Bayern Munich – Freiburg

Bavaria will play in the championship in economy mode before the match in London.

The recent Bundesliga round was significant for Bayern. The players of the German champions were so tired from their match schedule and their own winning streak that they almost lost in Berlin. The local Union is not distracted by any European Cup tournaments or anything else. As a result, the team's players had all the opportunities to purposefully prepare for the meeting with the triumphant returning Munich team from Paris. Moreover, Union Berlin was leading until the 90+2 minute, but Harry Kane's goal saved Bayern's unbeaten streak. Overall, it is not worth overestimating such a slip by the national champion. No one has been able to go through an entire season without mistakes, and it is quite difficult to focus on Union after November's matches against Bayer and PSG. In other respects, Bayern is doing well. The team is in leading positions in the Champions League and Bundesliga. They have confidently overcome the unfortunate stage of the 1/16 finals of the German Cup. Freiburg is one of the most stable clubs in the Bundesliga. This season, the team is once again representing Germany in the Europa League and is doing so successfully. In the national league, Freiburg is performing at a level close to their usual, but they need to improve to get closer to the European Cup zone. Bookmakers have identified the home team as favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 1.20 for their victory. Bayern players are almost fully dispersed to their national team matches. Upon returning to the club, the players will immediately begin preparations for two matches. After Freiburg, Kompany's team will play in London against Arsenal. Before the equally important match against PSG at the beginning of the month, Bayern's coach fielded a mostly second-string team against Bayer, which managed to accomplish the set task. Likely, next week Vincent Kompany will implement a similar approach. Will this approach by Bayern to the pressure of the schedule increase Freiburg's chances of success? It's a tough question, but the visitors understand where they are going and are unlikely to play with a 'first-number' strategy. In the last six encounters between Bayern and Freiburg, neither team has scored more than four goals, and they have only managed to score exactly four goals between them once. The upcoming match will also not offer a goal fest.