Bundesliga games just keep coming. There has only been one day without a Bundesliga game over the last week, and the last round of fixtures only finished last night. But we go again! It even looks like
the entire schedule will go ahead without snow storms rudely interrupting the weekend plans.
The combination of a tight turnaround and multiple matches being postponed was a real spanner in the works for Predicting Ball, but everything is fixed now and the model updated earlier this evening, so if you want a peek into the future, give it a look. According to the model, tonight’s game is going to be one of the closest of the weekend, with Werder Bremen projected to put up 1.25 xG (~35% win probability) versus Frankfurt’s 1.33 (~40% win probability). Otherwise, we’ve got a lot of mismatches, but tomorrow evening will be an interesting test for Bayern Munich as they head to East Germany to face RB Leipzig. Bayern are obviously still favoured, but Leipzig are looking pretty good and could potentially pull the upset.
Here is this weekend’s Bundesliga schedule:
Friday:
- Werder Bremen vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Saturday:
- Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli
- FC Köln vs Mainz
- Hamburger SV vs Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen
- Wolfsburg vs Heidenheim
- RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich
Sunday:
- VfB Stuttgart vs Union Berlin
- Augsburg vs Freiburg
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Enjoy the game! Heja BVB!
