adminlong-since been confirmed as league champions and Dortmund eight points clear of the chasing pack in second, both teams can be forgiven for being preoccupied by their forthcoming trips to Spain. Bayern romped to a 4-0 win over Barcelona at Munich’s Allianz Arena on Tuesday and goalscorers Thomas Mueller, who netted twice, Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben can all expect to sit out the home match against Freiburg.
On Wednesday, Dortmund followed the Bavarians’ example by flooring Real Madrid 4-1 at Signal Iduna Park with Poland striker Robert Lewandowski becoming the first player to score four goals in a Champions League semi-final.
Despite their 20-point lead in the league and seven Bundesliga records broken, captain Philipp Lahm has said Bayern are eager for a few more.
“We want to crack one or two more records, we don’t want to let up,” said Lahm, ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final, second-leg at Barcelona.
Bayern need just one more point to claim the record for the most points in a league season, as their current tally of 81 points matches Dortmund’s record haul from last season.
With four games left, Bayern are 12 short of beating their own record of 101 for the most goals in a season, set in 1972.
Having conceded only 14 goals all season, they are also on course to break their own Bundesliga record of 21, from 2007/08, for the fewest goals leaked in a campaign.
Freiburg, fifth in the league, are looking to bounce back from back-to-back defeats to VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup, then the league, and need points to keep their dreams of a European place alive.
But coach Christian Streich admits they will have their work cut out with Bayern having scored 20 goals in their last four games.
Fixtures
Today: Bayern Munich v Freiburg, Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen, VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia M’gladbach, Hoffenheim v Nuremberg, Augsburg v VfB Stuttgart, Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Dortmund
Tomorrow: Mainz 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt, Schalke 04 v Hamburg — AFP.
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