Champions again on residence turf

By Ben Sully @SullyBen

After claiming an away win over Werder Bremen of their league opener, Bayern Munich return to the Allianz Enviornment to face Augsburg of their first residence sport of the Bundesliga season.

Bayern Munich

After struggling a disappointing 3-0 defeat to RB Leipzig within the DFL-Supercup, Bayern bounced again with a dominant show of their league opener towards Bremen. Thomas Tuchel’s facet took the lead by Leroy Sané, guaranteeing they took a slender benefit into half time.

Though they needed to be affected person, Bayern doubled their lead within the 74th minute when Harry Kane slotted residence his first purpose for the membership. Sané discovered wrapped up his brace so as to add a 3rd, earlier than substitute Mathys Tel rounded off the scoring with a stoppage-time strike, guaranteeing the champions returned residence in a buoyant temper.

Bayern will now look to assert most factors of their first residence sport of the Bundesliga season towards fellow Bavarian facet Augsburg. Though they misplaced their ultimate residence match of the 2022-23 season to RB Leipzig, they loved a 23-game unbeaten residence league run previous to dropping to die Roten Bullen in Could.

Crew Information

Jamal Musiala will miss out after struggling a hamstring in coaching. The hosts are additionally anticipated to be with out the providers of Bouna Sarr, Raphael Guerreiro, and
Manuel Neuer.

Augsburg

After struggling a shock cup exit by the hands of Unterhaching, Augsburg appeared set to bounce again with a win of their league opener towards Borussia Mönchengladbach after taking a 4-3 lead in an thrilling sport. Nevertheless, a late Gladbach penalty within the seventh minute of stoppage time ensured Augsburg needed to accept a share of the spoils. The Fuggerstädter have now gone 4 league video games with out a win, whereas they’ve gained simply considered one of their earlier 12 top-flight fixtures.

Enrico Maaßen’s facet have the envious honour of being the primary time to go to the Allianz Enviornment within the Bundesliga this season. Augsburg have misplaced their final 4 away conferences with the reigning champions, which incorporates final season’s 5-3 defeat. Whereas that run of outcomes shall be a trigger for concern, Augsburg managed to assert a win over Bayern final time period, recording a 1-0 victory in September’s residence encounter.

Crew Information

Augsburg are unable to name upon Raphael Framberger, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Nathanael Mbuku, Masaya Okugawa and Reece Oxford. There are additionally doubts over the provision of Ruben Vargas and Robert Gumny as a result of sickness.