Although James Rodriguez is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a knee ligament injury, Bayern Munich’s Matchday 14 meeting with Bavarian rivals Nuremberg comes too soon for the Colombian.

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Friday, 7 December

Goals: 1-0 Möhwald (20′), 1-1 Lukebakio (pen. 43′), 2-1 Harnik (71′), 3-1 Sargent (78′)

Bremen: Pavlenka – Gebre Selassie, Langkamp, Friedl, Augustinsson – M. Eggestein, Möhwald (J. Eggestein 69′), Klaassen – Rashica (Sargent 76′), Kruse (c), Pizarro (Harnik 60′)
Unused subs: Plogmann, Beijmo, Kainz, Sahin
Out: Bargfrede (Achilles), Bartels (ankle), Johannsson (ankle), Moisander (suspended), Veljkovic (hamstring)
Coach: Florian Kohfeldt

Fortuna: Rensing – Zimmermann, Bormuth, Kaminski, Gießelmann – Bodzek – Zimmer, Stöger (Raman 87′), Fink (c) (Morales 61′), Usami (Hennings 46′) – Lukebakio
Unused subs: Theißen, Ayhan, Ducksch, Karaman
Out: Contento (knee)
Coach: Friedhelm Funkel

Saturday, 8 December

Bayern: Neuer (c) – Rafinha, Süle, Boateng, Alaba – Kimmich – Gnabry, Müller, Goretzka, Ribery – Lewandowski
Out: James (knee), Tolisso (knee)
Coach: Niko Kovac 

Nuremberg: Bredlow – Bauer, Margreitter, Mühl, Leibold – Misidjan, Erras, Petrak, Behrens (c), Kerk – Ishak
Out: Lippert (knee), Löwen (knee), Mathenia (tendon), Valentini (thigh)
Coach: Michael Köllner

Schalke: Fährmann (c) – Stambouli, Sane, Nastastic – Caligiuri, Rudy, McKennie, Bentaleb, Mendyl – Harit – Burgstaller
Out: Embolo (foot), Teuchert (hip), Uth (hamstring)
Coach: Domenico Tedesco

Dortmund: Bürki – Piszczek, Akanji, Diallo, Hakimi – Witsel, Delaney – Sancho, Reus (c), Bruun Larsen – Götze
Out: None
Coach: Lucien Favre

Leverkusen: Hradecky – L. Bender (c), Tah, S. Bender, Jedvaj – Baumgartlinger, Aranguiz – Bellarabi, Havertz, Brandt – Volland
Out: Pohjanpalo (ankle), Retsos (thigh)
Coach: Heiko Herrlich 

Augsburg: Luthe – Gouweleeuw, Khedira, Hinteregger – Schmid, Baier (c), Gregoritsch, Max – Hahn, Finnbogason, Caiuby
Out: Götze (concussion), Jakob (knee), Moravek (calf)
Coach: Manuel Baum

Freiburg: Schwolow – Stenzel, Gulde, Koch, Heintz, Günter – Waldschmidt, Gondorf, Haberer, Frantz (c) – Petersen
Out: Borello (cruciate ligament), Höfler (knee), Kath (stomach)
Coach: Christian Streich

Leipzig: Gulacsi – Klostermann, Konate, Upamecano, Halstenberg – Sabitzer, Demme (c), Kampl, Bruma – Poulsen, Werner
Out: Forsberg (groin)
Coach: Ralf Rangnick

Wolfsburg: Casteels (c) – Verhaegh, Knoche, Uduokhai, Roussillon – Gerhardt, Arnold, Rexhbecaj – Mehmedi – Ginczek, Weghorst
Out: Brooks (suspended), Camacho (ankle), Jung (thigh), Tisserand (thigh), William (suspended)
Coach: Bruno Labbadia 

Hoffenheim: Baumann – Bicakcic, Vogt (c), Adams – Kaderabek, Grillitsch, Demirbay, Schulz – Kramaric – Szalai, Joelinton
Out: Nordtveit (foot), Otto (foot), Rupp (cruciate ligament)
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann

Hertha: Jarstein – Lazaro, Lustenberger, Torunarigha, Plattenhardt – Grujic, Maier – Leckie, Duda, Kalou – Ibisevic (c)
Out: Dilrosun (thigh), Klünter (thigh), Stark (foot)
Coach: Pal Dardai 

Frankfurt: Trapp – Russ, Hasebe, N’Dicka – Da Costa, De Guzman, Fernandes (c), Kostic – Rebic – Haller, Jovic
Out: Abraham (calf), Allan (ankle), Chandler (knee), Paciencia (knee), Torro (pubic bone)
Coach: Adi Hütter

Sunday, 9 December

Mainz: Zentner – Brosinski, Bell (c), Niakhite, Martin – Gbamin, Kunde, Latza – Boetius – Mateta, Quaison
Out: Adler (knee), Baku (foot), Müller (ankle), Mwene (knee)
Coach: Sandro Schwarz 

Hannover: Esser – Korb, Anton (c), Elez, Ostrzolek – Muslija, Schwegler, Walace, Maina – Wood, Füllkrug
Out: Bebou (hamstring), Hübers, (knee) Prib (knee), Sarenren Bazee (concussion)
Coach: Andre Breitenreiter

Gladbach: Sommer – Lang, Elvedi, Jantschke, Wendt – Neuhaus, Strobl, Zakaria – Hazard, Stindl (c), Plea
Out: Doucoure (thigh), Ginter (facial injury), Hofmann (hip)
Coach: Dieter Hecking

Stuttgart: Zieler – Baumgartl, Pavard, Badstuber – Beck, Gentner (c), Aogo, Insua – Donis, Gonzalez – Gomez
Out: Ascacibar (suspended), Özcan (ankle), Sosa (pelvis)
Coach: Markus Weinzierl

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