The finale in the battle for the title! On the last matchday of the 2022/23 FLYERALARM Women's Bundesliga season, FC Bayern Women have the club's fifth German championship in their hands ahead of the meeting with 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam at the FC Bayern Campus on Sunday 28 May. The title showdown kicks off at 14:00 CEST. The state of play, pre-match quotes, team news – it's all in the preview.
The state of play
After the 0-0 draw at Leverkusen last Saturday, Alexander Straus' side go into the final day with a two-point lead over VfL Wolfsburg. Their rivals claimed a last-minute win at SV Meppen on Sunday to prevent FCB from clinching the title early, but now the Munich girls can wrap up the fifth Bundesliga title in the club's history with a home win over Potsdam. In the event of a draw or defeat, their inferior goal difference means they'll have to hope for a slip-up by the She-Wolves in their game against SC Freiburg.
The opponents
Potsdam's relegation from the Women's Bundesliga has been confirmed since Matchday 20. The Brandenburg outfit lost 3-0 to Eintracht Frankfurt last time out, their fourth straight defeat. That said, after collecting just one point in the first half of the season, there has been an improvement in the second half of the campaign from the team who are second in the all-time Women's Bundesliga standings. Sunday's match at the Campus will be Turbine's last in the German top flight for now after 29 successful years.
The statistics
Bayern won 3-0 in the reverse fixture in Potsdam thanks to goals from Georgia Stanway, Lina Magull and Linda Dallmann. FCB have been by far the better team in the recent history of the fixture and are unbeaten in 12 games against Turbine (W9 D3). However, the all-time record is virtually even, with 21 wins for Munich, 22 for Potsdam and seven draws in their 50 meetings.
The team news
Along with long-term absentees Linda Dallmann (syndesmosis tear), Giulia Gwinn (ACL tear) and Franziska Kett (shoulder injury), Tainara is still out with a muscular injury. Emilie Bragstad will also miss the final match of the season because of an ankle problem.
The pre-match quotes
Head coach Alexander Straus: "It's been a very long season, in which we've managed to get ourselves into a very good position ahead of the final match. Now we want to go out there against Potsdam and win so that we're celebrating the title at the end of it. I'm confident we'll succeed."
Jovana Damnjanović: "It's the last match and it's all or nothing. Nevertheless we're trying to remain calm and concentrated. We want to go into the game with lots of energy and determination, in order to score the opening goal as early as possible and not let any nervousness creep in. We can do it and we're looking forward to Sunday."
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