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What soccer to watch on television this weekend

Players stand during a minute's silence for the victims of the coronavirus before a Bundesliga game between Werder Bremen and Borussia Moenchengladbach on May 26, 2020.
Players stand during a minute’s silence for the victims of the coronavirus before a Bundesliga game between Werder Bremen and Borussia Moenchengladbach on Tuesday.
(Fabian Bimmer / Associated Press)
By Kevin Baxter
Staff WriterFollow

In the German Bundesliga, as in most soccer leagues, road wins have been only slightly more rare than a unicorn sighting at sunset. From the start of the 2018-19 season through the suspension of the current season in March, home teams lost just a third of the time. But since play resumed two weeks ago, home teams are 5-12-10 combined.

The reason? The games are being played in empty stadiums, negating the home-field advantage. Those numbers could shift this weekend with league-leading Bayern Munich (20-4-4) playing host to Dusseldorf (6-13-9) on Saturday (FS1, UniMas, TUDN, 9:30 a.m. PDT) and Monchengladbach (16-7-5) , fourth in the table, welcoming Union Berlin (9-15-4) to Borussia Park on Sunday (FS1, TUDN, 6:30 a.m. PDT). Borussia Dortmund, which lost at home for the first time this season earlier in the week, goes on the road to face last-place Paderborn on Sunday (FS1, Fox Deportes, 9 a.m. PDT)

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Kevin Baxter

Kevin Baxter writes about soccer and hockey for the Los Angeles Times. He has covered seven World Cups, five Olympic Games, six World Series and a Super Bowl and has contributed to three Pulitzer Prize-winning series at The Times and Miami Herald. An essay he wrote in fifth grade was voted best in the class. He has a cool dog.

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