Predicted Bundesliga lineups: Starting XIs for Matchday 17

Predicted starting lineups and formations for every team on Bundesliga Matchday 17.

After the Bundesliga returned from its winter break over the weekend, a midweek round of fixtures is scheduled from Tuesday to Thursday.

Here are the projected starting XIs for all 18 teams:

Tuesday, 13 January, 18:30 CET:

VfB Stuttgart vs. Eintracht Frankfurt:

Stuttgart: Nübel – Vagnoman, Hendriks, Chabot, Mittelstädt – Karazor, Stiller – Leweling, Nartey, Führich – Undav.

Eintracht Frankfurt: Kaua Santos – Kristensen, Koch, Theate – Doan, Larsson, Dahoud, Brown – Uzun – Kalimuendo, Ebnoutalib.

Tuesday, 13 January, 20:30 CET:

Borussia Dortmund vs. Werder Bremen:

Dortmund: Kobel – Anton, Can, Schlotterbeck – Ryerson, Sabitzer, Nmecha, Svensson – Chukwuemeka, Beier – Silva.

Werder Bremen: Backhaus – Pieper, Friedl, Coulibaly – Sugawara, Stage, Lynen, Schmidt – Schmid, Puertas – Grüll.

Hamburger SV vs. Bayer Leverkusen

HSV: Fernandes – Capaldo, Vuskovic, Torunarigha – Gocholeishvili, Lokonga, Remberg, Muheim – Fabio Vieira, Røssing-Lelesiit – Downs.

Leverkusen: Flekken – Andrich, Badé, Quansah – Arthur, Fernandez, Garcia, Grimaldo – Tillman, Poku – Schick.

Mainz vs. Heidenheim:

Mainz: Batz – da Costa, Bell, Kohr – Widmer, Amiri, Sano, Veratschnig – Hollerbach, Lee – Tietz.

Heidenheim: Ramaj – Traoré, Mainka, Siersleben, Föhrenbacj – Niehues, Schöppner, Dorsch – Conteh, Pieringer, Ibrahimovic.

Wednesday, 14 January, 18:30 CET:

Wolfsburg vs. St. Pauli:

Wolfsburg: Grabara – Kumbedi, Jenz, Koulierakis, Zehnter – Arnold, Svanberg – Eriksen, Majer, Wimmer – Pejcinovic.

St. Pauli: Vasilj – Wahl, Smith, Mets – Pyrka, Sands, Oppie – Fujita, Irvine – Kaars, Pereira Lage.

Wednesday, 14 January, 20:30 CET:

FC Köln vs. Bayern Munich:

FC Köln: Schwäbe – Sebulonsen, Krauss, Simpson-Pusey – Thielmann, Huseinbasic, Johanneson, Castro-Montes – El Mala, Kaminski – Bülter.

FC Bayern: Neuer – Laimer, Upamecano, Tah, Ito – Goretzka, Pavlovic – Olise, Gnabry, Diaz – Kane.

Hoffenheim vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach:

Hoffenheim: Baumann – Coufal, Hranac, Kabak, Bernardo – Avdullahu – Prömel, Burger – Lemperle, Asllani, Touré.

Gladbach: Nicolas – Sander, Elvedi, Diks – Scally, Engelhardt, Reitz, Ullrich – Honorat, Neuhaus – Tabakovic.

RB Leipzig vs. Freiburg:

RB Leipzig: Gulacsi – Baku, Orban, Lukeba, Raum – Seiwald – Baumgartner, Schlager – Harder, Romulo, Diomande.

Freiburg: Atubolu – Kübler, Ginter, Jung, Treu – Eggestein, Manzambi – Treu, Suzuki, Scherhant – Höler.

Thursday, 15 January, 20:30 CET:

Augsburg vs. Union Berlin:

Augsburg: Dahmen – Banks, Schlotterbeck, Zesiger – Fellhauer, Jakic, Massengo, Giannoulis – Kade, Claude-Maurice – Essende.

Union Berlin: Rønnow – Doekhi, Querfeld, Leite – Trimmel, Khedira, Kemlein, Köhn – Jeong, Burcu – Ansah.