Relegation 1. Bundesliga 2021

Stadion An der Alten Försterei. Werder Bremen. Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern Munich. VfB Stuttgart. Mercedes-Benz Arena. Heiko Herrlich. Jeffrey Gouweleeuw.

Bruno Labbadia. Dedryck Boyata. Urs Fischer. Christopher Trimmel. Uwe Neuhaus. Fabian Klos. Florian Kohfeldt. Niklas Moisander. Marco Reus. Adi Hütter.

David Abraham. Christian Streich. Christian Günter. Benjamin Hübner. Markus Gisdol. Jonas Hector. Julian Nagelsmann.

Marcel Sabitzer. Peter Bosz. Bo Svensson. Danny Latza. Marco Rose. Lars Stindl. Hans-Dieter Flick. Manuel Neuer. Christian Gross.

Omar Mascarell. Pellegrino Matarazzo. Gonzalo Castro. Oliver Glasner. Josuha Guilavogui. David Wagner. Manuel Baum.

Achim Beierlorzer. Jan-Moritz Lichte interim. Lucien Favre. Huub Stevens interim. Jan Siewert interim. Qualification to Champions League group stage.

Qualification to Europa League group stage. Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round. Qualification to relegation play-offs.

Relegation to 2. Robert Lewandowski. Erling Haaland. Wout Weghorst. Lucas Alario. Vincenzo Grifo. Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Silas Wamangituka. Thomas Müller. Kingsley Coman. Nadiem Amiri. Joshua Kimmich. Jonas Hofmann. Daichi Kamada. Max Kruse. Serge Gnabry.

Niclas Füllkrug. Robert Lewandowski 4. Erling Haaland 4. Roman Bürki. But over the last five matchdays they have the best record of any side in the league.

Three successive wins in a week against direct rivals in the relegation fight has lifted the Breisgau side to 10th. Their coach, Christian Streich, celebrated nine years in the job this week, and frankly there is no-one else you would want in that post.

Young Male Player of the Year Gio Reyna has been in top form for Dortmund so far in In the lower half, the biggest disappointments have been Hoffenheim, another team perhaps affected by European considerations.

After two previous failures on the continental stage, everyone at the Kraichgau club was determined to make amends, and they can feel confident about taking on Norwegian side Molde in the Europa League knockouts in February.

With an easier Hinrunde run in these next few weeks, look for Hoffenheim to climb back up the table. Their win at Gladbach last time out in the league could be a portent of better things to come.

Werder Bremen , Hertha Berlin and Koln all have their heads above water for now, but will it stay that way? Of the three, I might be a bit more concerned about Bremen, for whom points have been difficult to come by.

Their three wins have been at the expense of the current bottom three and they have Union, Leverkusen and Gladbach all coming up as opponents before the Rueckrunde begins.

Points-gathering looks more probable in the short term for Hertha and Koln. Sixteenth-placed Arminia Bielefeld have managed key wins, both well merited, against Mainz and Schalke 04 in recent weeks.

Third bottom and a relegation playoff place would be no mean achievement for a club back in the Bundesliga after an year absence.

Can the two teams beneath Bielefeld in the automatic relegation positions dig themselves out with new supervising personnel?

With sporting director Rouven Schroder ousted just before Christmas, in comes former Mainz coach Martin Schmidt.

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