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Bayern Munich

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Bayern Munich will be looking for another win after the 2-5 Bundesliga 1 triumph vs Darmstadt.

In that match, Bayern Munich had 76% possession and 27 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Bayern Munich, the scorers were Jamal Musiala (36', 64'), Harry Kane (45'), Serge Gnabry (74') and Mathys Tel (93'). Darmstadt 98 had 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Tim Skarke (28') and Oscar Vilhelmsson (95') scored for Darmstadt.

Bayern Munich have been conceding pretty frequently of late, but they’ve also managed to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Bayern Munich have conceded in 5 of them in addition to scoring in 6 of those matches. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Leading up to this clash, Bayern Munich:

• are unbeaten in the league by Borussia Dortmund in their previous 10 games. A decent run, indeed.
• are unbeaten in their previous 4 home league matches.

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund head into the meeting following on from a 3-1 Bundesliga 1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt in their most recent match.

In that game, Borussia Dortmund managed 66% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the goals were scored by Karim Adeyemi (33'), Mats Hummels (81') and Emre Can (93'). For their opponents, Eintracht Frankfurt got 9 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Mario Götze (13') was the scorer for Eintracht Frankfurt.

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Borussia Dortmund have bagged the sum of 12 goals. Borussia Dortmund have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. Over that period, their defenders have seen 6 goals scored by their opponents.

Their prior results show that Borussia Dortmund:

• are winless against Bayern Munich when having played them away from home in the previous 9 matches in the league. It has been a terrible run on the road.
• are unbeaten in their previous 8 away league matches. They've been so good on the road.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 06/03/2021 tells us that these encounters have not been kind to Borussia Dortmund. They’ve not been able to get themselves any wins at all whereas Bayern Munich have just been too good for them, running out winners in 83% of those ties.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 29 overall which averages out at 4.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Bundesliga 1 match day 10 on 04/11/2023 and the score finished Borussia Dortmund 0-4 Bayern Munich.

On that day, Borussia Dortmund managed 50% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

Bayern Munich got 14 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Dayot Upamecano (4') and Harry Kane (9', 72', 93') scored.

The match was refereed by Deniz Aytekin.

🗞️ Team News: Bayern Munich

Manuel Neuer (Torn muscle fiber), Aleksandar Pavlovic (Tonsillitis), Sacha Boey (Torn muscle bundle), Raphaël Guerreiro (Torn muscle fiber), Bouna Sarr (Cruciate ligament tear) and Tarek Buchmann (Torn muscle bundle) will not be able to play for Bayern Munich gaffer Thomas Tuchel.

It seems likely that Bayern may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Sven Ulreich, Joshua Kimmich, Matthijs de Ligt, Eric Dier, Alphonso Davies, Konrad Laimer, Leon Goretzka, Leroy Sane, Thomas Mueller, Jamal Musiala and Harry Kane.

📋 Team News: Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund boss Edin Terzić has to choose a team with limited availability. Donyell Malen (Thigh problems), Gregor Kobel (Stomach flu), Abdoulaye Kamara (unknown injury), Sébastien Haller (Ankle injury) and Ramy Bensebaini (Inner ligament injury) are those who can’t be considered. Marcel Sabitzer cannot play in this game through suspension.

We reckon that Dortmund seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Alexander Meyer, Julian Ryerson, Niklas Suele, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ian Maatsen, Salih Oezcan, Emre Can, Jadon Sancho, Julian Brandt, Karim Adeyemi and Niclas Fuellkrug.

🔮 Prediction

It looks to us that Bayern Munich will most probably get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the other end, Borussia Dortmund won’t find it easy getting on the scoresheet - but, we do see them scoring.

Our tip is for a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Bayern Munich when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 17:02 30/03/2024