Mainz will be welcomed by Bayern Munich in the first round of this year's Budesliga

The defending team in the Champions League, according to club president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, will continue to try to prove what it did last year, namely that it is the number one team in every series. Although the many matches were felt at the end of last year, the standard of Bayern's play has fallen somewhat compared to before, but the ability to fight, the will, was still in the players. The Bavarian team had to stand up to the disadvantage several times and either managed to turn it over or save the match to a draw so they could continue their battles for the Bundesliga from the top of the table. Crucial to this was the fact that on December 19, he also won 2-1 away from the draw against Bayer Leverkusen.

This time, given the balance of power and the position on the table, it will be a much easier task, as Mainz has only scored six points so far, making it the penultimate in the league. Head coach Jan-Moritz Lichte was ousted from Ádám Szalai's team on Monday due to poor performance, and Jan Siewert, who has been involved in the club's recruitment so far, is temporarily leading the first team.

Second-place Leverkusen will start 2021 in Frankfurt and third-place RB Leipzig in Stuttgart with the same number of points. In the latter team - in which Péter Gulácsi and Willi Orbán regularly play a role - Dominik Szoboszlai from Red Bull Salzburg is not yet able to perform. The twenty-year-old midfielder will be deployed in the next round at the earliest after the formalities and paperwork have been settled.

Tenth-placed Freiburg - Ralland Sallai’s team - will play at Hoffenheim’s home, while the dotted-out Dortmund, which is currently only fifth, will host Wolfsburg. Borussia’s professional staff can even count on Erling Haaland on Sunday, who has recovered from a muscle rupture he suffered in early December. The twenty-year-old Norwegian striker has scored ten times in eight games in the Bundesliga this season, with Dortmund winning only once in four stakes without him.

The unbeaten army driver Schalke will be a guest of Hertha in Berlin. Christian Gross, who officially occupied the small bench in Gelsenkirchen last Sunday, put it this way: a perfect start to 2021 will be needed to fight to stay in.

Bundesliga, Round 14:

Saturday:

Arminia Bielefeld-Borussia Mönchengladbach 15.30

Eintracht Frankfurt-Bayer Leverkusen 15.30

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim-SC Freiburg 15.30

1. FC Köln-Augsburg 15.30

Werder Bremen-Union Berlin 15.30

Hertha BSC-Schalke 04 18.30

VfB Stuttgart-RB Leipzig 20.30

Sunday:

Borussia Dortmund-VfL Wolfsburg 15.30

Bayern Munich-FSV Mainz 05 18.00

The job:

1. Bayern Munich 13 39-19 30 points

2. Bayer Leverkusen 13 28-12 28

3. RB Leipzig 13 24- 9 28

4. VfL Wolfsburg 13 20-13 24

5. Borussia Dortmund 13 26-18 22

6. Union Berlin 13 27-18 21

7. VfB Stuttgart 13 26-20 18

8. Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 24-22 18

9. Eintracht Frankfurt 13 21-22 17

10. SC Freiburg 13 20-22 17

11. FC Augsburg 13 15-19 16

12. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 13 21-23 15

13. Werder Bremen 13 16-21 14

14. Hertha BSC 13 19-24 13

15. 1. FC Köln 13 13-21 11

16. Arminia Bielefeld 13 9-23 10

17. FSV Mainz 05 13 12-26 6

18. Schalke 04 13 8-36 4

(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay, mti)