Jantschke (suspended), Johnson (muscular), Strobl (hamstring), Zakaria (knee) all out

Union

• Form: WDLLLD
• League position: 13th
• Manager: Urs Fischer
• Key players: Sebastian Andersson
• Team news: Andrich (suspended), Becker (thigh), Gogia (match fitness) all out

Our prediction: Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 Union Berlin (Sky Bet odds: 11/1)

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• Borussia Mönchengladbach have only lost one of their last 19 Bundesliga home games against promoted sides (W15, D3): 2-1 vs. Leipzig in 2016/17, which is also their only home loss against a BL debutant this millennium.
• Borussia Mönchengladbach have failed to win either of their last two Bundesliga games (D1, L1) – a run of three BL matches without a victory would be a first for the Foals under Marco Rose.
• Mönchengladbach have scored in each of their last 13 Bundesliga home games – they last enjoyed a run like that within a single BL season between August 2012 and April 2013 (15 consecutive home games).
• After their 1-1 draw with Mainz, Union Berlin have now gone five straight games without a win for the first time in the Bundesliga (D2, L3).
• Union have conceded a league high 24 goals in the 11 Bundesliga games since the winter break (same as Schalke 04), already as many as they let in across the entire Hinrunde.
• After two Bundesliga games and a total of 242 minutes without scoring, Marcus Ingvartsen ended Union Berlin’s goal drought last time out against Mainz, also scoring the first goal directly from a free kick in Union’s Bundesliga history.

Paderborn v Borussia Dortmund

• Kick-off: 1700 BST
• TV: Live on BT Sport
• Odds: Home - 8/1 | Draw - 17/4 | Away - 3/10

Paderborn

• Form: LLLDDD
• League position: 18th
• Manager: Steffen Baumgart
• Key players: Sebastian Vasiliadis
• Familiar names: Dennis Srbeny (ex-Norwich), Abdelhamid Sabiri (ex-Huddersfield)
• Team news: Gjasula (suspended), Kilian (match fitness) is doubtful

Dortmund

• Form: WWWWWL
• League position: 2nd
• Manager: Lucien Favre
• Key players: Erling Braut Haaland, Marco Reus, Julian Brandt
• Familiar names: Jadon Sancho (England/ex-Man City), Emre Can (ex-Liverpool)
• Team news: Dahoud (knee), Haaland (knee), Reus (thigh), Schulz (muscular), Zagadou (knee) all out

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Our prediction: Paderborn 0-3 Borussia Dortmund (Sky Bet odds: 8/1)

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• Borussia Dortmund only have a lower win percentage in the Bundesliga against FC Bayern (25%) than they do versus Paderborn (33%).
• Paderborn came back from a two-goal deficit for the first and only time in the Bundesliga in their 2-2 draw against Dortmund in November 2014, while the only time they have let a three-goal lead slip came in the 3-3 draw in this season’s Hinrunde match in Dortmund.
• SC Paderborn haven’t won any of their last nine Bundesliga games (D4, L5), with their last victory a 2-0 win in Freiburg on matchday 19. However, SCP are currently unbeaten in three straight games for the first time this BL season (D3).
• Dortmund remained goalless against Bayern, the first time they have failed to score in the Bundesliga since matchday 11 (4-0 loss in Munich). BVB last drew blanks in back-to-back BL games in March 2015 (0-0 vs. both Hamburg and Köln).
• Dortmund have conceded just two goals across their last seven Bundesliga games – in the 2-1 win in Mönchengladbach and in the 1-0 loss to Bayern. No BL side has let in fewer goals in that timeframe.
• Dortmund have only won one of their last six away games against promoted sides: 3-1 at Köln on matchday 2 this season. They have lost four of those six matches.

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