BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has dominated the Bundesliga for years, and even if they lose at home to Freiburg, they will equal a 52-year league record.
Whatever happens in Munich on Saturday, Vincent Kompany’s side will remain top of the Bundesliga. This equals Bayern’s record of 43 consecutive league leaders from March 1972 to the 1972-73 season, when star players such as Franz Beckenbauer, Paul Breitner, Gerd Müller and Uli Hoeness won the club’s second and third Bundesliga titles.
Kicker noted that the winning streak ended in the opening game of the 1973-74 season, when Udo Latek’s Bayern defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf “only” 3-1 and Stuttgart beat Schalke 3-0 to take the lead. Bayern won this season as well, achieving their third consecutive victory.
Bayern’s record 16-game winning start to the season Ends at Union Berlin It’s before the international break and the Bayern giants will be hoping to add to their winning streak against Freiburg before facing Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday. After matchday 10, Bayern already has a six-point lead over Leipzig in the Bundesliga.
major matches
Freiburg have not beaten Bayern since May 2015 and have never won a league match in Munich, suffering a heavy defeat. Freiburg started the league with two losses, but since then their only loss has been to Bayer Leverkusen.
Third-placed Borussia Dortmund host fourth-placed Stuttgart on Saturday, but Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi is hoping to make headlines for his play rather than for possessing illegal weapons. Adeyemi said he got them after ordering a “mystery box” online.
Also on Saturday, struggling Wolfsburg play their first game against Leverkusen. fire the coach And a sports director. Leverkusen will be aiming for further development before facing Manchester City away on Tuesday.
Another Champions League contender, Eintracht Frankfurt, visit Cologne later on Saturday.
Featured players
Luis Diaz continued to shine for Bayern, scoring his favorite goal of the season from a narrow angle in the 2-2 draw with Union. The Colombian star has scored 11 goals in his first 17 games for Bayern after joining from Liverpool, and went on to score a further five.
Bosnian forward Fisnik Aslani has played in every game so far and is Hoffenheim’s top scorer with five goals. Mainz will be wary of the threat he poses on Friday.
Stuttgart forward Deniz Undav, who had only recently regained form after an injury layoff, was not called up for Germany’s World Cup qualifiers. He scored two goals before the international break and will go into the game against Dortmund hoping to impress German manager Julian Nagelsmann ahead of next year’s World Cup.
who is out
Leverkusen had concerns about the fitness of influential wing-back Alex Grimaldo, who missed Spain’s World Cup qualifier against Turkey on Tuesday due to injury. Grimaldo was already playing to his limits and missed Leverkusen’s 3-0 loss to Bayern. Grimaldo has emerged as Leverkusen’s key player after the summer exodus of star players.
Jamal Musiala returned to Bayern’s ball practice last week after breaking his foot at the Club World Cup in July. The club’s plan is for the 22-year-old forward to play a few minutes in December and be fully fit in January, when the league resumes from its two-and-a-half week winter break.
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