AFP, Berlin :
Bayern Munich could make club history on Saturday as a clean sheet against Darmstadt in the Bundesliga would see Pep Guardiola’s side go a record six home games without conceding a goal.
Arsenal were the last club to score against Bayern at Munich’s Allianz Arena back in November when Olivier Giroud scored the Gunners’ consolation in a 5-1 loss.
Since that Champions League group game, Bayern have won all five of their home games in all competitions without conceding a single goal and hold an eight-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.
Guardiola’s team are in no mood to give Darmstadt any hope of a first win in Munich in their final match before their Champions League last 16, first-leg clash at Juventus next Tuesday.
Especially as Darmstadt have picked up 17 of their 24 points this season away from home.
“They will play very deep and very compact,” said Bayern midfielder Xabi Alonso.
“We will have to be patient and it’ll be important to get the first goal.
“It’s all about Darmstadt for now, we want to keep our eight-point lead.
Only afterwards will we think about Juventus.”
With 21 goals to his credit, Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski has scored almost as many goals as the 22 the entire Darmstadt team has managed.
The visitors’ cause is not helped by a raft of suspensions.
Peter Niemeyer, Jerome Gondorf, Aytac Sulu, Marcel Heller and Konstantin Rausch are all banned after each picked up yellow cards in last Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayern Munich could make club history on Saturday as a clean sheet against Darmstadt in the Bundesliga would see Pep Guardiola’s side go a record six home games without conceding a goal.
Arsenal were the last club to score against Bayern at Munich’s Allianz Arena back in November when Olivier Giroud scored the Gunners’ consolation in a 5-1 loss.
Since that Champions League group game, Bayern have won all five of their home games in all competitions without conceding a single goal and hold an eight-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.
Guardiola’s team are in no mood to give Darmstadt any hope of a first win in Munich in their final match before their Champions League last 16, first-leg clash at Juventus next Tuesday.
Especially as Darmstadt have picked up 17 of their 24 points this season away from home.
“They will play very deep and very compact,” said Bayern midfielder Xabi Alonso.
“We will have to be patient and it’ll be important to get the first goal.
“It’s all about Darmstadt for now, we want to keep our eight-point lead.
Only afterwards will we think about Juventus.”
With 21 goals to his credit, Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski has scored almost as many goals as the 22 the entire Darmstadt team has managed.
The visitors’ cause is not helped by a raft of suspensions.
Peter Niemeyer, Jerome Gondorf, Aytac Sulu, Marcel Heller and Konstantin Rausch are all banned after each picked up yellow cards in last Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen.
