FC Bayern Women victorious over Eintracht

FC Bayern Women made it 10 straight wins in the Google Pixel Bundesliga with a 3-0 victory away at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Lea Schüller, Klara Bühl and Pernille Harder struck for the Munich Frauen in the 50th league meeting between the clubs. The result takes Bayern onto 50 points, nine clear of Frankfurt in second place.

Two changes

Head coach Alexander Straus made two changes to the team that started the 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen prior to the international break. Captain Glódis Viggósdóttir missed out with a knee issue, so Tuva Hansen came into defence, while Schüller started in place of Julia Zigiotti for her 160th Bayern appearance. Jovana Damnjanović, who missed the last game with bruised ribs, was back in the squad.

Schüller strikes early

The game started with an immediate blow for Eintracht as centre-back Jella Veit went down unchallenged and had to go off. Frankfurt looked to press high, but Bayern remained calm and struck with their first attack when Bühl’s low ball across the face of goal found Schüller at the far post to turn in with just 12 minutes gone. The hosts attempted to respond when Lisanne Gräwe put a Laura Freigang cross over the bar from close range. Harder then struck the woodwork almost immediately after. But Bayern were able to double their advantage just before the half-hour mark when Bühl turned in Harder’s ball back from the byline. The goal was originally ruled out for offside but eventually awarded by the referee. Half chances came and went for both sides up to the break, although Frankfurt goalkeeper Stina Johannes produced a good double save to thwart Alara and Harder in quick succession.

Perfect start to second half

It took Straus’s side only three minutes after the restart to grab their third. Giulia Gwinn’s cross into the box wasn’t dealt with, with Harder quickest to react and knock the ball in from close range. Both teams continued to attack in front of the Frankfurt club-record crowd of 30,500 inside Deutsche Bank Park, with Bayern goalkeeper Ena Mahmutovic called into action on a number of occasions. However, the league leaders saw things out with relative calm to extend their winning run and advantage at the Bundesliga summit.

Freiburg then cup final

Bayern’s next game is in a fortnight when they host Freiburg at the Campus in the Bundesliga on Sunday, 27 April (2pm CEST). Four days after that they go to Cologne for the DFB Cup final against Werder Bremen. Kick-off on Thursday, 1 May is at 4pm.

Bayern have also announced that they will return to the Allianz Arena next season, with the opening game of the 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign to be played there on 6 September. Tickets can already be requested here.