Matchday 14 in the Google Pixel Bundesliga sees FC Bayern Women welcome seventh-placed Essen to the FC Bayern Campus on Sunday (16:00 CET). Alexander Straus and his team come into this on the back of Wednesday’s 6-0 DFB Cup triumph over Kickers Offenbach as they look to continue their unbeaten Bundesliga run. fcbayern.com has all the stats ahead of the game.
1. Unbeatable Bayern
Bayern are unbeaten in their last 22 encounters with Essen by an aggregate scoreline of 22-2. The last defeat in this fixture was in 2012. Die Frauen are also on a good run in the Bundesliga in general, going 30 matches without a loss in the league, claiming 26 wins and four draws to earn 82 of a possible 90 points.
2. Evenly contested
Although Bayern have historically come out on top against Essen, the visitors are no slackers when it comes to getting stuck in. Both teams have a success rate in challenges this season of 51 percent. FCB defender Linda Sembrant has been particularly impressive since joining, coming out on top 61 percent of the time. Essen’s Beke Sterner comes out slightly ahead at 67 percent.
3. No Stanway
Georgia Stanway will miss the home game against Essen.
Georgia Stanway put in an impressive display in last week’s 5-0 win away at Köln. It was the first time she’d contributed two goals in a game for Bayern, scoring one and setting up another. However, the England midfielder also picked up her fifth yellow card of the season that day and will now sit out the Essen game through suspension.
4. Goalscorers on both sides
There are four players leading the scoring chart in the Bundesliga with six goals apiece. Right behind them are two Bayern strikers with five each in Lea Schüller and Jovana Damnjanovic. Essen’s Laureta Elmazi and Natasha Kowalski also both have five to their names this term. All four actually scored last weekend too.
5. Commanding reverse win
Lea Schüller celebrating her goal to make it 2-0 in Essen.
Bayern visited Essen in October 2023 for Matchday 3 and returned to Munich with a comfortable 2-0 victory to bring up their first away win of the season. Pernille Harder opened the scoring after 13 minutes before Schüller, who spent seven years at Essen, headed in the second just 11 minutes later.
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