Bayern Munich are back in Bundesliga action on Saturday as they host the relegation-threatened Mainz.
Thomas Tuchel earned some respite in midweek as his side overcame a 1-0 first leg deficit to progress into the Champions League quarter-finals. Harry Kane scored twice for the Bavarians in a 3-0 second leg victory over Lazio.
While they kept their continental dream alive in midweek, Bayern‘s hopes of securing a 12th straight Bundesliga title were dealt yet another blow last Friday as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Freiburg. Bayer Leverkusen’s lead at the summit has crept into double digits and it’s going to take a monumental collapse for Bayern to usurp them.
Mainz, meanwhile, have failed to recover from their woeful start to the season under Bo Svensson and look certain to finish in the bottom three having won just two Bundesliga games all campaign.
Here’s 90min’s preview of Bayern’s upcoming Bundesliga fixture.
Bayern Munich vs Mainz H2H Record
Current form (all competitions)
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Bayern Munich 3-0 Lazio – 05/03/24 |
Mainz 1-1 Borussia Monchengladbach – 02/03/24 |
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SC Freiburg 2-2 Bayern Munich – 01/03/24 |
Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Mainz – 23/02/24 |
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Bayern Munich 2-1 RB Leipzig – 24/02/23 |
Mainz 1-0 Augsburg – 17/02/24 |
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VfL Bochum 3-2 Bayern Munich – 18/02/23 |
Stuttgart 3-1 Mainz – 11/02/24 |
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Lazio 1-0 Bayern Munich – 14/02/23 |
Mainz 1-1 Union Berlin – 07/02/24 |
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Aleksandar Pavlovic is suspended for Saturday’s game after he picked up his fifth yellow card of the season against Freiburg.
Thomas Tuchel will also be without long-term absentees Kingsley Coman and Bouna Sarr, but Noussair Mazraoui could return to the matchday squad.
Serge Gnabry has returned from his lengthy injury layoff, while Kim Min-jae could return to the starting XI on Saturday.
Bayern Munich predicted lineup vs Mainz (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Laimer, Kim, De Ligt, Davies; Kimmich, Goretzka; Sane, Musiala, Tel; Kane.
The visitors will have to deal with a litany of absences this weekend.
Mainz have Dominik Kohr, Leandro Barreiro and Jessic Ngankam missing due to suspension. Stefan Bell, Nelson Wieper, Maxim Leitsch, Edmilson Fernandes and Andreas Hanche-Olsen are currently injured and unlikely to feature.
Mainz predicted lineup vs Bayern Munich (3-4-3): Zentner; Da Costa, Guilavogui, Van den Berg; Widmer, Kraus, Amiri, Mwene;…
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