Bayern Munich vs Arminia Bielefeld

Bayern Munich will be looking to get back to winning ways in the Bundesliga when they take on second-from-the-bottom Arminia Bielefeld at the Allianz Arena.

Bayern Munich have bounced back from a shock 2-1 loss to Augsburg with a Champions League win over Dynamo Kyiv in midweek and another success is well on the cards. Sat just one point above second-placed Borussia Dortmund, the ‘Bavarians’ can ill-afford to drop the points against a Bielefeld side they’ve defeated in 14 of their 18 top-flight H2Hs on home turf (D3, L1). Though they’ve already equaled Koln’s Bundesliga record of 101 league goals scored across a single calendar year, Bayern have already lost five Bundesliga matches in 2021, last losing six in one calendar year in 2015. Except for an underwhelming 2-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in early October, Julian Nagelsmann’s men have won their remaining five Bundesliga home games this term, scoring an average of 4.2 goals per match.

On the other hand, a thoroughly disappointing start to the season sees Arminia Bielefeld rooted to the drop zone after winning just one of their opening 12 Bundesliga matches (D6, L5). The visitors go into this matchday as one of just two Bundesliga sides yet to hit double digits in terms of the league goals scored this season (8). Yet, Bielefeld’s solitary league win so far has come away from home, as they outscored Stuttgart 1-0 in their most recent top-flight trip, snapping a run of four winless road games (D2, L2). A low-scoring theme has highlighted Bielefeld’s away fixtures this term, with four of their five league outings featuring under 2.5 goals. Frank Kramer’s men have made a habit of falling behind without recovering, losing five of the seven Bundesliga games when conceding first this term (D2).