Bayern Munich Vs Freiburg: Kompany Doesn't Want To Stumble Again

Bayern Munich will face Freiburg's tough opponents in the second week of the 2024/2025 Bundesliga (Instagram/@fcbayern).

Bayern Munich will host SC Freiburg in the second week of the 2024/2025 Bundesliga at the Allianz Arena, Sunday, September 1, 2024, WIB night.

Vincent Kompany, Die Roten's new coach, did look convincing in the first two games of the team. Munich won 4-0 against Ulm at DFB Pokal. Then, they beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-2 in the first week of the league.

However, the match against Wolfsburg made Kompany wary. You see, Munich had to bounce back from 1-2 before securing three points.

No wonder, in the second Bundesliga match, Kompany wanted his troops to play more comfortably for 90 minutes and no longer struggled.

However, the problem is that the Belgian coach had to lose Josip Stanisic and Hiroki Ito. Leroy Sane is also still doubtful even though he has returned to full training in the middle of the week after a pelvic injury.

Like the first match, Kompany played Michael Olise, who had just made his debut to replace Sane. However, his contribution as an alternative goal has not been proven.

Moreover, Freiburg came as a surprise earlier this season. They silenced Vfl Osnabruck 4-0 at the DFB Pokal and overturned Bundesliga runners-up last season, VfB Stuttgart, with a convincing 3-1 score in the league's inaugural week.

The situation confirms that the transition of coaching seats is running smoothly. 39-year-old Julian Schuster believes in continuing Christian Streich's 12-year-old baton with Freiburg.

The two wins were even more surprising considering Freiburg was not reinforced by some key players due to injury.

Call it goalkeeper Noah Atubulu, striker Michael Gregoritsch, and defender Manuel Gulde. Then, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh and new player Eren Dinkci also cannot be fielded.

In fact, the absence of such a key player still makes Freiburg difficult. Lukas Kubler can appear as a team hero by scoring two goals against Stuttgart.

Other options on the coating list also performed well, such as Vincenzo Grifo, Lucas Holer, and Ritsu Doan, all of whom have scored in the span of the two matches.

Munich deserves to be vigilant because Freiburg can be a stumbling block. Initially, Die Roten was confident in advancing Harry Kane to lead the team.

You see, the England national team player is predicted to be able to give more injections to other players after receiving the European Golden Boot 2023/2024.

The problem is, Kane never scored against Freiburg in the Bundesliga (10 shots in 2023/2024).

Match Statistics

Another anxiety came from statistical records. Munich must seriously kill Lucas Holer who has broken into their goal five times.

He only lost to Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim) who had broken into Munich eight times.

In addition, there is Schuster's ambition to win his first two Bundesliga consecutive matches in charge of the club.

As is known, Freiburg is Schuster's first club in his managerial career.

He wanted to prove that his bad luck against Munich when he was still actively playing would not have participated in his coaching career. While still a player, it was known that Schuster had never won against Munich, drawing once and losing 10 times.

Schuster's motivation strengthened after seeing Freiburg's encounter record against Munich. The club nicknamed Breisgau-Brazilianer has never won at Die Roten's home in 24 clashes (three-times and 21-time losses).

Formation Forecast

Bayern Munich: Neuer; Boey, Kim, Upamecano, Davies; Kimmich, Palhinha; Olise, Musiala, Gnabry; Kane

Coach: Vincent Kompany

Freiburg: Muller; Kubler, Rosen Felder, Lienhart, Gunter; Eggestein, Osterhage; Doan, Rohl, Grifo; Adamu

Coach: Julian Schuster