The Bundesliga is set to be the first major European league to return, with an announcement due this week on plans for games to resume.
At the top of the table, five teams have a chance of securing the title with Bayern Munich's current dominance under threat.
Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig are the main contenders to de-throne the Bavarian side, while Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen remain the outsiders.
There was confirmation on Thursday that the Bundesliga season will resume on Saturday May 16.
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Just eight points separates Bayern in first and Bayer Leverkusen in fifth, whereas the Premier League sees a 25-point gap between first and second while nine points separates first and third in LaLiga.
Schake's poor form has opened up the potential of a top-six finish for those other teams in the top-half, with Wolfsburg and Freiburg just a single point behind.
At the other end, Paderborn and Werder Bremen will be hoping to drag themselves out of relegation trouble, although the bottom club have a ten-point gap between themselves and the safety of 15th.
Here, Tom Carnduff makes five predictions for what he expects to happen over the next nine gameweeks.
Bayern Munich to win the title...just
Koln to secure a top-six spot
Erling Haaland to be the top goalscorer (over the nine games)
Augsburg to finish in the bottom-three
Fortuna Dusseldorf to concede the most goals
Odds correct at 1750 BST (08/05/20)
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