Bayern Munich are nine points ahead of second-place Borussia Dortmund with just five games to play. A win on Sunday against Arminia Bielefeld would allow Die Roten to take a big step toward another Bundesliga title.
Stuttgart picked up a 2-1 home win against Mainz earlier this season when these teams met in the Bundesliga. Now, the Swabians are looking for another win over Mainz to end a two-match winless streak.
Mainz go into the weekend on a three-match winless streak. The 05ers took a mere four points from the last 18 points on offer in the league. They conceded 10 goals and scored nine times across the last six fixtures.
Stuttgart took eight points from the last 18 points on offer. However, they are coming off of a 2-0 home loss against Borussia Dortmund. Stuttgart go into the weekend just one point ahead of 16th-place Arminia Bielefeld.
It is a relegation six-pointer between Augsburg and Hertha Berlin on Saturday as both clubs are desperate for maximum points. Augsburg are 14th with 32 points while Hertha are 17th with 26 points.
Augsburg are six points ahead of the relegation playoff place. They are coming off of a 1-0 loss away to Bayern Munich last time out. However, Augsburg have shown themselves to be difficult to defeat recently. Augsburg took 10 points from the last 18 available.
Hertha are in the relegation zone but are level on points with relegation-playoff team Arminia Bielefeld. Bielefeld are in the relegation-playoff place thanks to a better goal difference. Hertha are on a two-match losing streak and they took just three points from the last 18 available.
Arminia Bielefeld have a difficult task on Sunday versus Bayern Munich. The hosts could find themselves in the bottom two with a loss and Hertha win. Bayern Munich are coming off of a shock Champions League exit at the hands of Villarreal in midweek.
Julian Nagelsmann will have plenty of questions to answer as Bayern Munich struggled to breakdown Villarreal. Die Roten are on pace to win the Bundesliga with nine points separating them from Borussia Dortmund. Bayern Munich are on a three-game Bundesliga win streak.
Arminia Bielefeld are winless in six straight games versus Bayern Munich. They lost 1-0 at the Allianz Arena earlier this season. Arminia are at the bottom of the current form table with just one point from their last six games.
Hoffenheim have stumbled in the race for Champions League qualification. The Hoff are winless in four straight games with three consecutive matches ending in defeat. Greuther Fuerth are at the bottom of the table and headed back to the Bundesliga 2.
Greuther Fuerth went winless in their last six matches in the Bundesliga. They scored just one goal and conceded 14 times across the last six matches.
Hoffenheim are in awful form currently and seven points off of the final Champions League qualification place. Hoffenheim took seven points from the last 18 on offer and lost each of their last three Bundesliga matches.