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The 2024/25 relegation battle: who will escape the drop?

Hoffenheim, St. Pauli, Heidenheim, Holstein Kiel and Bochum are all still scrapping to avoid relegation to Bundesliga 2 over the final two matchdays of 2024/25. Will the bottom two be confirmed on the penultimate weekend or will the battle to stay up go down to the final day?

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St. Pauli Position: 14th (outright safety)Points: 31 (32 games)Goals: 26-37 (-11)

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Five points clear of the relegation play-off spot, thanks in no small part to a five-game unbeaten run between Matchdays 27-31, Pauli have their top-flight fate in their own hands. One more point from their final two games will be enough, regardless of how the teams below them fare.

Hoffenheim Position: 15th (outright safety)Points: 31 (32 games)Goals: 44-62 (-18)

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Hoffenheim's five-point cushion over the bottom three affords them some wiggle room ahead of games against mid-table Wolfsburg and champions Bayern Munich. If Heidenheim and Kiel slip up this weekend, the Sinsheim outfit will be safe, no matter what the others do.

Heidenheim Position: 16th (relegation play-off)Points: 26 (32 games)Goals: 33-60 (-27)

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Heidenheim were bottom after Matchday 25, but head into the final two rounds of fixtures in the play-off spot, with a precarious one-point cushion on the automatic drop zone. Tied with Kiel for goal difference, any slip-up could prove terminal, while only an improbable combination of results has the power to lift them into the safe house.

Holstein KielPosition: 17th (automatic relegation)Points: 25 (32 games)Goals: 48-75 (-27)

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Kiel are daring to dream of a great escape after taking seven points from the last nine on offer. That run simply has to continue against top-four rivals Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund if they're to have any chance of leapfrogging Heidenheim, but defeat on Matchday 33, coupled with a Heidenheim win, would send the Bundesliga first-timers straight back down.

Bochum Position: 18th (automatic relegation)Points: 22 (32 games)Goals: 30-63 (-33)

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Bochum are unbeaten in two, but it's going to take a huge favour from Lady Luck for them to stave off relegation, which could be confirmed this weekend. Even if the Ruhr club were to win their final two games, they still need Kiel and Heidenheim to stumble to have any hope of snatching the play-off berth at the last.

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