Darmstadt vs. Bayern preview: Will the Bavarians be stopped?
Coming off an 8-1 win over Mainz, in-form Bayern could absolutely destroy lowly Darmstadt on Saturday afternoon.
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Darmstadt
Darmstadt haven’t won a league match in what seems like forever and look destined for a drop back down to the 2. Bundesliga. The squad simply isn’t good enough and a brutal test awaits them this weekend.
Darmstadt lost 8-0 in their first meeting of the season against Bayern back in October and will likely sit back and try to close the gaps this time around. Tim Skarke played at right-back last weekend against Leipzig and he should play there again amongst a back five.
Midfielder Andreas Müller stated, "If no one expects it, it's all the more beautiful if we can provide a surprise. - It's just cool for every player to play against world champions to whom you used to look up to as a small child.”
Team News
Fraser Hornby, Marvin Mehlem, Clemens Riedel and Matej Maglica are out.
Bayern
Bayern have scored 11 goals in their last two competitive games and seem very confident at the moment. Still, the 10-point gap to Leverkusen is daunting and could be well out of reach.
Bayern should take care of business on Matchday 26 and there isn’t expected to be any rotations with the international break coming up. Joshua Kimmich should continue at right-back with a front four of Kane, Musiala, Müller and Sane.
When asked about the upcoming break, Thomas Tuchel said, "For the first time in two weeks we've got 19, 20 first-team players on the pitch. That immediately has an effect on a group. The break disrupts the rhythm, it's not ideal, but it is what it is. We are keeping our fingers crossed that everyone comes back fit."
Team News
Tarek Buchmann, Bouna Sarr, Kingsley Coman and Noussair Mazraoui are unavailable.