No Friday night game: The Bundesliga will resume on May 16
The Bundesliga will be returning on Saturday, May 16, meaning the upcoming matchday will not include a Friday night game.
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Later that day, The German Football League (DFL) confirmed that the league will resume in the weekend of 15-17 May.
Following a meeting involving the 36 clubs of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga on Thursday, further details about the continuation of the season have now emerged.
Matchday 26 of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga will not include a Friday night game, meaning it will begin on Saturday 16 May, DFL chief Christian Seifert said during a press conference.
The top-of-the-table clash between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern München will be played in mid-week on either May 26 or May 27.
The final matchday of the season is set to take place on June 27 or June 28.
Here's the schedule for matchday 26 of the Bundesliga:
Saturday 16 May (15.30 CET):
Borussia Dortmund - Schalke 04
RB Leipzig - SC Freiburg
Hoffenheim - Hertha BSC
Fortuna Düsseldorf - SC Paderborn
Augsburg - Wolfsburg
Saturday 16 May (18.30 CET):
Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia Mönchengladbach
Sunday 17 May (15:30 CET):
FC Köln - Mainz 05
Sunday 17 May (18:00 CET):
Union Berlin - Bayern München
Monday 18 May (20.30 CET):
Werder Bremen - Bayer Leverkusen
