January 2026 Bundesliga restart runs into inclement weather | Full updates on the matchday 11 fixtures

Inclement weather continues to wreak havoc on the official January 2026 Bundesliga re-start. All across the German Bundesrepublik, The German Hanseatic north in particular finds itself particularly affected. A winter storm christened “Elli” has already led to the cancellation of FC St. Pauli and Werder Bremen home fixtures. More Bundesliga matches this weekend face postponement.

The current situation counts as an unsurprising development. Prior to the global COVID pandemic, Bundesliga football ordinary did not resume until late January. The shortened winter break (the Bundesliga used to suspend for a full month during this time of year) was bound to produce an outcome like this at some point.

Get German Football News is pleased to supply a full update on all nine German top flight fixtures set to take place this weekend. With many German locales battling against snow drifts and other averse conditions that can imperil the safety of spectators, matters can shift quickly.

This evening’s Bundesliga matchday 16 curtain-raiser will take place as scheduled. Heavy snowfall heads directly towards the RheinMain metropolis, but will not arrive until long after Eintracht and Dortmund complete proceedings at the famous “Waldstadion”. Eintracht’s stadium placement in a light-traffic “forest corridor” ensures that fans will be able to safely vacate the area despite wet and slippery conditions.

Freiburg-in-Breisgau – despite being the “sunniest part of Germany” – does regularly deal with winter snowfall. At the moment, the German border town looks to be hit by the southern tip of the storm front. Saturday’s forecast nevertheless calls for little other than heavy rain. Temperatures are set to drop on Sunday, however, meaning that snowfall might blanket the Baden burg on Sunday.

The Hanseatic city-state takes no chances as it prepares for a direct hit from the storm front from the south. The DFL confirmed the match cancellation earlier today for the totally legitimate reason that crowds in excess of 50,000 do not belong around the Weser Stadion at this point in time.

Despite the fact that Köpenick is already dealing with heavy snowfall. Club members continue to work around the clock to clear snowfall in and around the Stadion An der Alten Försterei. The German national weather service has lifted a severe weather warning in the German capital. The Bundesbahn also confirmed on Friday evening that rail service to Berlin-Brandenburg will resume on Saturday morning.

Hamburg, like Bremen, prepare for a direct hit from the storm. It looks to be the case that “Elli” will tear up from the south and spin over to the English channel, sparing Berlin, the East of Germany, and the northern Peninsula for now. As noted above, locales such as Berlin and Dresden have already seen snowfall, but the worst appears to be over for now.

The skies remain relatively quiet around this section of the BaWü border. Heidenheim an der Brenz faces intermittent showers and light snowfall. Temperatures an der Brenz mean that what snow showers do pass over this section of Swabia are unlikely to stick. Frank Schmidt’s FCH get set to host Köln under unpleasant, yet workable conditions.

Leverkusen’s staff and club volunteers currently work to clear snow that has already fallen in this Westphalian locale, but it appears as if the sheer volume of snowfall on it’s way from the south will render this fixture unplayable. These two teams will simply have to wait to start their calendar year.

Though Leverkusen and Gladbach are only separated by a mere 66 km, Mönchengladbach should be ready to host the first of the Sunday fixtures. There’s more than enough time to clear the snowfall projected to fall in the region. Moreover, rain and rising temperatures might clear some of the accumulation.

Light snowfall will lead to some accumulation in the Bavarian capital, but the second Sunday fixture should be able to proceed as scheduled due to the fact that the storm front will miss the home of the German giants.

GGFN | Peter Weis