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Berlin (dpa) - Who scores when the world footballer can't?

FC Bayern have to answer this question in the top game.

For Borussia Dortmund, Erling Haaland would probably rather let goals speak than comment on rumors.

At Borussia Mönchengladbach someone is on a farewell tour.

Seven games and seven heads to look out for.

Bayer Leverkusen - FC Schalke 04 (3.30 p.m. / Sky)

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KLAAS-JAN HUNTELAAR: Finally!

For the first time since his return from Ajax Amsterdam to FC Schalke 04 in January, the 37-year-old striker could be in the starting line-up after recovering from a muscle injury.

"He is definitely an option," said coach Dimitrios Grammozis before the game of the bottom of the table in Leverkusen.

Huntelaar has not yet been able to fulfill his intended role as a savior in need.

Apart from two brief missions, he was condemned to watch.

With a 14-point gap on a non-relegation place, his comeback is likely to come too late.

Borussia Dortmund - Eintracht Frankfurt (3.30 p.m. / Sky)

ERLING HAALAND: In the disappointing 2-2 on the previous matchday in Cologne, he left the pitch visibly angry.

This fueled speculation that the Dortmund Torgarant is toying with a change of club in view of his club's so far mediocre Bundesliga season.

The latest media reports from Spain about a meeting between Haaland's father Alf-Inge and agent Mino Raiola with Barca president Joan Laporta caused additional excitement - and disrupted the preparation for the game against Frankfurt.

But BVB sports director Michael Zorc reacted calmly: “Our point of view is very clear.

I'm very, very relaxed about this because I know what we want. "

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FC Augsburg - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (3.30 p.m. / Sky)

ANDREJ KRAMARIC: The Croatian World Cup second stands for the difficult season of the Kraichgauer: Corona forced break in the first half of the season, then fought for his form for a long time, now repeatedly hit.

The 29-year-old striker (14 goals this season) broke an ankle injury on the international trip and his use in Augsburg is questionable.

FSV Mainz 05 - Arminia Bielefeld (3.30 p.m. / Sky)

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BO SVENSSON: Most recent victories against Freiburg and in Hoffenheim and new strength: Under the 41-year-old Danish coach, FSV Mainz 05 is increasingly self-confidently sticking its head out of the vortex of relegation.

“In everything he does, he is totally authentic and exudes calm and clarity.

The coach is definitely the key, ”said 05 club boss Stefan Hofmann about the upswing.

Against Bielefeld and then in Cologne and against Hertha, Svensson and his team can take further steps to stay in the league.

VfL Wolfsburg - 1. FC Köln (3.30 p.m. / Sky)

MARKUS GISDOL: After the last six games without a win and falling to 16th place in the table, Gisdol has to fear for his job at 1. FC Köln.

Even after the actually passable 2-2 draw against Dortmund, there was speculation that Friedhelm Funkel would be ready just in case.

The fact that the 67-year-old retired coach then made contact with FC could not change that much.

Before the game in Wolfsburg, sports director Horst Heldt owed an oath of loyalty to Gisdol: "As managing director, it is my responsibility to think through all scenarios flexibly and to be prepared for them," he commented tellingly in the "Bild"

RB Leipzig - Bayern Munich (6.30 p.m. / Sky)

LEWANDOWSKI-ERSATZ: Is the big hour of backup Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting now?

Is FC Bayern betting on an offensive series like the DFB team with Serge Gnabry in the front line?

Or maybe the tried and tested variant with Thomas Müller?

Coach Hansi Flick has not yet revealed how Munich will absorb the failure of the world footballer.

"We still have very good options on the offensive and different options for the line-up," said Vice-Captain Müller.

Borussia Mönchengladbach - SC Freiburg (8.30 p.m. / Sky)

OSCAR WENDT: No foreign player in the history of Borussia Mönchengladbach has more stakes for the team from the Lower Rhine than him.

Oscar Wendt faces his 300th Bundesliga game for Borussia against SC Freiburg on Saturday.

"That's cool.

I'm very proud of it, ”said the 35-year-old Swedish long-running favorite of the“ Rheinische Post ”.

After ten years in Gladbach, the left-back is moving back to his home country at IFK Göteborg this summer.

"It all started there for me back then," said Wendt, who, according to his own admission, now has two football fans: IFK and Borussia.

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