Bayern Munich will look to maintain their 100 percent start to their 2025/26 campaign when they play Union Berlin at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei on Saturday afternoon.
Vincent Kompany is set to make changes to his team that beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in midweek. Luis Diaz only played 45 minutes after picking up a red card, meaning the Colombian will retain his place as he’s match fit.
Kicker suggests that two attacking changes would be Nicolas Jackson and Lennart Karl in for Harry Kane and Michael Olise. After impressing this season, Karl has bypassed three youth levels and risen directly from the U17 to U21 for the German national team.
Defensively, Min-jae Kim and Tom Bischof should come in for Josip Stanišić and Jonathan Tah.
As for Union, the biggest question mark is surrounding the fitness of top scorer Ilyas Ansah. The German youth international has four goals in nine Bundesliga games this season but suffered an ankle injury in training. Should the 21-year-old be declared fit, he’s likely to start in Steffen Baumgart’s line-up.
Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich Predicted XIs
Union: Rönnow – Doekhi, Querfeld, Leite – Haberer, Khedira, Schäfer, Rothe – Burke, Ilic, Ansah
Bayern: Neuer – Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Bischof – Kimmich, Goretzka – Karl, Gnabry, Diaz – Jackson
