Back on the road to success! That's Bayern's motto for the home game against RB Leipzig this Saturday evening (18:30 CET). Following three away defeats in the space of a week in Leverkusen (3-0), Lazio (1-0) and Bochum (3-2), three points against the Red Bulls at home in the Allianz Arena are a must. Here are all the other key facts relating to the match for you.
1,000th home game in the Bundesliga
The clash against Leipzig is FC Bayern's 1,000th home game in Bundesliga history. To date, the men from Munich, the first side ever to accomplish this feat, have won 743 games on their own patch in the German top flight, with 166 draws and 90 defeats (goal difference: 2737:889).
Record favours Bayern
In the reverse fixture, Bayern fought back from 2-0 down to earn a 2-2 draw. Leroy Sané got the equaliser.
FC Bayern and RB Leipzig meet for the 20th time in a competitive match on Saturday. With ten wins, six draws, three defeats and a goal difference of 37:26, the record so far favours the men from Munich. However, FCB have failed to beat Leipzig in the last four consecutive matches (2 draws, 2 defeats). RB have even won their last two matches in Munich (3-1 in the Bundesliga, 3-0 in the Supercup).
Two aerial powerhouses go head-to-head
FC Bayern and RB Leipzig are the two teams who have scored the most from headers in the current Bundesliga season. FCB have already netted with 13 of them - the best tally in the top flight. Leipzig are just behind in second place with ten goals. The men from Munich, together with Hoffenheim, have also conceded the fewest goals from headers (2).
Prolific strikers battle it out
Harry Kane pulled one back in the reverse fixture to make it 2-1 - the striker is currently on 25 goals this season.
Harry Kane and Loïs Openda, two of the three most lethal strikers this season, go head-to-head at the Allianz Arena in Munich on Saturday. FCB attacker Kane leads the way in the goalscoring charts with 25 goals after 22 matchdays. Leipzig's Openda sits in third place with 16 goals, behind VfB Stuttgart's Serhou Guirassy (18). Kane has also fired off the most shots in the league (93), Leipzig's Openda the second most (84).
There was some good news from the training ground ahead of the clash:
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