Hertha BSC Berlin v 1.FC Nürnberg
Nürnberg standing one point below Bielefeld have this one and the Schalke game to pass them and to avoid the next disaster for the 'Club'. Well, their shape gives hope but it's not that the game in Berlin will get easy only because of the table situation. Nürnberg surely will be on fire and very engaged again and the gained confidence should help them to believe in the away win. Bielefeld host Dortmund and have been succesful at home lately, so if Nürnberg don't win this, it could get fatal for them yet. In last away game, Nürnberg were close to win at Dortmund so that we may see a similar performance of them against the Hertha. The host is unbeaten in five and won last two games over Karlsruhe and Leverkusen. The missings in offense returned and right away, Hertha found back to scoring more than once only. So the strengthened Hertha could make some problems (Pantelic,Raffael,Piszczek), still have Hertha been nothing special widely and they have to invest much into the game to beat Nürnberg, I reckon. Hopefully, Mintal, Misimovic and Vittek along Koller all will play for Nürnberg to profit from their offense power, three strikers are planned again however. I expect an open game and the quality of the host also might be seen even though you never know with the Hertha. I still like the Over which is no big odd but still better paid than most of today's games in the Bundesliga.
Nürnberg DNB @ 1.75
stan james 5/10
Over 2.5 goals @ 1.71
betfair 4/10
Arminia Bielefeld v Borussia Dortmund
Arminia won previous three home games by nil and are one point above the crucial bottom line. So the idea of revenge for the 1-6 in first game might play a minor role only. Bielefeld mostly performed well recently besides the Bayern game, the convincing home wins over Leverkusen and Karlsruhe where followed by some problems of the play in last home win over Bochum. There are surely better sides than Bielefeld but there a few good one in offense. Zuma has been in good shape and I hope also Kamper will play from the beginning on, defender Kucera will miss this game. Dortmund on the other side hae serious squad problems. After Degen, Petric, Klomowicz, Kehl and Kringe, now also Valdez is suspended. If doubtful Dede won't play too, Buckley has to defend and not to storm what would weaken offense further. In addition, Kuba is doubtful so in worst case I can only see Frei as threat for the Arminia actually. Dortmund are coming into this with the great victory over Stuttgart and along a few weak performances, Dortmund have played good football partly. Still, they might be too much weakened for this really difficult game facing an aggressive team.
Bielefeld @ 1.82 betdaq 6/10