The Bavarian giants will play their fiercest opponents http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Royal-95-c40387 Blues in an away match as they look to record a fourth straight win in the league campaign.
Jupp Heynckes’ league leaders will do battle with Huub Stevens’ Schalke in their next Bundesliga game on the weekend, September 22, at the Veltins Arena. Bayern are coming from a crucial 2-1 victory over the Spanish side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863
in their UEFA Champions League match and Schalke is also on a good run this season.
Schalke
The home team has started the season well accumulating seven points from a possible nine and are on an unbeaten run in all competitions. They registered a 2-1 triumph over the Greek side Olympiakos in midweek’s European game as
well. Last season, the Miners came 3rd and will be hoping to improve their standings this term.
The Veltins Arena team will overtake the FC Hollywood outfit if they beat them in their first clash of the season. Both the German clubs recorded the same score-line in their away games in Europe’s Premier cup competition. The
much anticipated clash in Gelsenkirchen will be highly followed as there is a huge rivalry between the two teams.
Die Knappen will be looking to put an end to Der FCB’s unbeaten start to the season and are currently sitting fourth in the league table, only two points behind Bayern. Last season Schalke suffered both home and away losses to
their rivals with an identical 2-0 result.
Bayern Munich
Die Bayern have won all their official matches this term and have a perfect record in all competitions. The Bundesliga giants are all out for a major honour this year after two trophyless seasons. They will reclaim their top rankings
if they beat Schalke as they have a game in hand. Eintracht Frankfurt are currently at the top of the table.
The Allianz Arena side were unfortunate to finish runners-up in the domestic competition last term and lost out to Borussia Dortmund, but this year Bayern look fit and sharper and have the upper hand on the BVB, as they lost their
star playmaker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shinji-Kagawa-c33364 to English Premier League club Manchester United.
Moreover, new signing Mario Mandzukic has done a superb http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toni-Kroos-c35425 and Thomas Muller are also in rich form and have performed exceptionally for the Munich side.
Team News
Huub Stevens will not have the luxury of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jermaine-Jones-c18363 is also set to be unavailable.
Jupp Heynckes has a major concern for Franck Ribery and he is likely to miss out the weekend clash. Mario Gomez, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468, Muller and Kroos will be drafted in the first team
for the match at Gelsenkirchen.
Players to watch
The Dutch forward http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175 is in great form this season and was the league’s golden boot winner last term. He also netted in their Champions League win against Olympiakos.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-Neuer-c23424 has been amazing for the Reds and is yet to concede a goal against his former team. He has kept two clean sheets until now and has only let in just three goals.
Prediction
Bayern will have the upper hand as they have a team of world class players as compared to Schalke. Bettor.com predicts a
2-1 triumph for Der FCB.
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