Bayern shakes off slump before ‘der Klassiker’ in Dortmund
Berlin, The Gulf Observer: Bayern Munich appears to have shaken off its customary early season slump just in time for Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, media reports.
The two rivals are level on points after eight Bundesliga matches, but surprisingly neither team is at the top of the standings going into “der Klassiker.” It’s the first time that’s happened since Wolfsburg won the title in 2009. Union Berlin is currently in first place.
Bayern’s mini-slump — a four-game run without a win before the international break — saw the Bavarian powerhouse fall down the standings, but the team has rebounded with a 4-0 rout of Bayern Leverkusen followed by a 5-0 victory over Czech champion Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League.
Dortmund also won in the Champions League, 4-1 at Sevilla, but was fortunate the home team missed several good chances.
Dortmund lost its previous game, 3-2 at Cologne, and is already beginning to show some of the inconsistency that has plagued the team in previous seasons. That was its second league loss in three games.
Bayern has won its last seven league meetings with Dortmund by a combined score of 23-7. If Dortmund wants to stop the Bavarian club from claiming a record-extending 11th consecutive title, this would be a good place to start.
