Berlin (AFP)

Leipzig-Dortmund! The shock from the top of the table, for the 33rd and penultimate day Saturday, will decide second place in this strange and historic "Bundesliga du coronavirus", behind Bayern already assured of the title.

At the kick-off of this day when all the matches are scheduled at 3.30pm, behind closed doors, the Borussia (66 pts) are three points ahead of RB Leipzig (63), and the two teams have the same difference from goals (+45).

Clearly, if Leipzig wins, it takes second place thanks to a better goal difference. If Dortmund wins, mass is said and the Ruhr club keeps its honorary title of vice-champion of Germany.

For RB, receiving is no longer an advantage. Since the resumption of matches behind closed doors in mid-May, the trend has been confirmed: in 64 matches in Germany, only 16 teams have won at home, exactly 25%, against 45% over the last two seasons.

The "Red Bulls" will therefore have to find other resources to seek this victory.

"Honestly, second place, we don't care," said the hot RB coach Julian Nagelsmann, "the only thing that matters is to qualify for the Champions League, and it's not going to be easy".

Because behind, in fourth and fifth places, Leverkusen (60 pts) and Mönchengladbach (59 pts) are direct threats, only the first four being qualified for the queen competition.

Mönchengladbach plays against the last Paderborn, already relegated, and Leverkusen in Berlin against Hertha, who has nothing to gain or lose, in the middle of the table.

Dortmund will for its part have to rebound after its surprising home defeat Wednesday against 15th Mainz (2-0). "I did not have the impression in training that there was a drop in blood pressure, but in the match it happened otherwise," lamented the manager of the professional group of Borussia Sebastian Kehl, "but he don't question everything. We were in a very good dynamic before. "

The program:

Saturday June 20

(3.30 p.m.) Bayern Munich - Freiburg

RB Leipzig - Dortmund

Fortuna Dusseldorf - Augsburg

Hertha Berlin - Bayer Leverkusen

Mainz - Werder Bremen

Schalke 04 - Wolfsburg

SC Paderborn - Mönchengladbach

Hoffenheim - Union Berlin

Cologne - Eintracht Frankfurt

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