FC Bayern have to play Union Union on the first match day after the league restart. Here you can follow the game of the 26th matchday in the live ticker.
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Union Berlin – FC Bayern in LIVETICKER: 0: 1
Gates: 0: 1 Lewandowski (40th)
40. | Tooooooooor! Union Berlin – FC BAYERN 0: 1.
39. | Penalty! After an attack on the right side, Neven Subotic wants to clear the ball from the penalty area. Leon Goretzka, however, runs between him and the ball at the last moment, is logically hit by it and takes a penalty. Bitter for Union.
36. | Alphonso Davies comes one step too late in a duel with Grischa Prömel and therefore rushes fully into the Berlin. He goes to the floor in pain and has to be treated. Referee Dankert uses the interruption to show Davies the yellow card.
35. | Ujah is on his feet again and the game can continue.
34. | Meanwhile, Ujah has to be briefly treated. After a cross from the right, Manuel Neuer landed on his back. Contacts with Manuel Neuer in the air are always painful, all you have to do is ask Argentine Sergio Agüero.
34. | Movement on the sideline: The Union supplementary players are on the way to warm up.
31 | A quarter of an hour is still on the clock in the first round. So far, the Unioners have everything under control. It always becomes problematic when full-back Davies speeds up. We will be excited to see if we see any more of these attacks in the last minutes until the break.
28 | The Berliners have withdrawn deep into their own half. The guests let the ball run through their own rows and desperately look for a gap in the defense. So far without success.
25th | Bayern now have over 73 percent possession. However, the home side won 56 percent more duels. An exciting and respectable game that we have seen here so far.
22. | Lewandowski almost takes the lead. Davies brings the leather to the center after a sprint on the left wing, where Lewandowski is unlucky that Keven Schlotterbeck still gets his foot in front decisively. Otherwise the Pole would have stood freely in front of the gate.
21st | The guests could now lead. Even if the goal did not count, Bayern seem to have given courage. You have now taken control and have pushed the iron far into your own half. What do they make of it
19th | The video referee immediately turns on and points to a very close offside position from Müller. He will pull his hair properly, because the ball had enough twist to land in the net without the use of Müller.
17th | Second corner kick for Bayern. Joshua Kimmich prepares the ball and hits it in the box. Leon Goretzka comes to the header at the penalty spot and extends to the left post, where Serge Gnabry comes free to the header. The leather is already on the way to the right corner of the gate, but Thomas Müller still holds out his foot. Gate. But the cheers don’t last long.
15. | Finally a nice attack from the guests. Thiago sends the nimble left-back Alphonso Davies on the left wing. He looks for the pass in the back room to Serge Gnabry. The offensive man needs the ball on the left foot, so he has to delay and gives the Union defenders time to reposition themselves and finally block the shot on goal.
12. | After a failed tackle to Benjamin Pavard, Christopher Lenz picks up the first yellow card of the game. It is only his second warning this season.
10th | The Iron Show themselves bravely in the early minutes. There are already two good chances on their account and with their high pressing they do not let Bayern get into their system. But we have to wait and see how long they can keep up this exhausting game.
7. | Next thick option for the hosts. The starting point is a long ball from Florian Hübner to the top, where Anthony Ujah has detached himself well from the defenders and comes freely to the back of the defense. Half-right in front of the goal, however, he warps clearly and conveys the ball clearly on the right over the crossbar. There was certainly more in it.
5. | The first really dangerous chance comes from the home side. After a good combination on the right side, the ball lands flat in the penalty area at Marius Bülter. The offensive man closes directly, but fails because of Manuel Neuer, who passes his first test with flying colors. Still a very good attack.
4th | The subsequent corner from the left is clearly too far and sails out of the penalty area on the right without finding a buyer.
3rd | First score of the guests. Robert Lewandowski tries his luck from a distance, but his shot is deflected to the first corner of the game.
1. | Here we go! Bayern kick off, the ball rolls in Berlin.
before start | The Union anthem echoes through the stadium. Usually these are goosebumps moments. But in these times the hymn is associated with a somewhat queasy feeling.
before start | We are curious to see whether Bayern will continue to dominate after the Corona break or whether the Iron will steal one or even three points. In any case, it will start in ten minutes. Let’s look forward to an exciting 90 minutes.
before start | Bayern, of course, are the favorites. Before the break, Munich won 31 of the 33 possible points in the past eleven games and only gave points in the 0-0 win against RB Leipzig on matchday 21. They had a goal difference of 38: 6 and kept six times to zero.
before start | A guest appearance at Union is not a sure-fire success. Bayern have already noticed this in the first half of the season. In the first leg, the Berlin team made it difficult for the Munich star ensemble in their own stadium. The Unioners lost 2-1 in the Allianz Arena, but as always they presented themselves with a lot of passion and enthusiasm. In the second competitive game between the two teams, the hosts are now lacking support from the ranks. It should be clear, however, that the capital will give everything to send the guests back to the Bavarian capital with a bad feeling.
before start | For FC Bayern on the other hand, it’s all about one thing: the title. The two pursuers Dortmund (4-0 victory over Schalke) and Gladbach (3-1 against Frankfurt) were able to show victories yesterday, while Leipzig, on the other hand, lost points in their own stadium in the 1-1 victory against SC Freiburg. Despite the victories of the two Borussias, FCB is still at the top of the table. Dortmund slipped to one point, Gladbach was three behind.
before start | What is the initial situation before our chest? The hosts from Köpenick are in 12th place with 30 points. “Secure midfield” is probably the right term. But after the restart, a lot can get mixed up. A series of defeats could catapult the Berliners into unloved regions. A good result against the German record champions would be the perfect start to the final phase of the season.
before start | Union coach Urs Fischer can not be with his team today due to a death in a close family circle. But there are not only new faces on the coaching bench. In comparison to the last competitive game, there are four changes in the starting eleven for the Unioners: Instead of Friedrich (suspension after a yellow-red card), Gentner, Andersson (both banks) and Malli (training deficit), Hübner, Prömel, Ingvartsen and Ujah start.
Union Berlin vs FCB: the lineups
How FC Bayern starts the game:
- Neuer – Pavard, J. Boateng, Alaba, Davies – Kimmich, Thiago – Gnabry, T. Müller, Goretzka – Lewandowski
This is how Union gets involved:
- Gikiewicz – F. Hübner, K. Schlotterbeck, Subotic – Trimmel, Andrich, Prömel, C. Lenz – Ingvartsen, Bülter – Ujah
before start | League leaders FC Bavaria Munich goes into the Bundesliga ghost games with the clear goal of ending the Corona season by winning the eighth championship title in a row. “It is nine games, a power season, a small tournament,” said coach Hansi Flick on Friday. “Everything starts from scratch and we hope that in the end we will have more points than our opponents.”
before start | The venue is the stadium at the old forester, Frank Willenborg is the referee.
before start | The kick-off will take place today at 6 p.m.
before start | Welcome to Sunday’s top game between Union Berlin and FC Bayern.