Werder Bremen travel to Hannover 96 for this weekend's north derby clash.  The two Canadian internationals currently playing in the Bundesliga will face off on Saturday February 19th 3:30pm (local time).  The match will be shown on tape delay on Fox Canada at 12:00pm EST

Paul Stalteri has played 138 Bundesliga matches, while Julian de Guzman has played 69 (visit www.juliandeguzman.ca for more info).  The two have enjoyed very successful stretches at their current clubs.  Julian de Guzman has announced that he will leave Germany and join Deportivo La Coruna of the Spanish La Liga at the end of the season.  Paul Stalteri has yet to announce his plans after the 2004/2005 season.

The last match up for these two Canuks took place on September 18th, 2004 and ended with a 3-0 victory for Werder.  The defending champions will be looking for a similar result if they wish to keep pressure on Bayern Munich who are four points ahead in the standings. 

Werder will be without Miroslav Klose, Frank Fahrenhorst and Gustavo Nery due to the flu.  Ivan Klasnic will be with the team, but will make a last minute decision as to whether he will be fit to play. 

Hannover will still be without Michael Tarnat, Dame Diouf, and Tranquillo Barnetta due to injury.   Coach Ewald Lienen has also ruled out Per Metersacker after he suffered a dizzy spell ahead of last weeks match against Freiburg.

Werder coach Thomas Schaaf has travelled to Hannover with an 18-man squad:  Reinke, Walke, Schulz, Stalteri, Magnin, Pasanen, Ismaël, Ernst, Borowski, Micoud, Baumann, Zidan, Hunt, Klasnic, Valdez, Banecki, Davala, Jensen.

FOX Sports World Canada
Sat Feb 19 09:00AM Pacific
Sat Feb 19 10:00AM Mountain
Sat Feb 19 11:00AM Central
Sat Feb 19 12:00PM Eastern
Length: 2 hr     SDD
German Bundesliga
Hannover vs Werder Bremen