Bayern are three points ahead of Borussia Dortmund and Schalke, and a vastly superior goal difference should ensure the top spot going into the league’s four-week break. But Cologne haven’t lost in Munich in six years and former Bayern player Lukas Podolski is enjoying his best season with 14 goals.

Podolski says “we’ll try to annoy Bayern a bit, like in the last years.”        

Defending champion Dortmund visit last-place Freiburg on Saturday, when Schalke host fifth-place Werder Bremen. Fourth-place Borussia Moenchengladbach host Mainz on Sunday.

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