Bayern Munich shall be seeking to bounce again from their first Bundesliga defeat of the season once they host RB Leipzig on Friday evening.
The Bavarian giants suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Mainz of their final league outing, permitting their title rivals to shut the hole on the high of the desk.
Bayern nonetheless paved the way with 33 factors from 14 video games, however RB Leipzig are actually simply six factors behind in fourth place after beating Eintracht Frankfurt final outing.
Crew Information
Bayern shall be with out a number of key defenders for the go to of Leipzig, with Sacha Boey, Hiroki Ito and Josip Stanisic all dominated out via injury. Midfielder Konrad Laimer can also be unavailable.
Of their absence, Dayot Upamecano and Kim Min-jae are anticipated to begin because the central defensive pairing, with both Raphael Guerreiro or Alphonso Davies doubtlessly having to fill in at right-back.
Manuel Neuer stays sidelined till the brand new yr, so Daniel Peretz is about to proceed in purpose for Bayern. Michael Olise, Jamal Musiala and Leroy Sane might function in assault behind Thomas Muller.
For Leipzig, midfielders Amadou Haidara, Eljif Elmas and Forzan Assan Ouedraogo are all unavailable. Christoph Baumgartner, Xaver Schlager and Kevin Kampl are more likely to begin in the midst of the park.
Castello Lukeba is a long-term absentee, so Nicolas Seiwald, Willi Orban and Lutsharel Geertruida might type the again three. Strikers Benjamin Sesko and Lois Openda are anticipated to steer the road.
Predicted Lineups
Bayern Munich: (4-2-3-1)
Peretz;
Guerreiro, Upamecano, Kim, Davies;
Kimmich, Pavlovic;
Olise, Musiala, Sane;
Muller
RB Leipzig: (3-5-2)
Gulacsi;
Seiwald, Orban, Geertruida;
Henrichs, Baumgartner, Schlager, Kampl, Nusa;
Sesko, Openda
The match kicks off at 7:30pm UK time on Friday, December 20 on the Allianz Enviornment.
