FC Bayern München and Borussia Mönchengladbach will play on Friday the 7th of January at 8:30 pm in the 18th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Schwabmünchen at the Domus Regiobau Arena.
FC Bayern München is in the 1st place in the standings with 43 points. It comes from a 4-0 win against VfL Wolfsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won 14 times, drawn once, and lost twice.
FC Bayern München won the last 5 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 19th of November against FC Augsburg and the score was 2-1.
Borussia Mönchengladbach is in the 14th place in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against TSG Hoffenheim in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Bayern München
FC Bayern München has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 88.24%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times) and 3-4-2-1 (2 times).
Dino Toppmöller is expected to play against Borussia Mönchengladbach with the following players: M. Neuer, A. Davies, D. Upamecano, L. Hernández Pi, B. Pavard, M. Roca Junqué, J. Musiala, L. Sané, T. Müller, S. Gnabry and R. Lewandowski.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of FC Bayern München would be 27.18.
Dino Toppmöller will probably not be able to employ B. Sarr, J. Stanisic, N. Süle, K. Coman, L. Goretzka, J. Kimmich, C. Tolisso and J. Choupo-Moting because of injury.
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 41.18%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Adolf Hütter is expected to play against FC Bayern München with the following players: Y. Sommer, M. Ginter, R. Bensebaini, S. Lainer, J. Scally, C. Kramer, P. Herrmann, D. Zakaria Lako Lado, M. Thuram, L. Stindl and B. Embolo.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Borussia Mönchengladbach would be 28.27.
Adolf Hütter will probably not be able to employ L. Beyer, M. Doucouré and J. Hofmann because of injury.