Both teams switch focus to Bundesliga after European games

Back from their Champions League trip to Copenhagen, FC Bayern Munich host a Freiburg team that played in the Europa League on Thursday.

Bayern Munich

The German champions had to fight hard for their win over FC Copenhagen on Tuesday, turning the match around to claim a narrow 2-1 victory.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel said it’s difficult to know what to expect tactically from a very flexible Freiburg side.

“We are aware of the difficulty of the task. Freiburg change their formation very often, so I don’t know if you can prepare for all eventualities. It may be that the requirements change more often,” Tuchel told reporters.

“I’m sure Freiburg will do everything they can to make life as difficult as possible for us. We have to be prepared for that. We’re determined to win, but we know it’s going to be tough.”

Team News

Bayern will still have to manage without Tarek Buchmann, Matthijs de Ligt, Serge Gnabry and Manuel Neuer.

Freiburg

Freiburg, like Bayern, are coming off a European match, having lost 1-2 to West Ham in the Europa League on Thursday.

Despite the loss, Freiburg can be proud of the way they raised their game in the second half and should look to build on that against Bayern on Sunday.

Currently sitting eighth in the Bundesliga table, Freiburg eased to a 2-0 win over Augsburg on Matchday 6.

Christian Streich’s men shocked Bayern with a 2-1 defeat on their last visit to the Allianz Arena in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal in April and will be fired up to cause a similar upset on Sunday.

Team News

Christian Günter, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh and Max Rosenfelder are out with injuries, while Michael Gregoritsch and Yannick Keitel are very doubtful. Nicolas Höfler is suspended.

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