Bayern Munich vs Union Berlin - prediction, team news, lineups

Still without a Bundesliga win this season, struggling Union Berlin volition question to look an unbeaten Bayern Munich broadside astatine the Allianz Arena connected Friday.

The Bavarians are looking for their sixth triumph successful 7 outings, portion Die Eisernen are hopeless to debar a 3rd consecutive defeat.

Match preview

Vincent Kompany's Bayern person made a beardown commencement to the 2026-27 campaign, but volition beryllium hoping to ascent backmost up to their accustomed apical spot aft this clash.

The Bavarians person recorded 2 wins and a gully from their 3 Bundesliga fixtures truthful far, including a 2-1 triumph implicit newly-promoted Elversberg connected Sunday.

Kompany's broadside dominated that crippled with 72% possession - and generated 2.83 expected goals - but needed a customary Harry Kane onslaught to snatch the points aft being pegged backmost to 1-1 successful the 2nd half.

That triumph followed up Bayern's surprise 0-0 gully with Schalke 04 connected September 5, and fans whitethorn beryllium acrophobic by the team's deficiency of comfortableness against the 2 promoted clubs.

Friday's hosts, who are presently 4th successful the German apical formation with 7 points, could scope the acme with different victory, but supporters are looking for a convincing show alongside the result, fixed that Union are important underdogs.

Meanwhile, Mauro Lustrinelli has made a mediocre commencement to his Union tenure, and volition beryllium aiming to forestall a thrashing considering that his presumption is already nether pressure.

Die Eisernen person collected conscionable a azygous constituent from their 3 league outings truthful far, a meagre tally that has them 16th successful the table.

The superior nine marked the opening of their competitory run with a 4-2 DFB-Pokal triumph over Braunschweig, and were capable to propulsion disconnected a commendable 3-3 gully with Eintracht Frankfurt successful their Bundesliga opener.

However, a 4-0 thrashing astatine the hands of Bayer Leverkusen followed connected September 5, and a 3-1 beating by Schalke past clip retired connected location turf has fans fearing the worst.

Desperate for points, Union are improbable to extremity their winless tally connected Friday fixed they person not gotten the amended of Bayern this decade, but a grounds of 2 draws from their past 5 against the Bavarians could beryllium crushed for hope.

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Team News

Bayern person a mostly acceptable squad for this clash, though centre-back Tarek Buchmann remains sidelined arsenic helium recovers from country connected a syndesmosis injury.

Regardless, Jonathan Tah and Dayot Upamecano should beryllium connected manus to commencement astatine the bosom of Kompany's defence, flanked by Konrad Laimer and Alphonso Davies.

As for Union, they person a contrastingly lengthy database of absentees to contend with, including right-back Josip Juranovic, left-back Andrik Markgraf, and centre-backs Marvin Friedrich and Stanley N'Soki.

Looking to capable the gaps, Lustrinelli could opt for a centre-half pairing of Felix Uduokhai and Leopold Querfeld connected Friday, with Tom Rothe and the versatile Christopher Trimmel operating either broadside successful the four-man defence.

At the other extremity of the pitch, strikers Andrej Ilic and Oliver Burke are some ruled retired - though the second is closing successful connected a instrumentality from an Achilles wounded - while winger Kastriot Imeri is simply a uncertainty owed to a thigh issue.

That being said, Emmanuel Latte Lath and Jeong Woo-yeong should beryllium connected manus to pb the enactment this week, supported from retired wide by Michel Aebischer and Livan Burcu.

Bayern Munich imaginable starting lineup:

Neuer; Laimer, Tah, Upamecano, Davies; Pavlovic, Kimmich; Olise, Musiala, Diaz; Kane

Union Berlin imaginable starting lineup:

Ronnow; Trimmel, Uduokhai, Querfeld, Rothe; Aebischer, Khedira, Kemlein, Burcu; Latte Lath, Jeong

We say: Bayern Munich 3-1 Union Berlin

Bayern person won each but 1 of their matches this term, but they person not produced the scoreline to lucifer their dominance recently.

With that successful mind, Union could find themselves connected the scoresheet, adjacent though the hosts look acceptable for different triumph connected Friday.

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