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Jupp Heynckes is likely to rotate his squad ahead of the crunch clash with Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday. Ivica Olic is in with a chance to step in for Mario Gomez, while Danijel Pranjic and Anatoliy Tymoshchuk could deputise for Franck Ribery and Luiz Gustavo respectively.
David Alaba might be given a rest with Diego Contento slotting in at left-back while injured duo Daniel Van Buyten and Breno are definite absentees for the Bavarians, who have a nearly full-strength squad at their disposal.
Mainz will have to do without the services of Stefan Bell, Bo Svensson and Marcel Risse, who are still recovering from knocks. The Oh-Fives' top goalscorer in the Bundesliga, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, and former Real Madrid man Adam Szalai are set to spearhead the attack.
Prediction | PROBABLE LINEUPS |
BAYERN MUNICH  Neuer Lahm, Boateng, Badstuber, Contento Tymoshchuk, Schweinsteiger Robben, Muller, Pranjic Olic | MAINZ  Wetklo Pospech, Kirchhoff, Noveski, Zabavnik Baumgartlinger, Polanski, Soto Zidan Szalai, Choupo-Moting |
Jupp Heynckes is likely to rotate his squad ahead of the crunch clash with Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday. Ivica Olic is in with a chance to step in for Mario Gomez, while Danijel Pranjic and Anatoliy Tymoshchuk could deputise for Franck Ribery and Luiz Gustavo respectively.
David Alaba might be given a rest with Diego Contento slotting in at left-back while injured duo Daniel Van Buyten and Breno are definite absentees for the Bavarians, who have a nearly full-strength squad at their disposal.
Mainz will have to do without the services of Stefan Bell, Bo Svensson and Marcel Risse, who are still recovering from knocks. The Oh-Fives' top goalscorer in the Bundesliga, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, and former Real Madrid man Adam Szalai are set to spearhead the attack.
| DID YOU KNOW |
Bayern Munich have won their last eleven home games in all competitions.
- Mario Gomez scored his first Bundesliga goal against Mainz.
- The Bavarians lost the first encounter between the two teams 3-2 earlier this season.
- Mainz have bagged the three points away to Bayern Munich in the league only once in their history. This happened last season in a 2-1 win at the Allianz Arena in September 2010.
- The Oh-Fives have won three of their last five matches against the Bavarians.
- Despite being in the bottom half of the table, only four Bundesliga sides have scored more than Mainz' 47 league goals this season.
Bayern Munich might be thinking about Real Madrid and the Champions League, but they still should be able to bag the three points against Thomas Tuchel's players at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.
Editor's Prediction
Bayern 1-0 Mainz 
