FC Bayern Women return to action on Sunday following their thrilling DFB Cup semi-final victory over Eintracht Frankfurt and the international break as they visit Duisburg for Matchday 18 in the Google Pixel Bundesliga. The league leaders will want to continue their good form of recent weeks and chalk up a 15th win of the campaign against the 12th-placed hosts. Here’s the key stats and facts ahead of the match.
1. Good head-to-head record
Bayern are unbeaten in their last 16 Bundesliga fixtures against Duisburg, with only two draws and 14 FCB wins. The reverse fixture in Munich ended in a 2-0 victory thanks to goals from Jovana Damnjanovic and Georgia Stanway.
2. A clash of contrasts
Alexander Straus’s team are second in the Bundesliga scoring stakes this season with 42 goals, behind Wolfsburg (45), while Duisburg sit bottom in that regard with just 10 scored this season. The reigning champions also boast the division’s meanest defence after conceding only five times in 17 games; MSV have the second worst with 46, after Nürnberg (47).
3. In-form Schüller
After two wins in Euro 2025 qualification with Germany, Lea Schüller will want to keep up her goalscoring run for Bayern, having netted in each of the last three Bundesliga fixtures to take her season tally to nine goals. The 26-year-old striker and 2021/22 top scorer has also shown she enjoys facing Duisburg, with five goals in four Bundesliga meetings with the Zebras in Bayern colours.
Lea Schüller has scored in each of Bayern’s last three Bundesliga games, like in the 2-1 win at Frankfurt.
4. Extend winning run
Bayern are unbeaten in their last 34 Bundesliga outings (W30, D4), which is the club’s second-best run ever after their 40-match streak across 2014 and 2016. Die Frauen are also enjoying a seven-game winning sequence in the league, which is their best run since last season when they managed 15 on the spin between October 2022 and May 2023.
5. Bühl there to assist
Klara Bühl tops the Bundesliga assist chart with seven provisions for Bayern.
Klara Bühl leads the Bundesliga alongside Hoffenheim’s Jana Feldkamp for most assists this season with seven each. Four of the 23-year-old’s provisions have come from her set pieces.
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