Trait for Bavaria

Sergey NIKOLAEV

Stuttgart - Werder Bremen. Victory procession "Bremen Town Musicians" was interrupted last Sunday. The offender of the ex-leader was the main competitor in the fight for gold - Schalke 04. The wards of Thomas Schaaf were forced to retreat, but do not lose hope of catching up and overtaking the Gelsenkirchens. At the same time, the “Bremen” is not in vain and look back. “Stuttgart” - his closest pursuer - in case of victory can come very close to the white-green. It is not easy to make predictions for this fight - the odds are approximately equal. This is reflected in the quotes of bookmakers, giving a small advantage to the strongly speaking away “Werder”.

UNEXPECTED INTrigue

Schalke 04 - Hertha. The team from Gelsenkirchen, in a brilliant style defeating the “Werder Bremen”, led the race. Now you can safely call the “blue” the main favorite of the championship. Hertha has a more modest task for the season - “just” win a ticket to the Champions League. The Berliners lack stability, but they are quite capable of interrupting the 11-match unbeaten run of the Gazprom team. The statistics of the meetings of these rivals in Gelsenkirchen do not please Schalke fans. Over the past eight years, the club only twice beat the capital's visitors.

Joris Mataisen’s affairs are not working in the “Hamburg” as he expected. The defender, who came from AZ last summer, regularly leaves at the base, but his club is firmly settled on the table bottom. Calling the Dutch team for Mataisen is like an outlet. On Wednesday, Joris took an active part in the defeat of the Russians in Amsterdam, scoring his second goal for the “orange”.

IMPORTANT WORDS

"After the defeat from Schalke, the land did not turn over. It was not the best evening for us, the guests won deservedly, but an unfortunate misfire will not unbalance the team. We are not going to Stuttgart with trembling knees. We should play much better there,” sports director of the "Bremen" Klaus Allofs.

Only 1 point in three meetings of the second round scored “Bayern”. The change of head coach did not bring a quick result: the first Munich match under the leadership of Ottmar Hitzfeld ended in a fiasco in Nuremberg (0: 3). With such a game, the “record holder” may be left without the Champions League next season.

Hannover 96 - Wolfsburg

February 9th. "AVD-Arena", 22.30.

Judge: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen).

Injuries: Crane, Brdaric, Juric / dos Santos .

Disqualifications: no.

Hannover 96 (Sport Today version): Enke - Cherandolo, Vinicius, Farenhorst, Tarnat - Balich, Lala, Rosenthal, Yankov, Husti - Hashemyan.

Wolfsburg (Sport Today version): Jentsch - Quiroga, Madlung, Hofland, van der Heyden - van der Leegte, Menseges, Marcelinho, Ksinuvek - Hanke, Diego Klimovich.

Last matches : = - - + + / - - - = +

First round match: 2: 1 (Volkswagen Arena).

Quotes William Hill : the victory of “Hanover 96” - 2, the draw - 3, the victory of “Wolfsburg” - 3.4.

February 10th. Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, 17.30.

Judge: Manuel Grefe (Berlin).

Injuries: no / Baumann, Ovomoyela, Klasnic.

Disqualifications: no.

"Stuttgart" (version of "Sport Today"): Hildebrand - Hilbert, Tasci, Delpierre, Magnin - Pardo, Hilbert, Hitzlsperger, A.da Silva - Cacau, Gomez.

Werder Bremen (Sport Today version): Wiese - Fritz, Mertezacker, Naldo, Wome - Frings, D. Jensen, Borowski, Diego - Klose, Hunt.

Last matches: + = - + + / + + + + -

First round match: 3: 2 (Weserstadion).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Stuttgart” - 2.62, the draw - 2.9, the victory of “Bremen” - 2.5.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Sport-Online, 17.25 (direct).

February 10th. The Veltins Arena, 17.30.

Judge: Michael Weiner (Giesen).

Injuries: S. Larsen, Asamoa, Kunert, Pander, Heppke / Shahed, K. Boateng, Kagara.

Disqualifications: no.

Schalke 04 (Sport Today version): Neuer - Rafinha, Bordon, Krstaich, D. Rodriguez - F. Ernst, Bayramovich, Lincoln - Varela, Kuranyi, Levenkrands.

Hertha (Sport Today version): Fiedler - A. Friedrich, van Burik, Šimunić, Fati - Dardai, Mineiro, Bashtürk, Gilberto - Pantelich, Jimenez.

Last matches: + + + + + + / - + + - +

First round match: 0: 2 (Olimpiyashtadion).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Schalke 04” - 1.61, the draw - 3.3, the victory of “Hertha” - 5.

Broadcast : NTV-Plus Football, 00.35 (record).

February 10th. AOL-Arena, 17.30.

Judge: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel).

Injuries: Company, Demel / Verns, Kael, Smolyarek, B. Mayer, Vrzhogich.

Disqualifications: N.de Yong / no.

Hamburg (Sport Today version): F. Rost - Benjamin, B. Reinhardt, Mataisen, Atuba - Wicca, Jarolim, Laas, van der Warth - Olic, Sanogo.

