VfL Osnabruck vs Bayern Munich - prediction, team news, lineups

Bayern Munich question to Bremen Bridge connected Wednesday to look VfL Osnabruck successful the last crippled of the DFB-Pokal's archetypal round.

The archetypal circular of the contention begins anterior to the commencement of the Bundesliga season, but due to the fact that of Bayern's information successful the German Supercup final, the visitors person had to hold until this week to play their 2. Bundesliga opponents.

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Osnabruck person started their play successful mixed fashion, losing 2 of their archetypal 3 league games successful the 2nd tier, and they are presently 14th with 3 points.

Some difficulties were expected this word fixed they were competing successful the 3rd tier for each of the erstwhile 2 campaigns, though it volition beryllium a interest that they person kept conscionable 1 cleanable expanse successful 7 competitory games.

An exit connected Wednesday would beryllium the 3rd clip successful a enactment that Timo Schultz's broadside person exited the DFB-Pokal astatine the archetypal hurdle, portion it would besides beryllium their 3rd nonaccomplishment successful 3 meetings with Bayern.

The hosts are winless successful 2 fixtures astatine home, losing once, conceding 4 goals and scoring conscionable once, and they person netted 1 oregon less goals successful 3 of their 4 astir caller clashes at Bremen Bridge.

Bayern Munich person started 2026-27 successful frightening fashion, beating Stuttgart 5-1 successful matchweek one of the Bundesliga connected Friday.

That triumph was their 2nd wide triumph this campaign, with the German giants beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1 successful the Supercup last connected August 22.

To person already defeated the teams that finished 2nd and 4th past word volition person pleased Vincent Kompany, who galore expect to assertion a 3rd consecutive league title.

The Bavarians are the reigning DFB-Pokal champions having won the last against Stuttgart successful May, but since 2020-21, they person been eliminated from the 2nd circular 3 times, the circular of 16 erstwhile and the quarter-finals once.

Kompany has present overseen an unbeaten home streak of 20 matches, a play successful which his broadside were victorious connected 17 occasions.

The visitors are besides undefeated successful their past 32 distant games successful home football, winning 26 times and scoring astatine slightest 3 goals successful 21 of those clashes.

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Team News

While VfL Osnabruck volition rightly beryllium acrophobic astir securing endurance successful the 2. Bundesliga this season, a lucifer against Bayern Munich is simply a rarity, truthful expect a beardown lineup.

The likes of Robin Fabinski, Jannik Muller and Niklas Wiemann are acceptable to diagnostic successful defence, and it would not beryllium astonishing to see Leonhard Munst flanked by Adrian Beck and Robin Meissne.

Bayern Munich are apt to marque a fig of changes signifier the XI that bushed Stuttgart, with Ismael Saibari, Lennart Karl and Arijon Ibrahimovic imaginable inclusions successful attack.

Tom Bischof volition anticipation to beryllium trusted successful midfield, and portion Bara Sapoko Ndiaye volition privation to marque an appearance, possibly Kompany volition opt for the acquisition of Aleksandar Pavlovic for astatine slightest a half.

Jonas Urbig is astir definite to regenerate Manuel Neuer, and the shot-stopper whitethorn beryllium protected by Jonathan Tah and Hiroki Ito.

VfL Osnabruck imaginable starting lineup:

Krumrey; Fabinski, Muller, Wiemann; Kammerbauer, Wagner, Jacobsen Badjie; Beck, Munst, Meissne

Bayern Munich imaginable starting lineup:

Urbig; Laimer, Ito, Tah, Stanisic; Bischof, Pavlovic; Karl, Saibari, Diaz; Ibrahimovic

We say: VfL Osnabruck 1-5 Bayern Munich

If Osnabruck are to past their brushwood with Bayern, they volition person to beryllium cleanable astatine the back.

Bayern Munich volition rightly beryllium seen arsenic wide favourites, and adjacent if they brushwood immoderate difficulties, they volition person the quality to alteration the crippled by bringing connected superstars.

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