10' The visitors are unbeaten in their last 28 competitive games against Bremen (W24, D4, with an 85-18 goal record). After Bayern recorded 22 straight wins – by far the longest winning run in a particular match-up in German professional football since the Bundesliga was founded in 1963 – Kohfeldt's side managed to claim a 1-1 draw in the last meeting in Munich.
9' Coman runs onto Kimmich's throughball and the Frenchman then looks for Lewandowski at the front post. Moisander and Gross are aware of the danger, combining inside the area to remove the opportunity before the Polish striker can capitalise.
8' Goretzka is the next Bayern man to go down clutching his face after being caught by Augustinsson's arm. As was the case with Lewandowski, Goretzka returns to action without requiring any medical treatment.
7' OVER! Muller has Lewandowski in front of him but chooses to pass sidewards to Gnabry, who takes one touch out of his feet and then rifles a right-footed effort towards the top right corner from the edge of the area. Pavlenka appears a little concerned, however, the German forward's shot travels just over the bar.
6' The first shot of the game comes as Augustinsson ignores passing options in the middle, instead opting to ghost inside and drill a tame effort into the hands of Neuer. It it going to take a lot more than that to beat the German goalkeeper.
5' The away side press high but Bremen play through them with real confidence. Due to the visitors committing numbers forward, when the hosts do break the press they have multiple attacking options in front of them. Unfortunately, Rashica wastes the opportunity as he whips a pass over the head of Schmid and out for a goal-kick.
3' Rashica races down the left-hand side, cutting in to curl a cross towards the back post. Sargent, who has scored three goals in his last three games, awaits the cross but Davies steps in front of him to clear before the American can pounce.
2' Lewandowski gets caught by a stray Toprak arm in the face and the Polish striker takes a while to get back to his feet. When the Bayern forward eventually recovers, without requiring medical attention, play resumes with Hernandez taking a short free-kick.
1' Referee Manuel Grafe blows his whistle to get this Bundesliga fixture underway!
The players are wandering out and shortly it will be time for kick-off.
This will be the 110th Bundesliga meeting between Werder Bremen and Bayern, with no other fixture taking place as often in the top-flight.
Hans-Dieter Flick makes three changes from the visit of Borussia Dortmund. Pavard swaps for Sule at right-back and in front of him, on the right-hand side, Sane drops out for Gnabry. The other change sees Hernandez replace Alaba, who hasn’t travelled for this fixture due to muscular problems, at centre-back.
Florian Kohfeldt makes four changes to his last starting line-up. Alongside Toprak in the hosts’ three-man defence, Gross and captain Moisander come in to replace Veljkovic and Marco Friedl, who misses out through suspension. At left wing-back, Augustinsson is preferred over Agu, while Mohwald takes Bittencourt’s place in midfield.
SUBS: Leroy Sane, Alexander Nubel, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Jamal Musiala, Marc Roca, Niklas Sule, Javi Martinez, Bouna Sarr, Tiago Dantas.
BAYERN MUNICH (4-2-3-1): Manuel Neuer; Benjamin Pavard, Jerome Boateng, Lucas Hernandez, Alphonso Davies; Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich; Serge Gnabry, Thomas Muller, Kingsley Coman; Robert Lewandowski.
SUBS: Felix Agu, Jean-Manuel Mbom, Niclas Fullkrug, Leonardo Bittencourt, Davie Selke, Eren Sami Dinkci, Eduardo dos Santos Haesler, Yuya Osaka, Milos Veljkovic.
WERDER BREMEN (3-4-2-1): Jiri Pavlenka; Christian Gross, Niklas Moisander, Omer Toprak; Theodor Gebre Selassie, Maximilian Eggestein, Kevin Mohwald, Ludwig Augustinsson; Milot Rashica, Romano Schmid; Josh Sargent.
After an impressive comeback in Der Klassiker to defeat Borussia Dortmund 4-2, Bayern sit two points clear of RB Leipzig at the top of the Bundesliga. Bremen, who most recently drew 1-1 with FC Koln, are 12th in the German top-flight, virtually securing their survival in recent weeks as they have collected seven points from their last three league games.
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