Champions Dortmund hoping to bounce back

BERLIN - While Bayern Munich have the title all but wrapped up, Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund face each other in a match with second place on the line. After many weeks of outstanding action in the Champions League and Europa League, the Bundesliga disappointed this week with three draws and three losses.  League play returns this weekend with a massive battle for second place going on between Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt.

Friday, February 15, 2013

SaturdayLeverkusen     vs     FC Augsburg        16:30    Hamburg SV     vs     GladbachF Düsseldorf     vs     SpVgg FuBremen         vs     SC FreiburgMainz         vs     Schalke 04Dortmund     vs     Frankfurt        19:30 SundayNurnberg     vs     Hannover 96        16:30    Hoffenheim     vs    Stuttgart        18:30    BERLIN - While Bayern Munich have the title all but wrapped up, Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund face each other in a match with second place on the line. After many weeks of outstanding action in the Champions League and Europa League, the Bundesliga disappointed this week with three draws and three losses.  League play returns this weekend with a massive battle for second place going on between Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt.Jurgen Klopp’s troops recorded an encouraging 2-2 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk in midweek, and will be hoping for another positive result against the top-four hopefulsJurgen Klopp will be able to welcome Ilkay Gundogan back into the starting line-up after the Germany international sat out his side’s 2-2 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. He should come into the team at the expense of Sebastian Kehl.Neven Subotic is in line for a return to the fold after over a month out with a hamstring injury, but Felipe Santana could continue in his place. Finally, Julian Schieber will make a rare start up front in place of the suspended Robert Lewandowski.Frankfurt, meanwhile, will be able to name a full-strength line-up for the trip to Signal Iduna Park, with only Martin Amedick set to miss out as he looks to build up fitness.