adminBERLIN. — With runaway leaders Bayern Munich involved in Saturday’s Club World Cup final, their German Bundesliga soccer rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen will be aiming to trim the Bavarians’ lead.
Munich hold a seven-point lead at the top of the table and are threatening to again run off with the title, unless their rivals can steal a march with Bayern in Morocco. Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen face Werder Bremen away today with the hosts winless in their last five games.
“It won’t be easy for us but we want to make a good impression in our last match before the winter break and take all three points,” said Bayer coach Sami Hyypia.
Leverkusen can set a new club record of 40 points for the first half of the season with a win at Bremen on what will be the final Bundesliga weekend of 2013.
But Bayer slumped to a shock defeat at the hands of strugglers Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend and Bremen plan to follow suit.
Fixtures
Today: Borussia Dortmund v Hertha Berlin, Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen, Freiburg v Hanover 96, Hamburg v Mainz 05, Eintracht Braunschweig v Hoffenheim, Nuremberg v Schalke 04
Tomorrow: Borussia Moenchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg.— AFP.
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Bongani Ndlovu