Bundesliga Matchday 15 probable teams
Jonas Urbig is likeliest to debutise for the injured Manuel Neuer when Bayern Munich visit Heidenheim on Sunday.
Find out who's in and who's out ahead of Bundesliga Matchday 15...
*All kick-off times 3.30pm CET unless otherwise stated.
Saturday 20 December
Stuttgart: Nübel – Jeltsch, Chabot, Hendriks – Vagnoman, Karazor (c), Stiller, Mittelstädt – Nartey, Leweling – Undav
Out: Assignon (shoulder), Demirović (foot), El Khannouss (international duty), Jaquez (hamstring), Keitel (thigh), Zagadou (muscular)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Sebastian Hoeneß
Hoffenheim: Baumann (c) – Coufal, Hranáč, Hajdari, Bernardo – Prömel, Avdullahu, Burger – Kramarić – Lemperle, Asllani
Out: Machida (knee), Touré (international duty)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Christian Ilzer
Wolfsburg: Grabara – Kumbedi, Seelt, Koulierakis, Zehnter – Arnold (c), Gerhardt – Eriksen, Majer, Wimmer – Pejčinović
Out: Amoura (international duty), Dárdai (knee), Mæhle (shoulder), Paredes (foot), Rogério (muscular), Wind (thigh)
Doubtful: Jenz (thigh), Skov Olsen (muscular)
Coach: Daniel Bauer
Freiburg: Atubolu – Kübler, Ginter, Jung, Treu – Eggestein, Osterhage – Suzuki, Manzambi, Grifo (c) – Höler
Out: Beste (ill), Dinkçi (muscular), Kyereh (knee), Lienhart (groin), Rosenfelder (hamstring)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Julian Schuster
Augsburg: Dahmen – Banks, Schlotterbeck (c), Zesiger – Fellhauer, Jakić, Massengo, Giannoulis – Rieder, Claude-Maurice – Tietz
Out: Essende (international duty), Gharbi (international duty), Gouweleeuw (knee), Kade (ankle), Matsima (suspended), Saad (international duty)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Manuel Baum
Bremen: Backhaus – Sugawara, Pieper, Friedl (c), Schmidt – Stage, Lynen – Puertas, Schmid, Njinmah – Grüll
Out: Agu (ankle), Boniface (knee), Coulibaly (suspended), Weiser (knee)
Doubtful: Bittencourt (ill)
Coach: Horst Steffen
Cologne: Schwäbe (c) – Sebulonsen, Martel, Van den Berg – Thielmann, Jóhannesson, Krauß, Kamiński – Waldschmidt, Bülter, El Mala
Out: Heintz (groin), Hübers (knee), Kilian (knee), Schmied (thigh)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Lukas Kwasniok
Union: Rønnow – Doekhi, Querfeld, Leite – Trimmel (c), Khedira, Kemlein, Köhn – Jeong, Burke, Ansah
Out: Haberer (suspended), Skov (calf)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Steffen Baumgart
Hamburg vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
Hamburg: Heuer Fernandes – Capaldo (c), Vušković, Torunarigha – Gocholeishvili, Sambi Lokonga, Remberg, Muheim – Philippe, Königsdörffer, Baldé
Out: Dompé (Achilles), Glatzel (thigh), Omari (ankle), Poulsen (ankle), Røssing-Lelesiit (muscular)
Doubtful: Ramos (ill)
Coach: Merlin Polzin
Frankfurt: Zetterer – Kristensen, Collins, Koch (c), Brown – Dahoud, Larsson – Dōan, Götze, Bahoya – Knauff
Out: Batshuayi (foot), Burkardt (calf), Chaïbi (international duty), Chandler (ankle), Skhiri (international duty), Theate (suspended), Wahi (ill)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Dino Toppmöller
RB Leipzig vs. Bayer Leverkusen (kick-off: 6.30pm CET)
Leipzig: Gulácsi – Nedeljković, Orbán, Lukeba, Raum (c) – Schlager, Seiwald, Baumgartner – Maksimović, Harder, Gomis
Out: Bakayoko (knee), Banzuzi (thigh), Diomande (international duty), Haidara (international duty), Henrichs (Achilles), Nusa (ankle), Ouédraogo (hamstring)
Doubtful: Bitshiabu (thigh)
Coach: Ole Werner
Leverkusen: Flekken – Andrich (c), Badé, Belocian – Arthur, García, Tillman, Tella – Hofmann, Terrier – Schick
Out: Ben Seghir (international duty), Claudio Echeverri (not included), Maza (international duty), Palacios (groin), Quansah (suspended), Poku (hamstring), Tapsoba (international duty)
Doubtful: Grimaldo (muscular), Vázquez (back)
Coach: Kasper Hjulmand
Sunday 21 December
Mainz: Batz – Da Costa, Bell (c), Potulski – Nordin, Maloney, Sano, Veratschnig – Amiri, Lee – Hollerbach
Out: Caci (hamstring), Dal (knee), Leitsch (thigh), Kawasaki (thigh), Mwene (groin), Zentner (groin)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Urs Fischer
Pauli: Vasilj – Wahl, Mets, Dźwigała – Pyrka, Fujita, Sands, Irvine (c), Oppie – Kaars, Pereira Lage
Out: Nemeth (groin), Smith (suspended), Spari (ankle)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Alexander Blessin
Heidenheim vs. Bayern Munich (kick-off: 5.30pm CET)
Heidenheim: Ramaj – Keller, Mainka (c), Siersleben – Busch, Niehues, Schöppner, Föhrenbach – Ibrahimović, Honsak – Pieringer
Out: Feller (knee), Paqarada (knee), Zivzivadze (knee)
Doubtful: Beck (knock)
Coach: Frank Schmidt
Bayern: Urbig – Stanišić, Upamecano, Tah, Bischof – Kimmich (c), Pavlović – Olise, Karl, Díaz – Kane
Out: Jackson (international duty), Laimer (suspended), Musiala (ankle), Neuer (hamstring)
Doubtful: -
Coach: Vincent Kompany
Friday 19 December
Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Goals: 1-0 Brandt 10' (assist: Süle), 2-0 Beier 90'+7 (assist: Silva)
Dortmund: Kobel – Süle, Can (c), Schlotterbeck – Ryerson (Couto 82'), Nmecha, Groß (Sabitzer 71'), Svensson – Adeyemi (Beier 60'), Brandt (Chukwuemeka 71') – Guirassy (Silva 82')
Unused subs: Meyer, Mané, Özcan, Campbell
Out: Anselmino (muscular), Anton (thigh), Bellingham (suspended), Bensebaini (international duty)
Coach: Niko Kovač
Gladbach: Nicolas – Sander (Machino 80'), Elvedi, Diks – Scally, Reitz (c), Engelhardt (Mohya 80'), Netz – Reyna (Ranos 65'), Neuhaus (Stöger 80') – Tabaković
Unused subs: Omlin, Ullrich, Fraulo, Fleck, Herrmann
Out: Castrop (illness), Chiarodia (thigh), Friedrich (ankle), Hack (knee), Honorat (calf), Kleindienst (knee), Ngoumou (Achilles), Urbich (ill)
Coach: Eugen Polanski
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