After having found out that their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal opponents are current English Premier League leaders Arsenal, Bayern Munich will now shift their focus to domestic matters once again. They face the bottom team in the Bundesliga, Darmstadt 98. Last Word on Football brings you our Bayern Munich predicted lineup for the match.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup vs Darmstadt 98
How Bayern Munich Have Lined Up Recently
The Bavarians began their 8-1 demolition job of Mainz 05 with Manuel Neuer in goal. Joshua Kimmich once again played right-back, as Alphonso Davies finally returned to fitness to start at left-back. Eric Dier played alongside Matthijs de Ligt in the centre of defence. It seems that that surprise duo now have the upper hand over their competitors Min-jae Kim and Dayot Upamecano, but that could quickly change.
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Meanwhile, Konrad Laimer replaced the suspended Aleksandar Pavlovic next to Leon Goretzka as a holding midfielder. Leroy Sané, Thomas Müller, Jamal Musiala, and Harry Kane made up the front four, as they often had in recent weeks. Other than to make enforced changes, coach Thomas Tuchel has not rotated his team nearly at all as of late. That is likely to continue, given the side’s recent return to form, which brings us to our next topic.
Bayern Munich Recent Form and Tactics
After two successive emphatic victories in all competitions, Bayern are eager to prove a point to all of their critics. It is realistically only a matter of keeping themselves sharp for the upcoming Champions League matches, as any hope of a Bundesliga title defence would have to be considered unlikely. Tuchel has recently indicated that he would leave the 4-2-3-1 formation as it is, bringing his unsuccessful tactical experiments to an end.
Bayern Munich Injuries to Consider
There is finally some light at the end of the tunnel on the injury front, as the coach announced in the pre-match press conference that only Bouna Sarr, Noussair Mazraoui, and Kingsley Coman remain on the injury list. He noted that the Darmstadt game will only be the second of the entire season for which he will have a full-sized squad of first-team players available.
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That speaks volumes about the luck Bayern had had all term with injuries, suspensions and international duty. He also expressed his anxiety about the upcoming international break, which could make the injury list grow again. None of this is to excuse Bayern’s season, as it is just one of several explanations as to why it happened.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup vs Darmstadt 98.
Neuer, Kimmich, de Ligt, Dier, Guerreiro, Pavlovic, Goretzka, Sané, Müller, Musiala, Kane.
