Coming into their third match of 2015 FC Bayern had yet to register a win, but they finally got off the mark against an uninspired and highly negative Stuttgart side that at the end of the day found themselves rooted to the foot of the Bundesliga table. Having just taken a point from their first two matches of the Rückrunde there was just a little more pressure on Bayern, but after a stodgy opening period the gulf in class between the two teams would finally tell. Continue reading VfB Stuttgart v FCB →

After a break for the opening round of international fixtures Bayern would return to Bundesliga action with a home game against VfB Stuttgart, a team that had started as it had finished the previous season – struggling at the wrong end of the table. Starting without Arjen Robben of Franck Ribéry – the Frenchman would start on the bench – the Bayern team would have a distinct lack of pace about it; Dante and Juan Bernat would come in for Sebastian Rode and Xherdan Shaqiri as Pep Guardiola continued with his policy of rest and rotation. Continue reading FCB v VfB Stuttgart →