Bayern Munich vs Manchester United Preview

These teams are two of Europe’s biggest teams and arguably the biggest  in their respective divisions.

Jose Mourinho has been moaning about a lack of signings this summer and he was made favourite to be the first manager to be fired this season by bookmakers.

Everything points towards his third season curse of being fired catching up on him again, however, he would have been delighted by their 2-1 win over Real Madrid in their last game of the International Champions Cup.

This will be their last pre-season game before they take on Leicester City in the Premier League opener on Friday.

Jose will be hoping a new signing, preferably a centre back will join them before the transfer window closes.

Bayern Munich have been the dominant side the last two times these teams met in the Champions League.

United lost 4-2 on aggregate to the Bavarians in the 2013/2014 Champions League quarterfinals.

United also lost 2-1 at the Allianz Arena four years earlier.

Bayern Munich have won just one and lost two of their last three preseason games.

The Germans have a new manager in Nico Kovac, but he has made no signings so far apart from Leon Goretzka who joined for free before he was named their new manager.

Munich still have one of the strongest squads in the provided they don’t sell their star men.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Bayern Munich

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Juventus		2-0		Bayern Munich	26 Jul, 2018	International Champions Cup
W	Bayern Munich		3-1		Paris Saint-Germain	21 Jul, 2018	International Champions Cup
L	Bayern Munich		1-3		Eintracht Frankfurt	19 May, 2018	German DFB Pokal
L	Bayern Munich		1-4		VfB Stuttgart	12 May, 2018	German Bundesliga
W	FC Cologne		1-3		Bayern Munich	5 May, 2018	German Bundesliga

Manchester United

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	AC Milan		1-1		Manchester United	26 Jul, 2018	International Champions Cup
D	Manchester United		0-0		San Jose Earthquakes	22 Jul, 2018	Friendly
D	Manchester United		1-1		América	20 Jul, 2018	Friendly
L	Chelsea		1-0		Manchester United	19 May, 2018	English FA Cup
W	Manchester United		1-0		Watford	13 May, 2018	English Premier League

H2H

					DATE	COMPETITION
Bayern Munich		3-1		Manchester United	9 Apr, 2014	UEFA Champions League
Manchester United		1-1		Bayern Munich	1 Apr, 2014	UEFA Champions League