In this 9th week match, on Saturday Oct 8th, Borussia Dortmund will host Bayern München at Signal-iduna-park in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. 4th placed Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Köln. Julian Brandt struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 31st minute on a feed from Jude Bellingham, then Florian Kainz got the equalizer for Köln in the 53rd minute on a feed from Jonas Hector But luckily in the 56th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Steffen Tigges. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 3rd placed Bayern München, recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Viktoria Plzeň. Leroy Sané struck first for Bayern München in the 7th minute on a feed from Jamal Musiala, then Serge Gnabry added another in the 13th minute on a feed from Leon Goretzka In the end, Viktoria Plzeň couldn’t muster any offence and Bayern München ran away with the shutout win. Bayern München should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Bayern München won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Leroy Sané has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Bayern München. Borussia Dortmund’s top weapon lately has been Jude Bellingham, who has two goals in the last five matches
Marco Reus, Mate Morey, Mahmoud Dahoud, Sébastien Haller and Giovanni Reyna are unavailable to play for Borussia Dortmund, while Julian Nagelsmann’s Bayern München squad will be without Thomas Müller, Leon Goretzka, Kingsley Coman, Lucas Hernández, Joshua Kimmich and Manuel Neuer.