Posted by on May 11, 2019 8:30 am
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Is this the day Bayern Munich seal a seventh successive Bundesliga title? First, a few permutations to unmuddy things: if Bayern beat Leipzig, they will win their 28th title. If Bayern draw and Borussia Dortmund draw with Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bayern win the title. In the event Bayern drop points and Dortmund win, the title race will go to the final day. Everyone happy? There is scope for a knees-up in Bavaria but, despite having moved into the Allianz Arena 14 years ago and winning nine league titles since, they are yet to toast a domestic title in that shiny arena, meaning victory in Saxony would continue that trend. Things look rosy for a Bayern team that last tasted defeat of any kind against Liverpool in March and have lost on the road just once since November. They did, however, lose this fixture last season, with Naby Keïta and Timo Werner on the scoresheet that day. Owing to Leipzig’s extraordinary rise from the depths of German football, Bayern’s only win over them, at their place, came two years ago when David Alaba and Arjen Robben scored stoppage-time goals in a 5-4 victory. Picking up three points is unlikely to be a formality this time either, with Leipzig unbeaten in 14 games and gunning to snatch second place. These days Robben has been reduced to an impact player, along with Franck Ribery, who could win a record-breaking ninth Bundesliga title (one more than Oliver Kahn and Philipp Lahm) if they get the job done. Bayern will be without Manuel Neuer, James Rodríguez and Javi Martínez, while Robert Lewandowski is a doubt.

Kick-off: 2.30pm (BST)

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