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Dec 13, 2014 at 2.30pm UK
 
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Preview: Augsburg vs. Bayern Munich

Sports Mole looks ahead to Saturday's Bundesliga clash between leaders Bayern Munich and third-placed Augsburg.

Bayern Munich have a comfortable seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga table, but they face an Augsburg side who have made an unlikely surge to third in the standings.

Twelve points separate the two teams, but Augsburg have dealt a blow to Pep Guardiola's side before by securing a 1-0 win on home turf back in April last season.

The victory ended Bayern's 53-game unbeaten run in the Bundesliga and they could inflict some pain again on Saturday as Guardiola's side are yet to taste defeat in the league so far this season.

Bayern could only muster one goal in each of their last two league victories, but they managed to hit three past CSKA Moscow in midweek's 3-0 win at the Allianz Arena.

Augsburg are on an unbeaten run themselves, and while it may not be as impressive as Bayern's, Markus Weinzierl's side have won their last four league games and conceded just two goals in the process.

The club may be too far behind Bayern in the table at this stage, but they are five points behind second-placed Wolfsburg after 14 games in the league.

As mentioned, in this fixture last season Augsburg snatched a slender victory over Bayern on home turf, but Guardiola's men have conceded just once in six away fixtures this season.

Bastian Schweinsteiger could continue building his fitness from a knee injury by starting the away match for Bayern, while Raul Bobadilla is likely to start up front for the home side.

Augsburg:

Form in Bundesliga: WLWWWW

Possible starting lineup: Manninger; Verhaegh, Klavan, Rahman, Callsen-Bracker; Werner, Kohr, Baier; Altintop, Bobadilla, Djurdjic

Bayern Munich:

Form in Bundesliga: DWWWWW
Form in all competitions: WWLWWW

Possible starting lineup: Neuer; Bernat, Rafinha, Benatia, Boateng; Gotze, Alonso, Schweinsteiger, Ribery; Robben, Lewandowski.

Sports Mole says: 1-1


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1Bayern MunichBayern119203672929
2Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt1172227161123
3RB Leipzig11632189921
4Bayer LeverkusenB. Leverkusen115512618820
5Borussia DortmundDortmund116142218419
6Borussia MonchengladbachBorussia M'bach115241714317
7Freiburg115241315-217
8Mainz 05Mainz114431814416
9Stuttgart114432119216
10Union BerlinUnion Berlin1144399016
11Wolfsburg114342018215
12Werder Bremen114341722-515
13Hoffenheim113351722-512
14Augsburg113351323-1012
15Heidenheim113171520-510
16St Pauli11227714-78
17Holstein Kiel111281228-165
18VfL BochumVfL Bochum110291032-222


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