Bayern aim to turn screw before winter break

SaturdayFC Augsburg vs     Bayern        16:30    Nurnberg     vs     F DüsseldorfSC Freiburg     vs     SpVgg FüStuttgart     vs     Schalke 04Dortmund     vs     WolfsburgFrankfurt     vs     Bremen        19:30   

Saturday, December 08, 2012

SaturdayFC Augsburg vs     Bayern        16:30    Nurnberg     vs     F DüsseldorfSC Freiburg     vs     SpVgg FüStuttgart     vs     Schalke 04Dortmund     vs     WolfsburgFrankfurt     vs     Bremen        19:30    SundayMGladbach     vs     Mainz        16:30    Hannover 96     vs     Leverkusen    18:30    BERLIN - Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich are hoping to take their UEFA Champions League form into the weekend’s Bundesliga action where they will defend an eight-point lead at the top of the table.The Bayern management, boosted by the convincing 4-1 win over BATE Borisov, regard Saturday’s trip to Augsburg as the first of three must-win matches before the two-week winter break."We are still under pressure,” said Munich’s director of sport Matthias Sammer. "We don’t want to give up anything else until Christmas. We don’t want to give away any of the bonus that we have given ourselves.”"We want to keep the lead in the Bundesliga and if possible increase it,” said Bayern captain Philipp Lahm.Bayern’s final Bundesliga match of 2012 is against Borussia Monchengladbach, and then Jupp Heynckes’ team face Augsburg again in the German Cup Round of 16 on 18 December.