Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
All eyes will be on Allianz Arena when Bayern Munchen and Freiburg face each other in the Bundesliga derby on Saturday afternoon. The title holders faced no difficulties in a 5-2 win at Union Berlin, but they can’t afford any complacency on Matchday 11. Leroy Sane should keep his place in the starting XI, while both Eric Choupo-Moting and Sven Ulreich remain in the recovery room.
As always, a man to watch in the home team will be Robert Lewandowski, who has already netted 12 goals in the new Bundesliga campaign. Freiburg, on the other hand, are enjoying a very successful season, with the team sitting in third position ahead of the trip to Munich. Christian Streich’s men did well to beat Greuther Furth 3-1 at home on Matchday 11, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry in the Allianz Arena showdown. Both Roland Sallai and Jonathan Schmidt are out of contention with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Robert Lewandowski):
After scoring 36 goals in 59 league games for Znicz Pruskow, Robert Lewandowski joined Lech Poznan in June, 2008. The 184-cm-tall attacker scored 18 goals in 28 appearances for the club in the 2009/2010 Ekstraklasa campaign and during the season he was on Borussia Dortmund’s radar.
The Polish forward signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga side in June, 2010 and he quickly established himself as the team’s key attacker. Lewandowski was producing excellent performances with the Millionaires between 2010 and 2014 and it has to be noted that he won two Bundesliga trophies with the club (2010/2011, 2011/2012). He participated in the 2012/2013 Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund, but the Millionaires were beaten by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich in the title game.
However, he betrayed Borussia Dortmund fans in 2014 as he signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga giants. Lewandowski impressed in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign as he scored 30 goals in 32 league games for Pep Guardiola’s troops. The Polish footballer represented his homeland at Euro 2016 in France and he scored one goal at the showpiece tournament in France.
Highlighted Team (Freiburg):
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Freiburg made it to the German Cup semis in the 2012/2013 DFB Pokal campaign, but their local rivals
The likes of Levan Kobiashvili, Papiss Cisse, Sascha Rieter, Joachim Low, Zlatan Bajramovic, Mohammadaou Idrissou, Roda Antar, Sebastian Kehl, Richard Golz are the notable footballers who played for Augsburg in the past. It is well known that Joachim Low helped Germany win the 2014 FIFA World Cup as a coach.