Bayern go to Freiburg, the one ground nobody has won at this season
Third against first. Freiburg have won all five home matches this season; Bayern scored thirteen in their last two home league matches, and Freiburg have beaten them once in forty-six league meetings.
Bayern lead the Bundesliga on fourteen points and Freiburg are third on thirteen, so this is a top-of-the-table match in name. In substance the gap is wider: Bayern beat Union 7-0 in September and Leipzig 6-1 last week, and Freiburg have one win in the last forty-six league meetings.
Bayern Munich look the stronger side with three goals or more in all.
Freiburg
- 1Christian Günter
- 2Igor Matanovic
- 3Max Rosenfelder
- 4Florian Müller
- 5Rihito Yamamoto
- 6Lukas Kübler
- 7Cyriaque Irié
- 8Keisuke Goto
- 9Vincenzo Grifo
Bayern Munich
- 1David Daiber
- 2Sacha Boey
- 3Tim Binder
- 4Alphonso Davies
- 5Ismael Saibari
- 6Hiroki Ito
- 7Cassiano Kiala
- 8Sven Ulreich
- 9Jannis Bärtl
Kimmich is not in Bayern's starting XI, with Bischof and Laimer paired in midfield, and Díaz is also absent from the side. Suzuki starts for Freiburg, among the three behind Höler in a 4-2-3-1.
Freiburg's five home wins are real, and Suzuki returns from suspension, which is why the home side are not written off. Bayern are without Luis Díaz, injured against Arsenal, and Kimmich's availability is unclear; neither changes the shape of the match. Bayern's last five league matches averaged more than four goals and Freiburg's more than three, so we are as sure of three goals or more as of a Bayern win.
