Bayern Munich Vs Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 2025/2026: Can BVB Break The Allianz Curse In Der Klassiker? – Tactical Preview

The Bundesliga title race has been dominated by two clubs over the past 15 years.

Bayern Munich have been the serial winners of the league, with only Bayer Leverkusen being able to beat them out over the course of a season in recent years (2023/2024).

In their first season under manager Vincent Kompany, FC Bayern comfortably won the league once again.

Their start to the second year has been equally amazing.

They have won all six of their league games so far, scoring 25 goals while only conceding three.

Conversely, Borussia Dortmund are coming off a disappointing season by their standards.

After a horrible first half of the season, the club decided to part ways with former player Nuri Şahin as their manager and hired Niko Kovač as their new coach.

Under the Croatian coach, BVB stabilized quickly and returned to the UEFA Champions League places by the end of the 2024/2025 season.

They are now in second place in the Bundesliga, four points behind FC Bayern.

Looking at the history of Der Klassiker in Munich over the last couple of years, Dortmund have had a rough time, losing eight in a row in Bavaria with a combined score of 35-7 in favour of FC Bayern.

However, Dortmund managed a win and a draw in their last two games in Munich, so the trend currently seems to be in their favor.

In this tactical analysis and tactical preview, we will examine what makes FC Bayern so strong, where they can still be hurt, and what Borussia Dortmund need to do to avoid falling back too far in the title race this season.

Bayern Munich Play Between The Lines

Four points is not a huge gap at this point in the season, but looking at the six matchdays so far, there is just no denying that Vincent Kompany’s team has been by far the best team in the Bundesliga, and therefore, they still are heavily favoured in the game on Saturday.

Therefore, they are expected to dominate possession even in the game against Borussia Dortmund, so they will have to execute their ideas and principles on a very high level once again.

With their style of play, they manage to create many opportunities for their high-class attacking players in the final third, and they will look to do the same against their rival once again.

One constant factor for FC Bayern under Vincent Kompany is their triangles on the wing.

They are not static at all; often, they are formed by dynamic movements.