The league leaders will continue their bid to reclaim the league title from Borussia Dortmund against the struggling Stuttgart as they want to continue winning games.
Jupp Heynckes’ DFB-Pokal finalists will take on Bruno Labbadia’s Stuttgart in the second round matches of the league on Sunday, September 2, at the Allianz Arena. Bayern are coming from an impressive win over Greuther Furth at
the weekend whereas the visiting team faced a defeat at the hands of Wolfsburg as they conceded a last gasp winner from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bas-Dost-c7339.
Bayern Munich
The Bavarian giants have been brilliant in the pre-season campaign and the start of the season. They have established themselves as a top European club over the last few years. The Allianz Arena outfit have been trophyless over
the past two seasons and have acquired world-class players in order to mount a serious title challenge this term.
Die Roten side finished runners-up in UEFA Champions League, German cup and the Bundesliga last campaign. They will be looking forward to end the trophy drought and win some silverware in the new season. The new signings Mario
Mandzukic and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xherdan-Shaqiri-c37074 have performed really well for the FC Hollywood club.
Die Bayern have offloaded fringe players such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ivica-Olic-c17399 and Nils Petersen and replaced them with quality additions that will make a strong bench for the Bavarian club. Mandzukic will fill-in for the injured star striker, Mario
Gomez, and the former Wolfsburg attacker has already netted four times in only three games.
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left for other European clubs.
Stuttgart last won the national title in 2006-07 season and finished runners-up nine years ago. Their best league finish in the last five years was when they came third in 2008-09. Die Schwaben have always remained under the shadows
of Borussia Dortmund and Bayern, and have underperformed.
The coach has not been able to attract good players to the club with only a quality addition of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martin-Harnik-c24374 to lead the side
in the UEFA Europa League and a better finish in the domestic league.
Team News
Jupp Heynckes will miss http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Contento-c11113. Gomez suffered an ankle injury in the summers and is out for a few more weeks. Therefore, Mandzukic will keep his place
in the starting line-up.
Bruno Labbadia has most of his team fit to play the encounter. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Johan-Audel-c18772 will be unavailable due to injuries.
Players to watch
Thomas Muller will be the man of the moment. The versatile player won the Golden Boot in the 2010 World Cup but was less impressive last term compared to his previous seasons for Der FCB. He has already scored twice in just three
games.
Vedad Ibisevic is the player to watch out for in the new season. He has netted four goals in four matches this time around.
Prediction
Bayern are touted to register a hard-fought win as they have a very creative squad but the Swabians will pose a threat. Die Bayern will win the match
3-1.
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