For the third straight season, Bayern Munich faced a Spanish opponent in the Champions League semi-finals. And for the third straight season, die Roten saw their European campaign end at that juncture. On Saturday, Pep Guardiola's side will have to again put another disappointing result behind them as they will have to contend with domestic silverware for this term. There are still two trophies - the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal - up for grabs, and Bayern can clinch one of these with a win at the Audi Sportpark against Ingolstadt this weekend.
Ingolstadt
With 40 points, Saturday's hosts Ingolstadt currently sit in ninth place. This is certainly more than enough to guarantee them a spot in German football's top flight for the 2016/2017 season. Yet, mathematically, this total will be highly unlikely not be enough to give die Schanzer a chance to feature in next term's Europa League.
Still, it will be a derby clash, which means that there will be more than just three points at stake. And even though their Bavarian rivals have over double their points total, Ingolstadt will certainly enjoy trying to disrupt Bayern's plans. Even though it will not likely be enough to prevent die Roten from ultimately winning the Bundesliga title, it will still add more frustration for a side who have already experienced their fair share of disappointment over the course of this week.
Ralph Hasenhüttl, whose side are featuring in the Bundseliga for the first side in their history, will be without the services of Robert Bauer due to suspension and Christian Ortag, Danilo Soares, and Maurice Multhaup as a result of injury.
Bayern Munich
Meanwhile, as Guardiola prepares to finish out his three year tenure in Munich, the former Barcelona player and tactician has not been immune to his fair share of scrutiny. Although he has ensured that Bayern Munich have remained on top of the Bundesliga table, and hence will make it a historic fourth straight league title at the end of this season, he has been unable to guide them to a Champions League final since they won it in 2013.
Despite winning 2-1 against Atletico Madrid earlier this week, it was not enough as Los Rojiblancos edged them out as a result of away goals, and it marked the third straight time that a team from his home country thwarted him in his quest to reach the finals. Having failed to secure the title last weekend after drawing at home, coupled with crashing out of the Champions League midweek, the pressure will be on Guardiola and Bayern to get things right and wrap up the Bundesliga title race with a resounding win at the Audi Sportpark this weekend.
With the exception of Arjen Robben and Holger Badstuber, Guardiola will have everyone available, and now with no European action to concern himself with, he will definitely field his strongest starting XI in order to make sure he gets the job done this Saturday.
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