Bayern Munich vs Magdeburg - prediction, team news, lineups

Bayern Munich's quest to clasp the DFB-Pokal continues connected Wednesday, erstwhile they invited Magdeburg to Allianz Arena successful the 2nd round.

The hosts managed to bushed VfL Osnabruck 4-1 connected September 2 successful the archetypal round, whereas their opponents defeated Bahlinger 4-0 connected August 23.

Match preview

Bayern travel into Wednesday's fixture connected the backmost of an encouraging 3-1 occurrence against Freiburg connected Sunday, a effect that moved them supra Borussia Dortmund astatine the apical of the Bundesliga array owed to extremity difference.

Vincent Kompany was incapable to beryllium connected the sidelines for that triumph due to collapsing connected Friday erstwhile watching the club's 2nd squad train, and his infirmary enactment is apt to spot adjunct Aaron Danks proceed to instrumentality complaint from the dugout connected Wednesday.

The Bavarians' triumph against Freiburg was invited considering they had drawn 3 of their anterior 4 contests successful each competitions, with the nine settling for 2-2 stalemates with Augsburg, Viking FK and Arsenal.

Though Bayern person conceded 9 goals successful their past 5 games, they managed to find the backmost of the nett connected 16 occasions.

Banks volition anticipation to usher his players to their 5th triumph astatine location this campaign, portion nonaccomplishment to beforehand into the DFB-Pokal's adjacent circular would beryllium conscionable the 2nd clip they would person been prevented from winning astatine Allianz Arena this season.

Magdeburg are 5th successful the 2. Bundesliga with 16 points aft 9 matchweeks, though they are lone 2 points from second-placed Nurnberg.

The visitors precocious to this signifier of the DFB-Pokal pursuing their triumph against Bahlinger, and it should beryllium noted that they person reached the circular of 16 doubly successful the past 3 seasons.

Boss Petrik Sander could unafraid his side's 2nd consecutive triumph against Bayern, though that clash with the Bavarians came successful October 2000.

Over their past six fixtures, Magdeburg person won 3 times, drawn erstwhile and suffered 2 losses, a agelong successful which they kept 2 cleanable sheets.

The second-tier visitors are without triumph successful their past 3 distant outings, with the squad succumbing to decision twice.

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Team News

Alongside their missing caput coach, Bayern volition person to contend with the absences of stars similar goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, attacker Luis Diaz and defender Kim Min-Jae.

The hosts would person made changes from their accustomed lineup anway, but they are present definite to start Jonas Urbig betwixt the posts, while Tarek Buchmann and Hiroki Ito are acceptable to support him.

In the guardant line, expect to spot teenager Lennart Karl connected the close broadside of attack, with others similar Serge Gnabry and Ismael Saibari besides candidates to play.

As for Magdeburg, their squad is mostly available, truthful determination is nary crushed to uncertainty the inclusion of striker Mateusz Zukowski.

Felipe Chavez is apt to beryllium up of a backmost 4 featuring cardinal defenders Tobias Muller and Anselmo Garcia McNulty.

Bayern Munich imaginable starting lineup:

Urbig; Boey, Buchmann, Ito, Laimer; Daiber, Ndiaye; Karl, Gnabry, Saibari; Kane

Magdeburg imaginable starting lineup:

Reimann; Nadjombe, Muller, McNulty, Nollenberger; Hyrylainen, Chavez, Musel; Iyoha, Zukowski, Atik

We say: Bayern Munich 6-1 Magdeburg

Though Bayern person recovered cleanable sheets to beryllium a rarity successful caller weeks, they should comfortably beforehand into the adjacent round.

Even if the hosts marque wholesale changes, Magdeburg volition find it hard to support the Bundesliga's champion onslaught quiescent connected Wednesday.

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