After the October international break, Bayern Munich return to Bundesliga play in the Southern Derby against VfB Stuttgart. As far as rivalries in the Bundesliga go, this one is often underrated. Yet, it involves two teams that finished in the top three of last season’s league table. Last Word on Football brings you our Bayern Munich predicted lineup for the match.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup Vs VfB Stuttgart
How Bayern Munich Have Lined Up Recently
The team began their last match at Eintracht Frankfurt as follows: Manuel Neuer was in goal. Alphonso Davies and Raphael Guerreiro took up their positions on the flanks of the back four. Meanwhile, Kim Min-jae and Dayot Upamecano played in the centre of the defence.
Aleksandar Pavlovic joined Joshua Kimmich in the holding midfield positions, as Serge Gnabry, Thomas Müller, Michael Olise and Harry Kane made up the front four.
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This means that coach Vincent Kompany made two changes compared to the game before that. Konrad Laimer as well as Kingsley Coman made way for Guerreiro and Müller respectively. Kompany has made a point of slightly rotating his side in each game so far. He never makes radical changes to the team.
Bayern Munich Recent Form and Tactics
The only problem under the new man in charge has been the fact that the last three results weren’t wins. There was a Champions League defeat at Aston Villa, which was sandwiched in between Bundesliga draws against Bayer Leverkusen and Frankfurt.
The Villa game was the only one of them where the team performance was bad. The other two showings were so dominant, that it was hard to believe they didn’t result in victories.
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Tactically, the big question is how to fine-tune Kompany’s extremely attacking style and balance it with defensive stability when needed.
For example, in Frankfurt Bayern were 3-2 ahead deep in added time against what was the second-place team in the Bundesliga. Instead of trying to retain the result, they went forward with six or seven players at once, allowing Eintracht to counter and thus get the equaliser. They must play more intelligently in such situations.
Bayern Munich Injuries to Consider
Sacha Boey, Josip Stanisic, as well as Jamal Musiala remain out through injury. Meanwhile, Kompany said at his pre-match press conference that Upamecano would be questionable.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup Vs VfB Stuttgart
Neuer, Guerreiro, Upamecano, Kim, Davies, Kimmich, Palhinha, Olise, Müller, Coman, Kane.
