BAY vs RBL Dream11 Team Prediction | DFB Pokal Final– RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich Fantasy Team News

BAY vs RBL Match Preview, Team News, Lineups

Bayern Munich will be looking to win the DFB Pokal Cup for the first time in three years as they play Red Bull Leipzig in the 2019 final at Olympiastadion Berlin.

BAY vs RBL Dream11 MATCH PREVIEW:

Quick Bites:

• Bayern Munich won their seventh consecutive Bundesliga title, and a record 29th overall, after beating Frankfurt Eintracht 5-1 on the last day.
• Red Bull Leipzig enjoyed a fruitful season as well. They finished 3rd and secured the Champions League football for the next season.
• Bayern Munich are aiming for their 19th DFB Pokal win.
• While Red Bull Leipzig are aiming to win their first major honor in their 10-year history.
• Bayern ended the season with a 17 game unbeaten run in domestic competitions.
• Leipzig ended the season with no win in three games.
• Ralf Rangnick is managing Leipzig. The 60-year-old won the title with Schalke in 2011.
• Leipzig eliminated three Bundesliga teams ((Hoffenheim, Augsburg, and Wolfsburg) en route to the final.
• Bayern scored 14 goals in the five DFB Pokal games they played this season.

The DFB Pokal Final match will be played between RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich at Olympiastadion Berlin, in Berlin, Germany. The ground has a capacity of 74,445.
The game will start at 11:30 PM (IST), on Saturday, May 25.

Recent form (Last six matches)
RB Leipzig – W W W D D L
Bayern Munich – W W D W D W

RB Leipzig Team News:

• According to the official reports, RB Leipzig‘s full squad was involved in the final training session. So no player will be missing the match with an injury.
• However, only 19 players are traveling for this match and the manager had to draw a line in terms of selecting the team for this match.
• The players who will not be the part of the matchday squad are Marius Müller, Marcelo Saracchi, Bruma, Emile Smith Rowe, and Jean-Kévin Augustin.

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Possible ins or outs of this game:

• Leipzig rested most of their first team players for the final Bundesliga game of the season against Werder Bremen.
• Young defender Dayot Upamecano and midfielderTyler Adams started that game. Don’t expect the duo to be in the starting 11 here.
• All four members of the backline Ibrahima Konaté, Willi Orban, Lukas Klostermann, and Marcel Halstenberg, were all rested for them to be at their full fitness for this game.

• Emil Forsberg and Marcel Sabitzer will start in the four-man midfield alongside Kevin Kampl and Konrad Laimer.
• Yussuf Poulsen and Timo Werner will be leading the attack for Leipzig.

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Probable XI: Peter Gulacsi (GK), Marcel Halstenberg, Willi Orban, Ibrahima Konate, Lukas Klostermann, Konrad Laimer, Kevin Kampl, Emil Forsberg, Marcel Sabitzer, Youssef Poulsen, Timo Werner

Bayern Munich:

• Bayern Munich‘s 19-year-old goalkeeper Christian Fruchtl has been ruled out of this match due to an elbow injury.
• Midfielder Leon Goretzka sustained a muscular injury in the final league game of the season and will miss the final game.

❗ Cup squad update ❗@leongoretzka_ will miss the #DFBPokal final due to a muscular injury, but every other player is available. Joshua #Kimmich won't travel to Berlin until Friday due family reasons. #RBLFCB #FCBayern pic.twitter.com/KXz8YmmR4U

— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN) May 23, 2019

• James Rodriguez is recovering from a calf injury and will be assessed before the match.
• According to reports, Robert Lewandowski seemed to have suffered a knock in the training as he was seeing with a bandage on his left calf.

Robert Lewandowski has a problem as he trained with a bandage on his left calf today [Bild] pic.twitter.com/fmBmrq4nac

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) May 24, 2019

Possible ins or outs of this game:

• Though Manuel Neuer missed the last six games for Bayern Munich, manager Niko Kovac confirmed that the world cup winning goalkeeper will start the final at Olympiastadion Berlin.
• Expect Rober Lewandowski to start the match.

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Probable XI: Neuer (GK), Kimmich, Süle, Hummels, Alaba, Thiago, Martinez, Gnabry, Müller, Coman, Lewandowski

Potential Game Changers: Top fantasy picks and the points earned in the last few games

Robert Lewandowski: 28.5
Timo Werner: (On Bayern‘s radar, and it shows how talented he is. Possibly, German football’s future star striker)
Emil Forsberg: (The Swedish international will be the man pulling string for Leipzig in this match.)
Kingsley Coman: 15.5
Marcel Sabitzer (Four goals and five assists this season. Together with Forsberg, he will be key to Leipzig’s chances from the midfield)

Stats and facts:

• This will be Bayern Munich‘s 23rd appearance in the DFB Pokal final, and they are also the record winner with 18 titles.
• RB Leipzig are making their first appearance in the final and will be the 26th team to win this competition if they manage to topple the mighty Bayern.
• Robert Lewandowski needs two goals to become the first player in history to finish as top scorer in three consecutive years in this competition.
• RB Leipzig have conceded just three goals in DFB Pokal this season. They also boasted the best defense in Bundesliga this season.

Breakdown of both team’s stats in DFB Pokal (Season 2018-19)

RB Leipzig | Bayern Munich

• Matches: 5 | 5
• Goals scored: 11 | 14
• Goals conceded: 3 | 9

Players in focus:

Robert Lewandowski: The 30-year-old Polish is firing on all cylinders this season. It’s almost impossible to keep him quiet for the full 90 minutes. He topped the Bundesliga goalscoring charts with 22 strikes to his name and has a pretty good record against RB Leipzig as well.

His record against RB Leipzig:

Appearances: 4
Goals: 4
Brace (s): 1

While his season stats are as follows:

• Games played: 46
• Minutes played: 4089
• Goals scored: 38
• Assists: 13

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Suggested combination 1:

Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer
Defenders: Alaba, Sule, Halstenberg, Klostermann
Midfielders: Thiago, Coman, Forsberg (VC), Sabitzer
Forwards: Lewandowski (C), Werner

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Suggested combination 2:

Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer
Defenders: Kimmich (C), Sule, Konate
Midfielders: Thiago, Muller, Forsberg, Sabitzer
Forwards: Lewandowski (VC), Werner, Gnabry

BAY vs RBL Dream11 potential winner:
Bayern Munich to win the match.