Birmingham City are fourth placeholder in the points table of English Championship., Swansea City is the fifth placeholder. Both teams are in the playoff bracket and this is the last game before the international games break. It will be fiercely fought at Saint Andrews.

Magpies, Newcastle United have won two of last five games. They are trying to improve after a subpar start of the season but things have not been so good for them because their defense has not been up the mark and they have lost three games in this stretch. Fulham have a couple of wins and a couple of draws in last five games.

Hull City FC have scored three points in the last five games. Arsenal used their chance last weekend by beating Liverpool FC at Anfield after Manchester City lost to Brighton and Hove Albion at home. Arsenal will try to keep gap of three points at the top in the last game before the break.

Clarets, Burnley FC have not acclimatised to the English Championship after getting relegated from English Premiership last season. They are currently twenty second in the points table. They have earned 3 out of 15 possible points in the last 5 games. Cardiff City have earned a couple of wins and a couple of draw in last five games.

Baggies, West Bromwich Albion are going through good run of form. They have established themselves in the top six bracket of the points table of English Championship. Lions, Millwall FC have not been doing well in the road games in the recent stretch.

FC Augsburg have not been able to win any of their recent games. They have earned just 2 of 15 available points in last 5 games. But their game fundamentals are fine. They have scored 18 goals and conceded 15 goals this season. So they can improve and overcome the subpar stretch of result. RB Leipzig are doing really well. They have won three of last four games. They are fourth in the points table.

Eintracht Frankfurt are doing well but they can be better. They have scored seven points in last five games and thus have amassed nearly half of the points total on offer. SC Paderborn have earned a couple of wins and also a couple of draws in last five games. They have opened a gap of two points to the relegation zone.

Offensive and defensive sides of SV Elversberg are pretty well balanced. They have scored sixteen goals in German Bundesliga and have conceded as many goals. They began the season by unexpectedly winning the season opener against the well recognised passing football powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen at home. That was no flash in the pan result. They are at the seventh spot now and that is pretty good for a newly promoted team.

As for Borussia Dortmund, they are doing really well and have tied Bayern Munich on points at the top of the points table. The last game before the break at home is obviously an opportunity to fight for a victory to keep up the pace with Bavarians.

Bayern Munich are tied for the spot of German Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund in terms of points. They have scored twenty seven goals and have conceded just eight goals so both attacking and defensive side are doing well. FSV Mainz have lost three of last four games so they should try to earn points in the last game at home before the international games break.

This is the first H2H match between talented tennis players Luca Van Assche and Ben Shelton. Both players are in pretty good run of form. Shelton faced his friend and fellow American Tommy Paul in the quarterfinal of Paris Masters yesterday. He won in three sets. Van Assche won against Rinka Hijikita in three sets.