The Google Pixel Bundesliga season is heading into the final straight with only four games left to play as FC Bayern Women look to retain their title. Alexander Straus’s team host Werder Bremen at the FC Bayern Campus on Monday (kick-off: 7.30pm CEST) as they search for three more points on Matchday 19. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game in our preview.
State of play
Bayern come into the match in excellent form on the back of last weekend’s 5-1 win in Duisburg. The Munich Frauen fell behind before the break before Giulia Gwinn, Georgia Stanway, Magdalena Eriksson, Jovana Damnjanović and Sydney Lohmann struck five second-half goals to complete the comeback.
That result made it eight straight league victories for Bayern and took them up to 48 points. They will want to maintain at least the current seven-point gap at the top ahead of Wolfsburg, who host Duisburg on Sunday.
Bayern have been preparing for their penultimate home game of the season.
Opponent: Werder Bremen
Bremen currently sit seventh in the standings with 22 points. Thomas Horsch’s side have struggled for form of late, with three wins and three defeats in their last six. However, they have shown good progress this season, already surpassing their total for points and goals scored from last term with four games left to play. Last weekend they were held to a 1-1 draw by RB Leipzig.
Team news
Straus remains without Katharina Naschenweng (knee), Franziska Kett (muscular), Weronika Zawistowska (cruciate ligament), Cecilia Ran Runarsdottir (kneecap), Ana Maria Guzman (knee), Tainara and Alara Sehitler (both ill). Carolin Simon is still building up fitness after returning to team training.
Magdalena Eriksson is fully fit again after her broken metatarsal.
Pre-match quotes
Alexander Straus: “The wins against Bremen in recent years weren’t clear but were very tight games. There will again be tough periods of the game on Monday. We need to show our quality.”
Lea Schüller: “We’re in good form, played very well in the second half against Duisburg. Things are going well for us generally at the moment, so I believe we’ll manage it again against Bremen.”
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