After having narrowly won the first leg of the Champions League knockout playoff round against Celtic during the week, Bayern Munich focus their attention on the Bundesliga once again. On Saturday evening, they take on Bayer Leverkusen away from home. Last Word on Football brings you our Bayern Munich predicted lineup for the match.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup vs Bayer Leverkusen
How Bayern Munich Have Lined Up Recently
For that game in Scotland during the week, the Bavarians lined up as follows:
Manuel Neuer was in goal. The backline consisted of Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano, Eric Dier, and Raphael Guerreiro. Meanwhile, Leon Goretzka played alongside Joshua Kimmich in the holding midfield positions.
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The front four included Michael Olise, Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sané along with Harry Kane. This means Vincent Kompany made four changes to the previous starting 11. Namely, Laimer, Dier, Goretzka, and Sané came in for Sacha Boey, Kim Min-jae, Aleksandar Pavlovic, and Kingsley Coman.
Bayern Munich Recent Form and Tactics
Bayern are on a five-game winning streak. While they will certainly want to keep that going against last season’s Bundesliga champions, there is not much pressure for them to do so, given their eight-point lead at the top of the table.
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Of course, pride is at stake, given what happened last season. At the same time, they will have one eye on the return match against Celtic on Tuesday, whether they like to admit it, or not.
Tactically, there shouldn’t be a change away from the 4-2-3-1 formation Kompany’s men will look to control the game and finally beat Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen side, which they have never managed to do since the Spaniard took over at the BayArena.
Bayern Munich Injuries to Consider
At the pre-match press conference, Kompany noted that the same squad would be available to him, as it was in Glasgow. That means that Daniel Peretz and Alphonso Davies are still injured, while Joao Palhinha is still out with an illness.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup vs Bayer Leverkusen
Neuer, Stanisic, Upamecano, Kim, Guerreiro, Kimmich, Pavlovic, Olise, Musiala, Sané, Kane.
