This season is slowly but surely getting into its most decisive phase for Bayern Munich. On Friday night, they face their fellow Bavarians of FC Augsburg, which is often a challenging fixture. It will likely be especially so this time, as Augsburg are unbeaten in 11 games, mainly due to an impressive defensive record. Last Word on Football brings you our Bayern Munich predicted lineup for the match.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup vs FC Augsburg
How Bayern Munich Have Lined Up Recently
Last weekend against FC St. Pauli, coach Vincent Kompany’s side started as follows: Jonas Urbig was in goal, while the back four was made up of Konrad Laimer, Eric Dier, Kim Min-jae, as well as Raphael Guerreiro. The holding midfielders were Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka. Lastly, Michael Olise, Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sané, and Harry Kane made up the front four.
That means that Kompany made four changes compared to the encounter before the international break. He brought in Laimer, Kim, Guerreiro, and Sané for Josip Stanisic, Dayot Upamecano, Alphonso Davies, and Serge Gnabry.
Bayern Munich Recent Form and Tactics
The team’s form has been somewhat inconsistent of late. Despite having escaped the St. Pauli match with a narrow victory, they had struggled in the two league games before that, with only one point from those encounters, each of which was against relegation-threatened sides. Now they face a disciplined team with European ambitions, making things all the more complicated.
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Nonetheless, the 4-2-3-1 formation should remain the same. It will just be interesting whom Kompany will start in the defensive line, despite a lack of too many different options. It will likely have to be a back four, that has little experience playing together.
Bayern Munich Injuries to Consider
Sadly, there are once again many injuries in the team. Although the coach has said in his pre-match press conference that the same players who missed the last game will also miss this one, he forgot to add Hiroki Ito’s name to the list.
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The Japanese international came into the weekend’s game as a substitute only to reinjure his foot again, forcing him to again miss several months of play. Besides Ito, Manuel Neuer, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Davies Upamecano, and Kingsley Coman all remain on the sidelines as well.
Bayern Munich Predicted Lineup vs FC Augsburg
Urbig , Laimer, Dier, Stanisic, Guerreiro , Kimmich, Goretzka, Olise, Musiala, Sané, Kane.
