41′ – Goal. Bayern’s pathetic defense resulted in them trailing 1-0.

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35th minute – The referee is a bit too lenient as Mainz brings down every Bayern player within striking distance.

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15th minute – Shortly after Burkardt missed this chance, he appeared to have landed awkwardly. Unfortunately his day is over as he suffers an injury and is replaced by Bayern loanee Armindo Sieb.

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13th minute – Bayern had chances to score, but Mainz somehow managed to break free on the counterattack, but Jonathan Burkardt shoots just past the post and out of bounds.

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Start! — The whistle sounds and off we go!

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Lineups — Thomas Müller makes a surprise start as a striker, Eric Dier will return to the first team shortly. Konrad Laimer starts at right-back in place of Sacha Boey, while Raphaël Guerreiro takes Alphonso Davies’ place.

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FC Bayern Munich will go on tour one last time before the winter break this year to get the maximum points in Mainz. Several players will miss this game, but Bayern should have enough to beat The zero fives. Bayern have not lost a single league game and Mainz is hoping for chances here.

Bayern is in first place with a 10-3-0 record (33 points), while Mainz is in ninth place with a 5-4-4 record (19 points).

It’s Bavaria time.

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Game information

Location: MEWA Arena, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Time: 3:30 p.m. local time, 9:30 a.m. EST

TV/Streaming: ESPN+, Find your country

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