Attacking-Right: Marco Reus Marco Reus scored twice in Dortmund’s German Super Cup win over Bayern, and the tricky winger will look to be equally as potent in front of goal on Saturday. The tricky winger is by far the most inventive player at the club this season, creating 38 goalscoring chances (including five assists), scoring seven goals, and beating his opposite man 30 times in only 12 appearances. Attacking-Midfield: Toni Kroos Having impressed on loan at Bayer Leverkusen throughout the 2009-10 campaign, Toni Kroos has since established himself as a regular in Bayern’s first-team. By linking play intelligently throughout transitions with 91% pass accuracy, and threating in the attacking third by dribbling past his opposite man 17 times from an attempted 20, Kroos has become the backbone to Guardiola’s future tactical plans.
Attacking-Left: Franck Ribéry Bayern’s inventive attacker has successfully dribbled past his marker more times (67) than any other player in the Bundesliga this season, with a success rate of 60%. The same can be said of Ribéry throughout the 2012-13 treble winning campaign, when the Frenchman surged past the opposition and into space 122 times – a total only beaten by Wolfsburg’s Diego (126). Jürgen Klopp will have to come up with a strategy to neutralise the attacking talents of Ribéry, or risk the potential Ballon d’Or winner running riot. Striker: Robert Lewandowski Last season’s accumulation of 23 league goals was only beaten by Stefan Kießling (24). And following on from that impressive statistic, Robert Lewandowski has grabbed a further nine goals in 12 appearances time around, boosting his reputation as one of Europe’s most feared and prolific strikers. If there’s one aspect of the former Lech Pozna? striker’s game that needs to be improved, then perhaps it’s his aerial ability, losing 65% of attempted headers in the Bundesliga this season.
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