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Aha! It finally happened! Every streak comes to an end eventually, as Leverkusen just found out. After 24 Bundesliga matches without a defeat, Leverkusen lost for the first time this season, and made the championship race a little more interesting. Suddenly three teams are in the running: Bayern, Schalke and Leverkusen. That's guaranteed to keep things interesting until the final day of play.

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Leverkusen - Hamburg

Will Leverkusen be Bundesliga runner-up yet again? After drawing against Cologne and suffering its first defeat of the season in Nuremberg, Jupp Heynckes' squad is again showing signs of fading as it heads down the final stretch.

Now Hamburg is coming to Leverkusen, where the hosts' unbeaten streak is still intact. The north Germans haven't exactly been in great form lately, but at least they win. Could that mean Leverkusen's home streak may come to an end on Sunday?

Schalke - Stuttgart

This should be a great matchup. With the exception of Bayern, Schalke and Stuttgart have the best records in the second half of the season. Stuttgart and their coach Christian Gross have taken 23 points and lost just once in their last 10 matches. And Schalke are playing better than ever under coach Felix Magath. How does he do it?

Still in his first year, he's thrown around millions while scouting nobodies and quietly turning them into starters. Now Schalke are in second place and fans are dreaming of more. Will Stuttgart be able to resist Schalke's surge?

Bayern - Freiburg

Last weekend Bayern only drew, but still managed to hold on to first place. Without Frank Ribery and Arjen Robben, Bayern were only able to deliver plain fare against Cologne. But the Bavarians still have their magic, as they demonstrated in their Champions League match against Florence.

One half of fast, creative, modern football was all Bayern needed to dispose of the Italians and advance to the next round. Of course, Florence isn't Freiburg and the Champions League isn't the Bundesliga. Still, Freiburg haven't won in 12 games and with 47 goals scored against them, have one of the league's worst defenses.

Berlin - Nuremberg plus Mixed Zone

This isn't the first moment of truth for Berlin, but with just nine games left in the season Hertha really need some wins to avoid relegation.

Berlin are firmly stuck in last place, the worst team in the league, with just three wins in 25 games. If they want to stay in the Bundesliga, they simply must win at home against 15th-place Nuremburg. After the game, Mixed Zone will examine what Hertha's next hurdle will be or whether the Berliners can start preparing for play in the Second Division.

The rest of the weekend’s matches:

Hanover - Frankfurt

Bochum - Dortmund

M`gladbach - Wolfsburg

Mainz - Cologne

Hoffenheim - Bremen