It is always the case that the Champion of the last Season open the Season with the match in his Stadium. This is the third time now that Bayern Munich opens the new Season. All are very hot in German and they are really excited what the new Season will bring. Most of all are still the same because the former Champion Bayern Munich has made his home work and made a few great signs. On the other side the problems from some Teams are the same as last Season, the opponent form Bayern Hamburger SV is already big involved in the trouble right now again.
Statistic:
- Hamburg is winless since 13 games to Bayern Munich (0-3-10).
- In all the last 6 matches from Hamburg in Munich they drive home with a defeat (3-32 goals).
- Since the Champion open the Season (since 2002) there were 10 wins and 3 draws (6 time Champ).
- If Bayern won the title and they start into the next Season they have an record from 6-1-0.
- The last time they started not with a win was 2008 against Hamburg 2-2.
- Bayern Munich is unbeaten in 42 BL home games (first half of the Season only 34-8-0) Longest run.
Things are really clear and Bayern Munich is again the absolutely contender for the title this Season. They made some good singing with Vidal and Costa which both should be in the starting lineup immediately. The other new guys are Kimmich and Ulreich. They lost three players with Schweinstieger who was very important for the team, Pizzarro the back up for Lewandowski and second keeper Reina who left to Neapel. Coach Guardiola has manage all his top stars and this can be a very hard job this season because he has on every position two players available with a lot of individual class and all are supposed starters. Despite the many injured players with Ribery, Martinez, Badstuber and Kirchhoff has Guardiola a lot of experienced and excellent players available. Some of the problems may be Götze, Thiago, Dante, Bernat, Kimmich, Rode and Höjbjerg who are all on bench and not in the starting lineup. At all other BL clubs these guys are for sure starters. In Munich it is different and they have to fight hard for their place.
The expected lineup can be Neuer - Lahm - Bernatia - Boateng - Alonso - Robben - Müller - Vidal - Costa - Lewandowski
The biggest problem for Bayern is the central position in midfield where Alonso plays at the moment. He is much to slow and also he has already past his best level but this is an important position. Why not give one of the youngsters a chance here. They have with Kimmich, Rode and Höjberg a lot of players in their squad but they need some match praxis and learn from match to match. But this is Guardiola's own decision what is a bad one maybe.
The team from Hamburg managed the relegation play off games in the last season otherwise they are playing 2.Bundesliga. But maybe they have not learnt much from the last two Seasons. All are talking from a good preparation and aiming for more this Season. Also some are talking from an international place but if we have seen the first match in Cup it was far away from good. They were knocked out from a 4. Division Team from Jena and conceded 3 goals against them. This is very bad above all if you have the aim for higher ambitions. The team looked not like Coach Labbadia was expecting and therefore he has a lot of work to do with his staff. Many experts are saying that this will be the third hard Season in a row for the BL-Dino.
They have to improve in almost all parts. The defensive line is working very shaky, the midfield creates almost nothing and has no ideas and maybe solutions for some actions and the attack is the same as last season without any danger. They was the weakest offensive team last season and they scored very less. It can be the same this Season.
They trying to get some quality in their squad with DEF Spahic (former Leverkusen), Sakai (former Stuttgart) and Ekdal but it looks that this is not enough. All 3 were starters in Cup but they was no really boost for their play. Of course they lost with Behrami, Jansen and Westermann some faces of the team but really, they are also only average last Season. No really improvement to see and it can be the next big disaster for Hamburg after the Cup and the trouble with Manager Knäbel and some other things who are not acceptable for a club like Hamburg.
The position of both teams are very clear and the outcome of the game is normally clear too. This can be a very difficult start for Hamburg. If Bayern is able to score early, they get rolling and overcome Hamburg like the last matches with 5,6,7-0. Maybe the weather is not like for such a result because it is very hot but you never know.
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