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Top facts matchday 12
With the FC Bayern München - Schalke 04 and 1899 Hoffenheim - VfL Wolfsburg matches taking much of the limelight this weekend, bundesliga.de gives you the lowdown on each of Saturday's other three top-tier fixtures.
VfL Bochum – SC Freiburg
Bochum have won their last three home fixtures against Freiburg with a goal difference of 10-1.
Bochum have lost their last three league games.
Freiburg have lost their last four league games.
Freiburg have not drawn a game since the opening day of the season. No other club in the Bundesliga has gone longer without one.
The last time these two teams met in the league was in March 2006, when current Freiburg duo Tommy Bechmann and Heiko Butscher were on the opposing team in a scoreless draw.
Bochum have the worst home record in the league in terms of goals conceded, with an average of 2.2 per match.
Neither side has managed to win a game in which they have conceded the first goal.
No team has had as many shots fired on their goal as Bochum (74).
No player in the league has had as many shots on goal without scoring as Bochum's Joel Epalle (21).
Freiburg's Felix Bastians was born in Bochum. The defender even played in the Bochum youth ranks before moving to England in 2005.
Bochum manager Heiko Herrlich only lost one of nine encounteres with Freiburg as a player, scoring two goals.
Probable line ups:
Bochum: Heerwagen - Concha, Maltritz, Mavraj, Pfertzel - Epalle, Imhof, Azaouagh, Grote - Klimowicz, Sestak
Freiburg: Pouplin - Cha, Krmas, Bastians, Butscher - Abdessadki, Banovic, Schuster, Jäger - Reisinger, Idrissou
Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart have won their last four matches against Borussia Mönchengladbach – keeping a clean sheet in three of them.
Borussia have won only one of their last 11 home fixtures against VfB Stuttgart (five draws, five losses). Their last win at home was in April 2005, when Gladbach won 2-0.
Gladbach have not netted at home for 253 minutes.
Stuttgart have scored only one goal in their last four Bundesliga matches.
Michael Frontzeck played for Stuttgart between 1989 and 1994. The Gladbach coach took part in all 38 games as the Swabians marched to title glory in 1991/2.
Only Hertha BSC Berlin have won fewer matches (1) than Stuttgart (2).
Only once in their history have Stuttgart collected fewer points after 11 matchdays - in the 1974/75 season. They were relegated at the end of the season.
Probable line ups:
Gladbach: Bailly - Levels, Brouwers, Dante, Juares - Reus, Bradley, Marx, Arango - Colautti, Friend
Stuttgart: Lehmann - Celozzi, Boulahrouz, Delpierre, Boka - Hilbert, Kuzmanovic, Hitzlsperger - Hleb, Elson - Pogrebnyak
1. FSV Mainz 05 – 1. FC Nürnberg
Last season these two teams met in the 2. Bundesliga. They drew 0-0 in Nürnberg and Mainz won their home fixture 2-0.
Mainz have not lost at home in nine games, winning seven and drawing twice (including 2. Bundesliga results from last season). This is the longest such run in the league.
A home victory this time out would make Mainz the strongest home team in the league and indeed be the first time they have ever won five home matches on the bounce in the Bundesliga.
Nürnberg have not won any of their last eight away matches: drawing four and suffering four defeats (including 2. Bundesliga results from last season). This is the longest such run in the league.
Nürnberg have failed to score a goal in five of their 11 league games this term.
These two teams met in the 2. Bundesliga last season, drawing 0-0 in Nürnberg, while Mainz won on home turf 2-0.
No Bundesliga team has been more efficient in front of goal than Mainz this season. 21.4 of their unblocked shots have found their way into the net.
Neither side has lost a match in which they have scored the opening goal so far this term
Mainz's Andreas Ivanschitz is the Bundesliga's most effective frontman with six goals and five assists. Only Stefan Kiessling of Leverkusen has scored more goals (7).
Tim Hoogland is the highest-scoring defender in the league this term. The Mainz stopper has notched four so far.
Probable line ups
Mainz: Müller - Heller, Bungert, Noveski, Löw - Karhan, Svensson - Hoogland, Ivanschitz, Amri - Bance
Nürnberg: Schäfer - Diekmeier, Wolf, Maroh, Pinola - Nordtveit - Kluge, Frantz - Mintal - Eigler, Bunjaku
Probable line ups:
Bochum: Heerwagen - Concha, Maltritz, Mavraj, Pfertzel - Epalle, Imhof, Azaouagh, Grote - Klimowicz, Sestak
Freiburg: Pouplin - Cha, Krmas, Bastians, Butscher - Abdessadki, Banovic, Schuster, Jäger - Reisinger, Idrissou
Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfB Stuttgart
Probable line ups:
Gladbach: Bailly - Levels, Brouwers, Dante, Juares - Reus, Bradley, Marx, Arango - Colautti, Friend
Stuttgart: Lehmann - Celozzi, Boulahrouz, Delpierre, Boka - Hilbert, Kuzmanovic, Hitzlsperger - Hleb, Elson - Pogrebnyak
1. FSV Mainz 05 – 1. FC Nürnberg
Probable line ups
Mainz: Müller - Heller, Bungert, Noveski, Löw - Karhan, Svensson - Hoogland, Ivanschitz, Amri - Bance
Nürnberg: Schäfer - Diekmeier, Wolf, Maroh, Pinola - Nordtveit - Kluge, Frantz - Mintal - Eigler, Bunjaku
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