Conference in the live ticker – Bundesliga: Gladbach and Leipzig under massive pressure

RB Leipzig – Arminia Bielefeld (3.30 p.m.)

Eintracht Frankfurt – FSV Mainz 05 (3.30 p.m.)

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – Borussia Mönchengladbach (3.30 p.m.)

VfL Bochum – Union Berlin (3.30 p.m.)

Greuther Fürth – FC Augsburg (3.30 p.m.)

12.00 p.m.: Welcome to the FOCUS Online live ticker. There are five games in the conference on matchday 17. All information before the start of the game.

Will Leipzig reduce the gap to a place in the Champions League?

Situation: Leipzig needs points and goals in order to be able to go into the short winter break with confidence. The contact to the Champions League places should remain. Arminia also has to score, the gap to the relegation rank is four points.

Statistics: There were two Bundesliga games between Leipzig and Bielefeld. Last season RB won 2-1 and 1-0.

Personal: The Saxons are still missing Halstenberg, Olmo, Poulsen and Klostermann. In addition, after the Augsburg game, Laimer joined with an inner ligament tear in his left ankle. At Arminia, Klos should return to the starting XI.

Special: RB has scored 25 goals in the eight Bundesliga home games so far this season. Bielefeld, on the other hand, only conceded nine goals away from home.

Frankfurt invites Mainz to the Rhein-Main-Derby

Situation: Both teams are tied in the upper middle of the table and could go into the Christmas break if they win on a European cup.

Statistics: The Rhein-Main-Derby has taken place 26 times in the Bundesliga. Mainz celebrated nine wins. Eintracht achieved seven successes, six of them at home.

Personal: Eintracht has to forego the injured Hauge and Lenz as well as the suspended Tuta. In Mainz, Kohr, Lucoqui, St. Juste and Szalai are missing. The use of Onisiwo is questionable.

Special: Mainz has already scored 57 points in the calendar year. Only four teams were more successful, including Eintracht (67).

Krisen-Gladbach only one meter away from the relegation place

Situation: Hoffenheim has been unbeaten in five games and hibernates with a win on a Champions League place. Mönchengladbach is completely different: Borussia has lost the last four games and is only one point away from the relegation place.

Statistics: The two teams have met 26 times in the Bundesliga so far. TSG won nine duels, Borussia seven. Ten games ended in a draw.

Personal: Adams, Bicakcic, Bruun Larsen and Skov are still missing at Hoffenheim. The use of Akpoguma (Wade) is questionable, Kaderabek could start for him. Mönchengladbach has to do without national player Hofmann (knee surgery) and the suspended Koné.

Special: Hoffenheim is the favorite opponent of Gladbach coach Hütter. The Austrian had previously played six times against TSG with Eintracht Frankfurt – and scored six wins.

Union Berlin has been waiting for a win for four away games

Situation: Bochum want to further improve their good home record of 14 points and consolidate their secure midfield position at halftime. The Köpenicker have only been able to win one away game in the league and have been waiting for a win for four games abroad.

Statistics: In the 2nd Bundesliga, both clubs faced each other in 20 games. Union was only able to win two of the ten games in Bochum – the last time it was eight years ago.

Personal: Six Bochum professionals are missing, the use of Soares and Holtmann is questionable. The guests can make changes after the heavy load.

Special: The two teams will meet for the first time in the Bundesliga. It is the 940th pairing in Bundesliga history.

Will the bottom of the pack Fürth manage to win the second home win in a row?

Situation: The tattered bottom, Fürth, is hoping for a second home win in a row, Augsburg want to reach the 20-point mark.

Statistics: Augsburg has been unbeaten against Fürth in seven competitive games.

Personal: The strikers Hrgota and Nielsen are likely to return to the starting line-up for the Franks after breaks, the FCA can plan with central defender Gouweleeuw after the expiry of the yellow card suspension.

Special: Tasmania Berlin put in 1965/66 the weakest first half of the Bundesliga history with only one win and one draw. The Fürth do not score, they draw level.

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