Der Klassiker returns this Saturday with the same passion, although this time 13 points separate Bayern, leader, and Borussia Dortmund, 5th. Leipzig, 2nd to 2nd of the Munich, would be the beneficiary if the Signal Iduna Park team wins, and that comes from achieving 4 wins in a row in all competitions. The great scorers' duel will star Robert Lewandowski and Erling Haaland.
Borussia Dortmund confirmed weight losses for Munich on Friday afternoon: those of Jadon Sancho, Raphaël Guerreiro and Giovanni Reyna, all of them injured. Earlier, Hansi Flick, Bayern coach, announced that, although he has recovered from the coronavirus, Benjamin Pavard will not participate in the Klassiker, as he has not yet trained with the group.
Haaland, Real Madrid's goal, is called this Saturday to be the protagonist in Der Klassiker, which contains even more morbidity because this week it has come to light that Bayern would not rule out signing him, as he did with other great Borussia Dortmund figures, Mario Götze , Robert Lewandowski or Mats Hummels (currently back on the Signal Iduna Park team).
Lewandowski ('top scorer' in the current Bundesliga with 28 goals at the moment) and Haaland (he has 17) will star in a scorers' duel at this Bayern-Dortmund, in which Leipzig also 'plays'. And is that Bayern is the leader of the Bundesliga, but Leipzig (which visits Freiburg this Saturday) follows 2 points. Julian Nagelsmann's team would be the great beneficiary if Edin Terzic's team win. At 13 from Bayern, Dortmund's fight is to qualify for the Champions League (it is 3).
Hansi Flick stated that, despite the position that Dortmund occupies, “it is a team with a lot of quality, it is showing it, and it has a streak of 4 wins in a row”, making it clear that those 13 points that separate them do not make the other less dangerous. protagonist of Der Klassiker.
Two Haaland goals against Bayern
Against Bayern, Haaland, who arrived at Borussia Dortmund in January 2020, has so far scored 2 goals: one in the German Super Cup (3-2 for Bayern) and another in the first round Klassiker, Dortmund -Bayern (2-3 for Munich). The 20-year-old Norwegian striker dreams of his first victory in a Klassiker. On May 26, 2020, in the first time he played, not only did his Dortmund lose 0-1, but the Norwegian did not shine and was injured.
Between Bayern and Dortmund they have won the last 11 Bundesligas (2 Dortmund and 9 Bayern). All editions since Wolfsburg was champion in 2008-09.