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FC Bayern Women play the 22nd and final game of their 2024/25 Google Pixel Bundesliga campaign at home to Essen on Sunday. After last week’s 1-0 win at Carl Zeiss Jena and their DFB Cup victory over Werder Bremen, Alexander Straus’s team now have the chance to make it a perfect second half of the season on the domestic front with a 13th straight league win as they’re officially crowned champions at the FC Bayern Campus. Kick-off is at 2pm CEST. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game.
Bayern beat Essen 2-0 in the reverse fixture. | © Imago
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Bayern made it 12 Bundesliga wins in a row with Monday’s 1-0 victory at Jena, as Michelle Ulbrich left it late in the 89th minute. It was the defender’s first goal for the club and a vital one as the team look to finish their double-winning campaign on a high, with the Bundesliga title wrapped up and last week’s DFB Cup triumph over Bremen in the bag thanks to Lea Schüller’s hat-trick in Cologne.
The Munich Frauen now have the chance to make it 13 league wins in a row and complete a perfect second half of the season on the day they receive the Meisterschale for the third year in a row.
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Opponent: Essen
Essen have enjoyed a decent campaign, ensuring top-flight survival for another year early and therefore going into the final game of the season with no pressure in ninth place. They drew 0-0 at home to Freiburg last time out.
Bayern have won their last 11 meetings with Essen, most recently a 2-0 victory in the reverse fixture in December. Pernille Harder scored in the first half before Georgia Stanway fired the second into an empty goal from near the halfway line in added time.
Team news
Straus remains without Stanway, Lena Oberdorf and Katharina Naschenweng for his final match in charge. All three are back training but not yet available.
Giulia Gwinn and Bayern have been in fine spirits leading up to the last game of the season. | © FC Bayern
Pre-match quotes
Alexander Straus: “It’s going to be a great day. It’s the end of an era for me, for the team, for everyone. It was a good time, and I’m looking forward to a great day that will probably be filled with a lot of emptions.”
Alara Şehitler: “Essen are a very flexible team who also do things that we’re maybe not prepared for. I think we need to expect everything. We’ve prepared well but are always alert, because the unexpected could happen at any time.”
Bayern will also say goodbye to Straus on Sunday:
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