Holders Bayern Munich take on top-four chasers RB Leipzig at home in desperation to end their losing run.
BAY vs LEP Match Details
Date: Saturday, 24 February 2024
Time: 18:30 (CET), 23:00 (IST)
Venue: Allianz Arena, Munich
BAY vs LEP Match Preview
Back-to-back defeats in the Bundesliga including losing against table-toppers Bayer Leverkusen have threatened Bayern Munich’s dominance in the league for the past 11 years. The disappointing results have left them trailing Xabi Alonso’s men by eight points with 12 matches left to play. With a loss against Lazio in the first leg of the Champions League cramped in between those league defeats in a disastrous February month, Thomas Tuchel has decided to step down from his position at the end of the season. Bayern now find a new challenge to give their departing manager a fitting farewell with a turn of form sooner than later if they want to keep their hopes alive of winning any silverware this season. However, changing their fortunes around against a tricky RB Leipzig team will be difficult as they were already smashed 3-0 in the German Super Cup by the same opposition and also lost the last home fixture 3-1 under the current boss.
Leipzig faced a disruptive start to 2024, with three losses on the spin, but managed to steady themselves by staying unbeaten in the last three Bundesliga matches. Marco Rose's men conceded a 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League in between although their focus on the league remained intact. Placed fifth on the table, the 2-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach last weekend with goals from Xavi Simons and Lois Openda got them within a point of the top-four spot. Leipzig now holds the chance to maintain their four-game unbeaten streak against Bayern Munich in all competitions despite managing just two wins in this fixture in 16 league meetings. A victory will not only be huge in the sense of piling more misery over the home side but also getting a favourable run after the fixture with three relegation battlers to face consecutively. Having stopped Bayern in the reverse fixture as well and not lost to them since 2022, Die Roten Bullen will be confident of pulling something positive again.
Recent Form (all competitions)
BAY: LLLWW
LEP: WLDWL
Recent Form (Bundesliga)
BAY: LLWWW
LEP: WDWLL
BAY vs LEP Team News
Bayern’s Dayot Upamecano is suspended following his red card in the 3-2 defeat to Bochum while Sacha Boey and Noussair Mazraoui are nursing hamstring injuries. Kingsley Coman (knee), Serge Gnabry (thigh), Konrad Laimer (calf), Tarek Buchmann (thigh), Bouna Sarr (knee) and Noel Aseko (ankle) are out as well. Alphonso Davies remains a doubt for the match with a knee problem. Whereas Leipzig lost Lukas Klostermann through a thigh injury last weekend while Amadou Haidara also sustained a knee problem.
BAY vs LEP Predicted Lineups
Bayern Munich
Neuer; Kimmich, De Ligt, Kim, Guerreiro; Pavlovic, Goretzka; Sane, Muller, Musiala; Kane
RB Leipzig
Gulacsi; Henrichs, Simakan, Orban, Raum; Simons, Schlager, Kampl, Olmo; Sesko, Openda
BAY vs LEP Head-to-Head (all competitions)
Played - 19
BAY won - 10
Drawn - 6
LEP won - 3
BAY vs LEP Head-to-Head (Bundesliga)
Played - 16
BAY won - 8
Drawn - 6
LEP won - 2
BAY vs LEP Dream11 Match Prediction
Bayern Munich will have an edge over RB Leipzig and are our favorites to win this match.
BAY vs LEP Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Harry Kane
Vice-captain Pick: Lois Openda
Others: Leroy Sane, Xavi Simons
Our top picks for the BAY vs LEP Dream11 team are Harry Kane with 25 goals and Lois Openda with 16 goals in the Bundesliga this season.
BAY vs LEP Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Gulacsi (Cr - 8)
DEF: Henrichs (Cr - 7.5), Kim (Cr - 9), Raum (Cr - 8)
MID: Simons (Cr - 9), Kimmich (Cr - 8.5), Musiala (Cr - 8), Sane (Cr - 8.5)
FW: Openda (Cr - 9), Kane (Cr - 9), Muller (Cr - 8)
Vice-captain: Lois Openda
Captain: Harry Kane
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