Overview
Bayern Munich have been in relatively good form recently. In the Champions League, they beat Bayer Leverkusen 5-0 to reach the quarter-finals. In the Bundesliga, the "Gray Tigers" are also 6 points ahead of Leverkusen, giving the relegation zone a significant advantage in the last 8 matches.
However, the home team at the Allianz Arena has just received unfortunate news about personnel in just a few short days of the FIFA Days in March. Center back Dayot Upamecano suffered a loose knee and was out for 6 weeks, while Alphonso Davies officially parted ways with the 2024-2025 season due to a broken knee ligament. These are extremely serious losses in the context of Bayern Munich having tense matches ahead.
Of course, St Pauli are not a strong enough team to take advantage of Bayern Munich's problems. Despite going 3 unbeaten matches, St Pauli currently has only 25 points after 26 matches and has not created a big enough gap to stay in the league.
This team has a quite impressive defense when it has only conceded 30 goals. However, a weak attack with only 20 goals (the worst in the league) is the reason why St Pauli have not played well this season.
Bayern Munich and St Pauli have met a total of 15 times in official matches in the Bundesliga and German Cup. Bayern are currently in the lead, having lost just two games in that time, most recently in 2002.
In the first leg, St Pauli only suffered a minimal defeat against Bayern Munich, but that was when they still had home advantage.
Personnel situation
Bayern recently confirmed that goalkeeper Neuer had a relapse of his injury during training. Along with Buchmann, Upamecano and Davies, Neuer is not healthy enough to play for Bayern at the moment.
On the other side of the front line, Van der Heiden, Guilavogui and Wagner are also in a similar situation, while Mets and Sands are absent due to injury.
Expected lineup:
Bayern Munich: Peretz, Stanisic, Ito, Dier, Guerreiro, Goretzka, Kimmich, Olise, Musiala, Sane, Kane.
St. Pauli: Vasilj, Nemeth, Wahl, Dzwigala, Saliakas, Irvine, Smith, Treu, Sinani, Weisshaupt, Saad.
The match between Bayern Munich and St. Pauli takes place at 9:30 p.m. on March 29 (Vietnam time).
