Preview Bayern Munich vs. Union Berlin: Leader wants to stay unbeaten

Bayern Munich

With 20 points from eight games, Bayern are at the top of the Bundesliga table and level on points with second-placed RB Leipzig. Bayern started their league season with three consecutive wins before playing to two draws against Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt.

Since then, Vincent Kompany's team has returned to winning ways and secured two comfortable league victories. They defeated Stuttgart by a 4-0 scoreline before recording a 5-0 win over Bochum, which proved to be the perfect response to their Champions League loss to Barcelona. Bayern put in another dominant performance in the middle of the week: Jamal Musiala scored a hat trick together with Leroy Sane to secure a 4-0 win against Mainz in the DFB Cup.

After a relaxed move into the round of 16, Bayern are now turning their focus back to Bundesliga action. They will certainly fancy their chances of getting all three points having won five of their last six games against Union, including each of the last three.

Team news

The hosts cannot rely on Sacha Boey, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Josip Pavlovic and Hiroki Ito. Meanwhile, Vincent Kompany has betrayed FC Bayern will make a late decision To Availability of Dayot Upamecano and Eric Dier.

Union Berlin

Union will go into the weekend in fourth place after making a positive start under Bo Svensson. The former Mainz coach has seen his Union team win four, draw three and lose just one this season.

After the defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach in September, Union has been unbeaten in the league for three games. They recorded back-to-back wins against Borussia Dortmund and Holstein Kiel before a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend.

Unfortunately for the Iron Men, they were unable to carry their league form into Wednesday's cup game against Arminie Bielefeld. Marius Wörl and André Becker each scored a goal to seal a 2-0 defeat for Union, ending their hopes of winning the cup. After the defeat against a third division team, Union must improve to cause problems for the goalless Bayern team.

Union starts on Saturday with the hope of securing consecutive away wins in the league for the first time since January/February 2023. It will take something special for the Iron to take all three points, however, as they are still looking for their first ever Bundesliga win against Bayern after failing in their nine previous attempts (D3, L7).

Team news

The guests will probably have to do without the services of Yannic Stein, Lucas Tousart and Josip Juranovic.