German football fans will finally witness the most powerful country's championship showdown.
Carlo Ancelotti's second-placed team in the Bundesliga will put in all efforts to take home the victory from the "Signal Iduna Park" arena.
"Borussia's" goal is no less ambitious: to defeat their "big brother" in front of their enthusiastic fans.
"Borussia" - "Bayern" Tournament: Bundesliga (Round 11) Stadium: "Signal Iduna Park" (Dortmund) Referee: Tobias Stieler Date and time: 2016-11-19, 7:30 pm
Sporting Form
In early October, the "Bayern" footballers suffered a loss of four important points in the Bundesliga, but quickly returned to the path of victories and defeated opponents five times in a row in all competitions.
Before the international break, the Munich club faced a tough game against "Hoffenheim" and the match ended in a 1:1 draw.
"Borussia" shows a more fluctuating form and currently occupies only the 5th place in the German championships.
However, T. Tuchel's players are only two points behind their closest rivals, and have chances to climb to the top in the near future.
Injuries and predicted starting line-ups
Finally, Marco Reus has recovered from injury and may appear on the field after substitution.
We will not see Subotic, Durm, and Bender in the match.
"Borussia": Burki; Piszczek, Sokratis, Ginter, Guerreiro; Weigl; Schurrle, Goetze, Castro, Dembele; Aubameyang.
Doubts have arisen in the "Bayern" team regarding Arturo Vidal, who got injured while playing for the national team.
Coman and Javi Martinez are recovering from injuries.
Robben missed a couple of training sessions, but will likely be ready.
"Bayern": Neuer; Lahm, Hummels, Boateng, Alaba; Thiago, Alonso, Vidal; Robben, Lewandowski, Muller.
Interesting facts
- "Bayern" is not afraid of "Borussia" - in the last 7 matches, they have not suffered a single defeat (4 wins, 3 draws). The last defeat was in the 2014 Super Cup match 0:2
- "Borussia" has long been unable to defeat opponents in front of their own fans - on April 1, 2015, but against the same "Bayern". Since then, they have achieved 21 wins and 5 matches ended in draws.
- Bavarians demonstrate impeccable offense and have scored at least one goal in the last 19 Bundesliga matches. This is the best result in the league. The last time they were not able to score against opponents was in March 2016 (against "Borussia").
- T. Tuchel's team defends poorly - they have conceded 12 goals, while "Bayern" has conceded only 6.
- Thiago (1024) and J. Weigl (885) lead the league in touches per game.
- T. Muller continues his goal drought - he has not scored in 682 minutes in the Bundesliga. However, he scored his first career goal in the highest league against "Borussia" in 2009.
- C. Ancelotti triumphed in the Super Cup match in August, but "Borussia" is an unfavorable team for him - he has had 4 losses in 9 matches, more than against any other German team.
Prediction
"Bayern" will take advantage of the uncertain defense of the opponents and score two goals.
The Munich club will win with a score of 1:2.
Guess how the Bundesliga match between "Borussia" and "Bayern" will end! The betting company "Cbet" considers Bayern the favorites in the match, what do you think?
