Bayern started the season very happy. Julian Nagelsmann’s team took their points and quickly captured the podium. Already in August the Bavarians won the first trophy of the season, beating Borussia Dortmund with a score 3:1 in the German Super Cup. Both in the Champions League and in the Bundesliga, Bayern were great, but in the German Cup they retired already at the 1/16 final stage, losing 0:5 to Borussia Moenchengladbach. At the same time, it was not possible to seriously break away from the main and at the moment the only competitor was Borussia Dortmund. The “bumblebees” are only six points behind. The defeat with a score 1:2 from the same “Borussia” from Moenchengladbach in the championship allowed the pursuer to reduce the gap to almost the minimum. However, after this failure, Bayern beat Cologne (4:0) and Hertha (4:1) with a total score of 8:1, not allowing themselves to fall into a crisis.
Watford got off to a poor start in the FA Cup, where the team failed to progress beyond the first leg. At this stage, the Hornets failed to get past the current winner of this tournament, Leicester (1:4). In the Premier League tournament the “golden boys” chalked up four wins and two draws after 20 rounds of the current championship, which brought 14 points and 19th place. After a draw with Newcastle (1:1), the Yellow Army lost to Norwich (0:3) at home. Etebo, Dennis, Nkulu and Baa, who has an ankle injury, will not be able to play today.
