FC Bayern Munich women go host VfB Stuttgart for di first-ever meeting between di two first teams for di Bundesliga on Monday evening (18:00 CEST) for di Campus, and di match mark one special return for Bayern loanee Luzie Zähringer.
Di 18-year-old dey on loan at Stuttgart, her home city, after she extend her Bayern contract until 2029 in May. She don start all six of VfB matches since July, and she go face di club wey she join from FSV Waiblingen youth team in summer 2024.
Zähringer talk say she dey look forward to di match, to see everybody again and return to Munich for small time, and she call di clash something very special for her. Before di loan, she feature mainly for Bayern reserves, making 38 of her 43 competitive appearances for Women’s Bundesliga 2, where she grow into leadership role. She make her Bayern Bundesliga debut last November, and her form carry her to Germany U19s before Christian Wück give her surprise late call-up to di senior squad. She travel from Karlsruhe with di Germany squad to Bremen, then to Munich.
She explain say di loan na important opportunity to get game time and she believe na di only way to keep developing. She add say di step from second to first tier big, di game faster and more intense, di standard higher, and small mistakes dey punished immediately.
For di match itself, Bayern go into am perfect with six wins from six for di league, level on points with VfL Wolfsburg and with one match in hand. Di defending champions na di Bundesliga top scorers with 19 goals, dem take di lead for all six fixtures, and dem never drop point so far for 2026/27. Bayern also get strong record against promoted teams: 51 games without defeat, 50 wins and one draw, with only Wolfsburg better on 65.
Klara Bühl na Bayern biggest attacking asset with three goals and four assists, and she score di difference in di 1-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt before di international break. Stuttgart don lose 4-0 at home to Union Berlin for dia last match, but before that dem come from 2-0 down to beat Turbine Potsdam in extra-time for di first round of di DFB Cup. Nico Schneck side go face Essen for di last 16 at di end of di month.
Bayern coach José Barcala prepare without Lena Oberdorf, Jovana Damnjanović, Vanessa Gilles and Giulia Gwinn, while Magdalena Eriksson and Kathi Naschenweng remain doubts with knee issues. Stuttgart get eight points from six league games. Dem don win promotion every season since dem start three years ago, and only Bayern second team don play dem before for Bundesliga 2.
