Having already clinched top spot over the winter break, Bayern Munich will be looking to end 2017 on a high as they travel to face VfB Stuttgart on Saturday (kick-off 15:30 CET/14:30 GMT).
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Having broken into the top 10 of the all-time Bundesliga goalscoring charts, Robert Lewandowski will be looking to end 2017 on a high. His goal against Cologne the only thing that separated the top and bottom sides on Wednesday. Sven Ulreich could return in goal after returning to training on Thursday. After remaining an unused sub on Wednesday, Mats Hummels should return to start, as well as Joshua Kimmich.
An injury-ridden defeat to Hoffenheim during the week leaves Stuttgart without Anastasios Donis after the Greek forward had only just returned from injury in recent weeks. Chadrac Akolo, who was injured in the first half, has been in training on Thursday and is expected to be fit, while Simon Terodde could star as a lone striker against the league leaders.
Robert Lewandowski broke into the top 10 all-time goalscoring Bundesliga charts against Cologne. © DFL DEUTSCHE FUSSBALL LIGA Probable line-ups
Bayern: Starke – Kimmich , Boateng, Hummels, Alaba – Martinez, Vidal, – Müller (c), James, Coman - Lewandowski
Absentees: Neuer (foot), Thiago (thigh)
Coach: Jupp Heynckes
Stuttgart: Zieler - Beck, Pavard, Baumgartl, Badstuber, Insua - Ascacibar, Gentner (c) – Akolo, Özcan - Terodde
Absentees: Zimmermann (knee), Mane (knee), Meyer (thigh), Donis (torn gluteal muscle)
Coach: Hannes Wolf
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Stuttgart’s defeat to Bayer Leverkusen last weekend was their first at home in 2017.Bayern last lost their final Bundesliga game of a calendar year in 1984 (3-2 at Gladbach).VfB have lost their last 15 competitive meetings with the Munich club, conceding 44 goals. They last won in March 2010 (2-1 at the Allianz Arena). Their last home win over the record champions was over ten years ago (3-1 in November 2007).Only once in Bundesliga history has a team won more than 12 consecutive Bundesliga games against a particular opponent (Bayern vs. Bremen is an ongoing record of 14 victories).Stuttgart have only once gone 13 games in a row without beating a particular team – their current run against Leverkusen.A Bundesliga record 5,474,663 fans have watched the 98 Bundesliga games between Stuttgart and Bayern.
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Source: bundesliga.com