The Bavarian giants will kick off their league campaign against the newly promoted side Greuther Furth as they look to get back to winning ways.
Jupp Heynckes’ DFB-Pokal finalists will face Mike Buskens’ Greuther Furth on Saturday, August 25, at the Trolli Arena. Bayern have been very impressive in their pre-season fixtures. On the other hand, Furth have been average in
their performances, mostly drawing their off season matches. Die Roten will be the favourites for the game.
Greuther Furth
The Kleeblatters were below par in their preparations for the new campaign as they lost 2-0 to Kickers Offenbach and drew 1-1 with Stoke City, after securing their place in the Bundesliga for the first time. They were mostly in
second place in the 2.Bundesliga and gained promotion after finishing as second League Champions.
The champions have won three German championships but they were all in the early 1900s with the last league won in 1929. The Cloverleaves were mid-table team in the second tier and will be looking to avoid relegation in their upcoming
Bundesliga campaign. The Trolli Arena side will do their best to upset Die Roten at the weekend.
Bayern Munich
The FC Hollywood outfit was unlucky last season after finishing as the second best team in the league, DFB-Pokal Cup and the UEFA Champions League. Bayern reached the finals of Europe’s elite cup competition twice in the last three
seasons and will be strong contenders for every tournament they participate in.
Der FCB have seen their dominance under threat from arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund winning the league consecutively for the last two years and defeating them 5-2 in the German Cup final last season. Die Bayern are considered among
the top European clubs and have won a record number of Bundesliga titles and DFB-Pokal Cups.
The Bundesliga giants will try to stop the BVB from winning a hat-trick of league titles in the coming campaign. The Allianz Arena club offloaded strikers http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ivica-Olic-c17399 and Nils Petersen to Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen respectively,
and replaced them with quality additions of Mario Mandzukic, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xherdan-Shaqiri-c37074 and Claudio Pizarro.
Team News
Jupp Heynckes have serious injury concerns ahead of their opening clash of the season as Mario Gomez is out for a few weeks and the star midfielder Franck Ribery caught fever in their 4-0 victory over Jahn Regensburg in the first
encounter of the German Cup. Mandzukic and Shaqiri will be expected to replace the duo in the first team.
Mike Buskens’ side have a clean bill of health ahead of their match with Munich.
Players to watch
Mandzukic will be the player to watch out for next season. The striker was signed from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Wolfsburg-c40881 after a good season last year in which he scored 12 league goals, and will be touted to fill-in for the injured Gomez and lead
the Bayern attack. He will also provide competition for places along with the veteran http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Claudio-Pizarro-c9324.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Baye-Djiby-Fall-c7384 has the responsibility of leading his side as he was the top scorer in the Norwegian league with 16 goals in 2010. The forward will help retain Furth their Bundesliga status and will be expected to score regularly
for his new team.
Prediction
The visitors will be looking to win their league opener and challenge Dortmund for the title as they have strengthened their squad over the summer. Bayern will win the match
3-0.
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