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Bayern Munich take on the visiting Mainz at The Allianz Arena in the Bundesliga 1 fixture on Saturday.
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📊 Form Guide
Bayern Munich
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Bayern Munich will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 3-0 Champions League success over Lazio.
In that match, Bayern Munich had 60% possession and 24 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Bayern Munich, the goals were scored by Harry Kane (38', 66') and Thomas Müller (45'). Lazio had 5 attempts on goal with 0 on target.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Bayern Munich have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Bayern Munich have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 10 goals on the way. Still, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall be maintained here in this game or not.
Coming into this meeting, Bayern Munich haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.
Mainz
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Last time out, Mainz drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga 1 tie with Borussia Mönchengladbach.
In that game, Mainz managed 44% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Mainz was Jonathan Burkardt (12'). For their opponents, B. M'gladbach had 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Nathan Ngoumou (55') scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach.
The stats tell the story, and Mainz have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals overall. Defensively, Mainz have been far from perfect.
Leading up to this clash, Mainz:
- have not emerged victorious against Bayern Munich when they have played them away from home in the previous 7 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- are without an away win for the past 16 league games. They clearly need to do something about it.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 11/12/2021 tells us that Bayern Munich have won 4 of these games & Mainz 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 27 overall which averages out at 4.5 goals per match.
The previous league game featuring the two was Bundesliga 1 match day 8 on 21/10/2023 and the score finished Mainz 1-3 Bayern Munich.
On that occasion, Mainz managed 38% possession and 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Anthony Caci (43').
Bayern Munich got 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Kingsley Coman (11'), Harry Kane (16') and Leon Goretzka (59') scored.
The match was refereed by Sascha Stegemann.
🗞️ Team News: Bayern Munich
Noussair Mazraoui (Torn muscle fiber), Kingsley Coman (Knee medial ligament tear), Bouna Sarr (Cruciate ligament tear) and Tarek Buchmann (Torn muscle bundle) aren’t available for Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel. Aleksandar Pavlovic cannot play in this game through suspension.
In all likelihood, Bayern will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system this time and select Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Eric Dier, Matthijs de Ligt, Alphonso Davies, Konrad Laimer, Leon Goretzka, Leroy Sane, Thomas Mueller, Jamal Musiala and Harry Kane.
📰 Team News: Mainz
Mainz boss Bo Henriksen has some current player fitness concerns. Nelson Weiper (Knee injury), Stefan Bell (infection) and Andreas Hanche-Olsen (Torn muscle fiber) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. The suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Leandro Barreiro, Jessic Ngankam and Dominik Kohr.
There’s a good chance that Mainz will likely utilise a 3-4-2-1 system, starting the game with Robin Zentner, Sepp van den Berg, Josuha Guilavogui, Anthony Caci, Silvan Widmer, Philipp Mwene, Tom Krauss, Nadiem Amiri, Brajan Gruda, Jae-Sung Lee and Jonathan Burkardt.
🧠 Prediction
It’s pretty clear that Mainz will do really well to find the net against a Bayern Munich lineup who look set to create many chances to win well.
We predict a comprehensive 3-0 victory for Bayern Munich when the referee blows the final whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 14:05 09/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Bayern Munich
Formed: 1900
Stadium: The Allianz Arena (75,024)
Captain: Manuel Neuer
Chairman: Herbert Hainer
Manager: Thomas Tuchel
Competitions: Bundesliga 1 position 2, DFL-Supercup (Final), Champions League (Last 16)
🔑 Key Player: Leroy Sané
Customarily playing in the Right Wing position, Leroy Sané was born in Essen, Germany. After having made a senior debut playing for Schalke in the 2013 - 2014 season, the talented Forward has scored a sum of 8 league goals in this Bundesliga 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 23 appearances.
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24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 64 | WWWWW |
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24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 54 | WLLWD |
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25 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 53 | WWDWW |
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24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 44 | DWDLW |
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24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 43 | WDWLW |
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24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | LDDDW |
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24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 33 | DDLWW |
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24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 30 | WLWDL |
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24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 30 | LLDLD |
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24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 29 | DDLWW |
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24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 28 | DWLDL |
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24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 26 | LDLWD |
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24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 25 | DLDDL |
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25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -18 | 25 | WWDLL |
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24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | -21 | 25 | DDWLL |
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24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -23 | 17 | WDLDL |
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24 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -19 | 16 | DLWLD |
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24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | -34 | 13 | LDLDL |
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Goals scored | 3.3 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 26 |
Time first goal conceded | 57 |
Yellow cards | 1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 8-0 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.8 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 26 |
Yellow cards | 3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Harry Kane | 31 |
Jamal Musiala | 10 |
Leroy Sané | 8 |
Mathys Tel | 5 |
Leon Goretzka | 4 |
Jonathan Burkardt | 4 |
Ludovic Ajorque | 2 |
Leandro Barreiro | 2 |
Anthony Caci | 2 |
Jae-sung Lee | 2 |
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