Borussia (Sport Today version): Weidenfeller - F. Degen, Bzhenska, Metzelder, Dede - Tinga, Kringe, Sahin, Pienaar - Aedo Valdes, Fry.

Last matches : = = = = - / - - + - -

First round match: 0: 1 (“Signal-Iduna-Park”).

Quotes William Hill: victory of “Hamburg” - 2.3, draw - 2.9, victory of “Borussia” - 2.9.

Bayer - Eintracht

February 10th. "BayArena", 17.30.

Judge: Michael Kemper (Sauldorf).

Injuries: Atirson, Schwegler, A. Mayer, Adler / Prell, Roemer.

Disqualifications: Fryer / no.

Bayer (Sport Today version): Butt - Castro, Juan, Aggie, Babich - B. Schneider, Rolfes, Barbares, Barnetta - Kissling, Voronin.

Eintracht (version of "Sport today"): Nikolov - Oks, Kiriyakos, Vasoski, Spiher - Jones. Chris, Straight, A. Mayer, Heller - Takahara.

Last matches: + + + - - / - - - = =

First round match: 1: 3 (“Commerzbank-Arena”).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of Bayer - 1.72, the draw - 3.2, the victory of Eintracht - 4.33.

February 10th. Borussia Park, 17.30.

Judge: Peter Gagelmann (Berlin).

Injuries: Dams, Sonck, Neuville / Doom, Krontiris, Nemeth.

Disqualifications: no / Sichone.

Borussia (Sport Today version): Keller - Bogelund, Gokhuri, Ze Antoniu, Komper - Polanski, Kluge, Delura, Insua, Jansen - Kae.

"Alemannia" (version of "Sport Today"): Straub - Stele, Herzig, Klitzper, Leyvakabessi - Plasshenrich, Matt. Lehmann, Reckampf, Fil - Schlaudraff, Resler.

Last matches: = - - = + / + = - - -

First round match: 2: 4 (Tivoli).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Borussia” - 1.8, the draw - 3.1, the victory of “Alemannia” - 4.

Mainz-05 - Energy

February 10th. The Bruchwegstadion, 17.30.

Judge: Gunter Perl (Munich).

Injuries: none / Skela, Yungnikel, Shekel.

Disqualifications: no.

Mainz-05 (Sport Today version): Wache - Demirtas, M. Friedrich, Noweski, Rose - Gerber, Andreasen, Azauag, Foilner - Ruman, Zidane.

"Energy" (version of "Sport Today"): Piplitsa - Seleshi, Mackenna, Mitreski, Tsvitanovich - Kukelka, T. Rost, Gunkel, Munteanu - Radu, Kiyo.

Last matches: = - + + = / - = + = =

First round match: 0: 2 (Stadion der Freundschaft).

Quotes William Hill: victory of “Mainz-05” - 2.05, draw - 3, victory of “Energy” - 3.3.

11 February. "Revir Power Arena", 19.00.

Judge: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg).

Injuries: Skov-Jensen / Mintal, Kennedy, Engelhardt.

Disqualifications: Maltrits / no.

"Bochum" (version of "Sport today"): Fractional - O. Schroeder, Yahia, Drsek, Benig - Epalle, Dabrowski, Zdebel, Troyan - Misimovich, Gekas.

Nuremberg (Sport Today version): Schaefer - D. Reinhardt, Wolf, Bosch, Pinola - Galasek, Mnari, Greshko - Vittek, Schrot, Saenko.

Last matches: - + - = = / = + + = +

First round match: 1: 1 (Easy Credit Stadium).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Bochum" - 2.62. draw - 2.9, the victory of “Nuremberg” - 2.5.

BAVARIA - ARMENIA

11 February. Alliance Arena, 19.00.

Judge: Babak Rafati (Hannover).

Injuries: Ismael / Kuchera.

Disqualifications: Schweinsteiger / Borges.

Bayern (Sport Today version): Kahn - Sagnol, Lucio, van Beiten, Lam - van Bommel, Hargreaves, Salihamidzic - Pizarro, Makaay, Podolski.

“Arminia” (version of “Sport today”): Hein - Korzhinets, Westermann, Gabriel, Schuler - Kobylik, Kauf, Marx, Boehme - Eigler, Zuma.

Last matches: + + - = - / = - = - -

First round match: 1: 2 (Shyuko Arena).

Quotes William Hill: victory, “Bavaria - 1.3, draw - 4, victory,“ Arminia “- 9.5.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 05.21 (recording).

NOTE: Matches start time is Moscow.

TOURNAMENT TABLE

SNIPERS : Pantelich (Hertha), Klose (Bremen) - 11 each .

22nd TOUR. 02.16. Eintracht - Stuttgart. 02.17 . Alemannia - Bavaria, Werder Bremen - Hamburg, Wolfsburg - Schalke 04, Borussia D - Borussia M, Hertha - Mainz-05, Bayer - Hanover-96. 02/18. Arminia - Bochum, Nuremberg - Energy .

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