adminBERLIN. — VfL Wolfsburg admit they face an uphill task in their bid to try and stop Bayern Munich’s march to the top of the German Bundesliga soccer table today.Bayern are on a 31-match unbeaten streak in the Bundesliga and last tasted defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen in October 2012.
Pep Guardiola’s side go into the weekend’s matches in second place in the table, trailing leaders Borussia Dortmund on goals scored before facing the Wolves at the Allianz Arena.
Having blitzed Schalke 4-0 in Gelsenkirchen last Saturday in the league and routed Hanover 96 4-1 in the German Cup on Wednesday, Bayern are showing signs of further progress under Guardiola since he succeeded Jupp Heynckes as head coach in June.
Bayern saw off Hanover with a side featuring the likes of Diego Contento, Xherdan Shaqiri, Daniel van Buyten and Claudio Pizarro as Guardiola rotated his squad before today’s visit of the Wolves and next Wednesday’s Champions League clash away to Manchester City.
However, the reigning European champions want more silverware and are endlessly looking for ways to improve, so there was a little frustration with the nature of Wednesday’s performance.
“We shifted down a gear after going 2-0 up and Hanover were immediately right back in the game, we can’t let that happen again,” said Thomas Mueller, who scored twice in the German Cup second-round win.
Fixtures (kick-offs 3:30pm unless stated)
Today: Borussia Dortmund v Freiburg, Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen v Hanover 96, Hoffenheim v Schalke 04, Hertha Berlin v Mainz 05, Eintracht Frankfurt v Hamburg (6:30pm)
Tomorrow: Werder Bremen v Nuremberg, Eintracht Braunschweig v VfB Stuttgart (5:30pm). — AFP
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