Predicted Bundesliga lineups: Starting XIs for Matchday 17
After the Bundesliga returned from its winter break over the weekend, a midweek round of fixtures is scheduled from Tuesday to Thursday.
Here are the projected starting XIs for all 18 teams:
Tuesday, 13 January, 18:30 CET:
VfB Stuttgart vs. Eintracht Frankfurt:
Stuttgart: Nübel - Vagnoman, Hendriks, Chabot, Mittelstädt - Karazor, Stiller - Leweling, Nartey, Führich - Undav.
Eintracht Frankfurt: Kaua Santos - Kristensen, Koch, Theate - Doan, Larsson, Dahoud, Brown - Uzun - Kalimuendo, Ebnoutalib.
Tuesday, 13 January, 20:30 CET:
Borussia Dortmund vs. Werder Bremen:
Dortmund: Kobel - Anton, Can, Schlotterbeck - Ryerson, Sabitzer, Nmecha, Svensson - Chukwuemeka, Beier - Silva.
Werder Bremen: Backhaus - Pieper, Friedl, Coulibaly - Sugawara, Stage, Lynen, Schmidt - Schmid, Puertas - Grüll.
Hamburger SV vs. Bayer Leverkusen
HSV: Fernandes - Capaldo, Vuskovic, Torunarigha - Gocholeishvili, Lokonga, Remberg, Muheim - Fabio Vieira, Røssing-Lelesiit - Downs.
Leverkusen: Flekken - Andrich, Badé, Quansah - Arthur, Fernandez, Garcia, Grimaldo - Tillman, Poku - Schick.
Mainz vs. Heidenheim:
Mainz: Batz - da Costa, Bell, Kohr - Widmer, Amiri, Sano, Veratschnig - Hollerbach, Lee - Tietz.
Heidenheim: Ramaj - Traoré, Mainka, Siersleben, Föhrenbacj - Niehues, Schöppner, Dorsch - Conteh, Pieringer, Ibrahimovic.
Wednesday, 14 January, 18:30 CET:
Wolfsburg vs. St. Pauli:
Wolfsburg: Grabara - Kumbedi, Jenz, Koulierakis, Zehnter - Arnold, Svanberg - Eriksen, Majer, Wimmer - Pejcinovic.
St. Pauli: Vasilj - Wahl, Smith, Mets - Pyrka, Sands, Oppie - Fujita, Irvine - Kaars, Pereira Lage.
Wednesday, 14 January, 20:30 CET:
FC Köln vs. Bayern Munich:
FC Köln: Schwäbe - Sebulonsen, Krauss, Simpson-Pusey - Thielmann, Huseinbasic, Johanneson, Castro-Montes - El Mala, Kaminski - Bülter.
FC Bayern: Neuer - Laimer, Upamecano, Tah, Ito - Goretzka, Pavlovic - Olise, Karl, Diaz - Kane.
Hoffenheim vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach:
Hoffenheim: Baumann - Coufal, Hranac, Kabak, Bernardo - Avdullahu - Prömel, Burger - Lemperle, Asllani, Touré.
Gladbach: Nicolas - Sander, Elvedi, Diks - Scally, Engelhardt, Reitz, Netz - Honorat, Neuhaus - Tabakovic.
RB Leipzig vs. Freiburg:
RB Leipzig: Gulacsi - Baku, Orban, Lukeba, Raum - Seiwald - Baumgartner, Schlager - Harder, Romulo, Diomande.
Freiburg: Atubolu - Kübler, Ginter, Jung, Günter - Eggestein, Manzambi - Treu, Suzuki, Scherhant - Höler.
Thursday, 15 January, 20:30 CET:
Augsburg vs. Union Berlin:
Augsburg: Dahmen - Banks, Schlotterbeck, Zesiger - Fellhauer, Jakic, Massengo, Giannoulis - Kade, Claude-Maurice - Essende.
Union Berlin: Rønnow - Doekhi, Querfeld, Leite - Trimmel, Khedira, Kemlein, Köhn - Jeong, Burcu - Ansah.
