Bundes Liga

Cottbus vow to attack


They might be bottom of the Bundesliga but Energie Cottbus head coach Bojan Prasnikar insists his side will not just be making up the numbers at home to league leaders Bayern Munich on Saturday.
"We are not going to just react and wait for something to happen against Bayern," said Slovenian Prasnikar with his side at the foot of the table.
The contrast between Cottbus' league record and that of Bayern is vast.
While Cottbus have won just three games this season, Bayern have lost only once and have scored 41 times to go seven points clear at the top of the table - at the bottom Cottbus have already conceded 40 goals this season.
Bayern, who suffered a surprise 2-1 UEFA Cup defeat at home to Anderlecht last Wednesday but make the quarterfinals on goal difference, will be without Brazilian defender Lucio and striker Miroslav Klose at Cottbus.
Third-placed Hamburg - knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Bundesliga rivals Bayer Leverkusen in midweek - have the chance to move up to second when they face Borussia Dortmund at home on Saturday.
Both captain Rafael van der Vaart and striker Ivica Olic have bagged ten league goals this season and Hamburg have not lost in eight league games since Werder Bremen beat them in December.
In the chase to catch Bayern Munich, both rivals Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen are in action on Sunday when Bremen host mid-table VfL Wolfsburg while Bayer are home to relegation-candidates Nuremberg.
On Friday, Champions League quarterfinalists Schalke 04, fifth in the league, are home to Duisburg having broken their disastrous run of three league defeats at Bielefeld last weekend and are eager for three more points.
Having halted their slide down the table in dramatic fashion, defending champions VfB Stuttgart have lifted themselves into sixth place - just one off a place in Europe next season.
After taking Bremen's scalp with a 6-3 win at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion last week, Stuttgart picked up another three points with a 2-0 win over Cottbus on Tuesday.
With striker Mario Gomez claiming a hat-trick against Bremen to become joint top-scorer with Luca Toni, Stuttgart have the chance to break into the title race for the first time this season with a win at Bochum on Saturday.
Strugglers Hansa Rostock will be hoping for three more league points to keep them away from the danger zone when they take on Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
And Karlsruhe, whose recent results have seen them drop out of the title race, take on fellow mid-table side Eintracht Frankfurt.

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