Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich Preview

Bayern Munich will travel to Dortmund this Saturday to face Borussia Dortmund in the first Bundesliga Klassiker of the 2022/23 campaign.

The hosts come into this fixture looking for a first win against their fierce rivals in nine tries, having suffered eight straight defeats in their last eight games.

Despite their poor record against the Bavarians, they will enter into this fixture in confident mood following an impressive match in the Champions League in midweek.

Edin Terzic’s men produced arguably their best display of the season last time out as they beat Spanish La Liga side Sevilla 4-1 on Wednesday. The game was remarkable as it saw English teenager Jude Bellingham captain the team for the second time this season. The 19-year-old also produced a mature performance with a goal and an assist in the game.

With this game at Signal Iduna Park representing their biggest game of the season so far both in its significance and the fact that the winner of the match could go top of the table this week, Terzic will hope that his side can build on their impressive showing in Spain and get first bragging rights of the season.

Having missed the chance to go top of the Bundesliga table last week with a disappointing 3-2 loss to Cologne, Dortmund can go three points above Bayern if they win this game given that both sides come into this tie sitting on 15 points.

Bayern Munich won their second game in a row since coming back from the international break when they beat Viktoria Plzen 5-0 last Tuesday.

The Bavarians endured a poor run of form just before the international break as they failed to win any of their four league games before that. But they bounced back in style in their first fixture after the break–a 4-0 win over UEFA Champions League side Bayer Leverkusen.

They will travel to North Rhine-Westphalia sitting third in the Bundesliga table, two points behind surprise leaders Union Berlin but with a chance to top the table given that neither Union Berlin nor second-placed Freiburg are in action until Sunday.

Having scored nine times in their last two games without conceding a goal, they will go into this fixture confident of extending their winning run in this fixture to nine games.

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