On Saturday, March 12, Bayern Munich hosts Werder Bremen in week 26 of the German Bundesliga league season. The game will be played at the Allianz Arena in the city of Munich and will kick off at 17:30 BST.
The home side are currently top of the league table with 63 points from 25 games, while the visitors are in 13th place, with 27 points from 25 games.
Bayern Munich will retain their position at the summit of the division regardless of the outcome of this game. The visitors could rise one place to 12th with a win in this game, but could fall to 16th place should they suffer defeat.
Bayern Munich need for concentrationRivals Borrussia Dortmund are helping to make this a very interesting title race, as they are sticking to the tails of favorites Bayern Munich. The league leaders will know they cannot afford to take anything for granted else they get overtaken by the team from the Signal Iduna Park.
The Bavarians, managed by Pep Guardiola, are in good form, with two wins, two draws and one defeat in their last five games in all competitions. These wins were both league victories against Darmstadt 98 (3-1 on February 20), and Wolfsburg (0-2 on February 27).
The title favorites drew their recent Champions League game against Juventus (2-2 on February 23), and their league game against Borrusia Dortmund (0-0 on March 5). They suffered a shock defeat to Mainz 05 in the league (1-2 on March 3).
Werder Bremen relegation worriesThe visitors must be looking nervously over their shoulders, as they lie just 6 points outside the relegation zone. If they lose this game, and have all other results go against them, they could be 3 points above the relegation zone at the end of this game.
The River Islanders, managed by Viktor Skripnik are in good form, with two wins, two draws and one defeat in their last five games. These wins were in consecutive games against Bayer Leverkusen (1-4 on March 2), and Hannover 96 (4-1 on March 5).
The underdogs, could only manage to draw their recent games against Hoffenheim (1-1 on February 13), and Darmstadt 98 (2-2 on February 27). They suffered defeat to Ingolstadt (2-0 on February 20).
Robert Lewandowski will once again be the danger man for the Bavarians. The Polish striker leads the league’s scoring charts with 23 goals in 24 appearances and will be looking to return to scoring form against one of the poorer sides in the league. Veteran striker [[Claudio Pizarro] has been very impressive in front of goal for Werder Bremen.
He has scored 11 goals in 22 appearances and will need be extra fired up for a game against his former employers.
Bayern Munich are winless in their last two games, and will be looking to return to winning ways sooner rather than later. I see the league leaders easing to three points in this game.
