BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) - Nine teams will have a chance to move up to the top of the Bundesliga in the ninth round of the Bundesliga on Friday, a rare and rare phenomenon in world leagues.

Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen are two points apart, a precedent since the 1995/96 season when the league system gave them three points.

Bayern, the last seven seasons, are hosting 14th-placed Union Berlin this season and knowing that the task will not be up for grabs.

Bayern wasted nine points in the first eight stages, most of which came in front of teams from the bottom of the table.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, chief executive of the Bavarian club, expressed his dissatisfaction with the team's performance after a 3-2 win against Olympiakos on Tuesday in the Champions League. "We will not achieve such a success this season," he said. Later, I ask you to enter the field against Berlin Union with a high concentration and great motivation to come up with the three points. "

Bayern, who are third in the standings with 15 points, will face the absence of defenders Niclas Zole and Frenchman Lucas Hernandez for injury.

Borussia Dortmund visit fourth-placed Schalke 04 in the Ruhr derby.

Dortmund go into the game after beating leaders Mönchengladbach on Saturday, but are cautiously confronted after they were held to a goalless draw by three points.

Dortmund will look to put the disappointment of a 2-0 defeat away to Inter in the Champions League on Wednesday behind him on three points.

Under the supervision of Jurgen Klopp, the German champions in 2011 and 2012, will host Wolfsburg second in the tenth stage before they visit Barcelona in the Champions League and then travel to Munich to face Bayern in the 11th stage of the Bundesliga.

After a strong start to Leipzig under new coach Julian Naglesmann, the team has recently faded and scored just two points from their last three league matches. They also fell 2-0 at home to Lyon in the Champions League on October 2.

However, a 2-1 win over Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday put an end to the poor series and rose to the top of Group G.

But Leipzig's fifth trip to Freiburg will not be easy, as the latter are one behind and two points behind the leaders.

Leaders Mönchengladbach host Eintracht Frankfurt, who are just two points behind, and will once again rely on French striker Marcos Thuram, who has scored three goals this season, and four-times Alhassan Belia, to stay top.

Here is the stage program (UAE time):

Friday:

(22:30) Mainz - Cologne

Saturday:

(17:30) Paderborn - Fortuna Dusseldorf

Freiburg - Leipzig

Bayern Munich - Union Berlin

Schalke 04 - Borussia Dortmund

Hertha Berlin - Hoffenheim

(20:30) Bayer Leverkusen - Werder Bremen

Sunday:

(18:30) Wolfsburg - Augsburg

(21:00) Borussia Monchengladbach - Eintracht Frankfurt