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Saturday, May 21, 2016

Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund: DFB Cup Final 2016


Bayern Munich are set to take on Borussia Dortmund in the German DFB-Pokal final this saturday, 21st May 2016. Pep Guardiola will take charge of Bayern Munich for the last time before he takes over Man City later in the summer. Dortmund will be looking to end the season with some silverware and it really set up a super german cup final which will kickoff at around 20:00 CET / 19:00 uk time. 


Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich
German Dfb Polak 2016 Final
Date: Saturday, 21st May 2016 – Time: 20:00 CET/19:00 UK Time
Venue: Olympiastadion, Berlin.
TV Channels: BT Sports Europe (UK), ESPN 3 (US), beIN Sports (Middle-east)
Match Highlights: You can watch the extended highlights od DFB Polak final between Dortmund vs Bayern right here on this page after the game is over.

Dortmund has not beaten Bayern Munich in the last four league games and they suffered a massive 5-1 defeat earlier in the season at Allianz Arena. However Dortmund will take belief from their last season’s German cup win in the semifinals against Bayern. Dortmund has improved alot during the 2015-16 season as they started slow but finished the season in respectable second place behind Bayern.

Dortmund’s improvement during the season was evident in their two games against Bayern this season as after losing 5-1 back in October 2015 they held Bayern to a 0-0 draw at home back in March. I am expecting another tight game in this one.

Dortmund vs Bayern Preview: Bayern Munich’s surprise defeat against FC Mainz has put the title race back into perspective as the biggest german match takes place this weekend on Saturday, 05 March. Second place Borussia Dortmund host Bayern Munich in a bid to reduce the points gap to just 2 poins if home side can get a win over mighty Bayern. Bayern are not the same team since Pep Guardiola announced that he will be joining Manchester City next season and things are a looking slightly more shaky for Bayern in last couple of months. Dortmund on the other hand has won 7 of their last 8 games in all competitions and will be smelling blood going into the most important week of their season.

Team News: Bayern Munich are sweating over the fitness of summer arrival Arturo Vidal who will have to pass late fitness test but Mario Gotze and Bernat are fit to start just incase Vidal fails to make it to the starting lineup. Mehdi Benatia, Frank Ribery and Holger Badstuber are ruled out but Arjan Robben might play some part in the game after recovering from muscle injury. Javi Martinez, Jerome Boateng, Philip Lahm and Alaba to play in back four.

Dortmund dont have any injury worries and Tuchel is likely to go with Kagawa, Gundogan and Reus in attacking roles while Aubameyang to play lone striker upfront. THis is how I expect both teams to lineup for the Sundays big clash.

Predictions: Bayern Munich has been in absolute superb form and should go into this game as heavy favourites and I totally expect them to get three points which will send them 7 points clear at the top of the table. I am going with Bayern to continue their legendary form in the league and win the game by 3-1 with Lewandowski scoring a brace. See More