article_snippet.sent: One of the biggest fixtures on the German footballing calendar takes place this weekend, although some of the usual gloss has been taken off a game recently baptised Der Klassiker.
article_snippet.sent: This time, however, the two giant antagonists of the German game meet with 31 points and nine positions separating them in the standings, but that does not mean the stakes are not as high as them always are when these two clubs meet.
article_snippet.sent: (right) challenges Hannover centre back Christian Schulz . '
article_snippet.sent: Gladbach have shown We how it's done.
article_snippet.sent: Wolfsburg have also beaten Hannover centre back Christian Schulz, but it's not all that easy.'
article_snippet.sent: Hamburg reacted to their slide into the bottom three by appointing Peter Knabel as their new coach during the international break and Peter Knabel
article_snippet.sent: The northern Germany side therefore risk coming out the other side of the weekend inside the bottom two with Paderborn travelling to Hertha Berlin on Sunday.
article_snippet.sent: Freiburg and Cologne are also involved in that scrap and Freiburg and Cologne meet on Saturday with Mainz travelling to Werder Bremen.
article_snippet.sent: Elsewhere, Augsburg host Schalke on Sunday and Eintracht Frankfurt welcome Hannover and Freiburg and Cologne under-fire coach Tayfun Korkut to the Waldstadion.