The Bavarian giants will travel to league bottom side, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Freiburg-c40462, on Saturday, February 18, in their next Bundesliga fixture. The German record champions will be looking to claim all three points in order to remain on the heels
of Borussia Dortmund, who lead the standings.
Bayern thrashed Freiburg 7-0 the last time these two sides met in the reverse fixture at Allianz Arena. Mario Gomez scored four times in the clash whereas Franck Ribery and Nils Petersen were also amongst goals.
SC Freiburg
Christian Streich’s side is struggling at the bottom of the table and have already lost a staggering 12 times this season, the most by any team. The team has failed to live up to expectations in the current campaign after an impressive
ninth place finish last term.
Breisgau-Brasilianer have won only once in their last five Bundesliga fixtures, suffering three losses and playing one draw. However, Freiburg’s form at home has been relatively better as they have accumulated 12 out of the 18
points at the Mage Solar Stadium.
Bayern Munich
Jupp Heynckes’ side has had a rather indifferent start to proceedings to the second-half of the season with only four points from the first three games. However, the team has won the last two fixtures in the league against VfB
Stuttgart and FC Kaiserslautern and are back to winning ways.
Bayern will be looking to continue with their winning run in the league considering they have the UEFA Champions League knock-out round fixture against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Basel-c39079 next week.
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SC Freiburg
Streich is expected to go with one striker upfront in order to put pressure on the opposition from midfield. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jan-Rosenthal-c17799 is expected to be named his replacement.
Bayern Munich
Jerome Boateng will continue in the heart of defence as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arjen-Robben-c6521 is again expected to start on the bench with Thomas Muller replacing him on the right wing.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Alaba-c10416 will replace him in the centre of the park.
Players to watch
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oliver-Baumann-c28480
The Freiburg shot stopper will surely have a tough night against the Bavarian giants and his performance will hold the key to the result for the home side. The player has been one of the few positives for the strugglers this season
and the fixture will be another great opportunity for the goalkeeper to prove his worth.
Mario Gomez
The striker has continued his sensational goalscoring form from last season and is currently the highest scorer in the Bundesliga. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfB-Stuttgart-c40879 man will be eager to add to his already impressive goal tally.
Prediction
The home side cannot afford any more slip-ups in the remaining course of the season. Similarly, a drop in points for Bayern could be an end for their hopes of the title as a Dortmund win would make it a five-point gap.
All in all, it is expected to be an exciting clash between a side that has the worst defensive record this season and the team that has scored the most goals. It will be a 4-0 win for Bayern in the clash at the Mage Solar Stadium.
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