Bouncing back from a rare loss to Eintracht Frankfurt in its last game, Bayern dismantled Leverkusen 5-1 on Sunday with two goals apiece from Robert Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry.
The teams are level on points at the top of the league going into Sunday's match. Although it's only been seven games
Lewandowski stretched his scoring run to 19 consecutive games across all competitions for Bayern.
Barcelona's ability to compete in Europe without Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann will be put to the test when they host Bayern Munich who dealt them a humiliating 8-2 defeat last time.
Boateng has been imposed a fine of 1.8 million euros after being found guilty of domestic violence against his former partner.
German football clubs resisted last-minute splurges on players with Leipzig’s signing of Ilaix Moriba from Barcelona the most eye-catching move on the last day of the summer transfer window.
Serge Gnabry scored twice and Robert Lewandowski got the other goal to ensure Bayern Munich victory against Cologne at home ground.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham all play their first away games of the Premier League season as they seek second straight wins.
Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 41st minute and got the decisive third goal in the 74th after Marco Reus had pulled one back for Dortmund.
Former Bayern Munich forward Gerd Muller has passed away at the age of 75.
Some 23,000 supporters were allowed at the game under new regulations that permit up to 25,000 or half capacity, whichever is greater.
Bayern begins its bid for a record-extending 10th consecutive German championship at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday.
UEFA said it understood the council’s intention to send a message to promote diversity and inclusion but stressed that it was “a politically and religiously neutral organization.”
Paul, who is the captain of I-League team Sudeva FC, was picked by the German giants after a process wherein players from around the world were selected and the list was narrowed down to 64, to 35 and finally to 15.
Hoffenheim finished third this season, ahead of Potsdam, to qualify for the Champions League with Bayern and Wolfsburg.
Choupo-Moting joined Bayern in October on a free transfer for one season after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expired.
His official presentation will be after the European Championship where he will play for Austria, the club said.
Lewandowski missed a host of chances before he finally struck in the 90th minute of Bayern Munich’s 5-2 win over Augsburg.
Robert Lewandowski will hope to break the league’s scoring record.
Lewandowski converted an early penalty in Bayern’s 2-2 draw at Freiburg.
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