Frankfurt/Main (dpa) – The German Football League has set the dates for the Bundesliga classic FC Bayern – Borussia Dortmund and for the relegation games for the season finale. The current leaders from Munich will play against pursuers BVB on April 23 (Saturday, 6.30 p.m. / Sky).
The table-16 makes the decisions about promotion and relegation battles. of the 1st Bundesliga on May 19th to the third of the 2nd league. The second leg is scheduled for May 23rd. The play-offs between the 16th in the 2nd division and the third in the 3rd division will take place on May 20th and 24th. All matches will kick off at 8.30 p.m. and will be broadcast by Sky and Sat.1.
If a club reaches the DFB Cup final on May 21st, the corresponding relegation first legs would be postponed to May 18th and 25th. In the cup semifinals play on 19./20. April Hamburger SV – SC Freiburg and RB Leipzig – 1. FC Union Berlin.
At the request of the security authorities, there will be no play in either Bundesliga on May 1, 2022, which falls on a Sunday this year. According to DFL information on Thursday, this in turn leads to peculiarities in the appointments: If Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig reach the semi-finals in the Europa League (first leg on April 28), they would on Monday (May 2) at Bayer Leverkusen (Frankfurt ) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (Leipzig). UEFA prescribes a certain recovery time between games. Actually, Monday games are abolished in the Bundesliga. Otherwise, Frankfurt and/or Leipzig will hold their matches on Friday, April 29th.