Brave Augsburg resisted for most of the encounter but Bayern Munich are Bayern Munich. The pressure paid of for the Bavarians who are confident at the top with nine points ahead of their closest followers – final score 1-0 at Allianz Arena. Five undefeated home matches in a row for Bayern as Augsburg failed to take advantage of a bleak attacking display of Julian Nagelsmann’s men.For the first time in five months and three days, Allianz Arena witnessed a capacity crowd of 75,000 and the home crowd saw a tight win from their favorites. After a midweek to forget in Spain and the surprising loss to Villareal, Bayern Munich had to deliver – and they did, sort of.Goalless Haaland turns provider as Brandt takes on goalscoring duty for DortmundFrom the very outset, Augsburg did well to neutralize the hosts – Benjamin Pavard and Joshua Kimmich were both denied from the edge of the box by virtue of some brilliant defending by the guests.Robert Lewandowski recorded his fifth consecutive 30+ goal league season and it came from the penalty spot late in the match but before the goal – the Pole had several half chances. His freekick right into the wall eight minutes before the halftime break showed that Bayern’s struggle to crack the opponent was for real – their sub-par attacking display forced Nagelsmann to head into the dressing room with a frown.After the restart, the visitors were immediately threatened by Bayern’s iconic Polish marksman – he directed a header into the far right of Rafał Gikiewicz’s post, only to see the goalkeeper thwart it away with utmost brilliance.At the hour mark, on the back of quickfire counterattacks, both teams came agonizingly close to opening the deadlock. Augsburg’s effort via Andi Zeqiri’s low drive was a bit of a scare but the home fans stood up on their feet when Kimmich’s superb long-range effort was parried away by Gikiewicz.As Kingsley Coman and Jamal Musiala both threw away chances inches wide of both Augsburg posts, the final-quarter hour saw the game being played almost entirely in the visitors’ half. Then the game turned on its head – after a VAR review, a handball in the box handed Bayern a penalty kick and a chance to win the match. Lewandowski stepped up to bag his 32nd league goal of the season.Bayern are well on their way to a 10th successive Bundesliga title while on the other end – after conceding the game’s solitary goal, Markus Weinzierl’s men failed to pick themselves up thus continuing their toothless form on the road (they scored an average of less than a goal per game across 15 league trips).BUNDESLIGA – ROUND 29FridayStuttgart – Borussia Dortmund 0-2 (0-1)/Brandt 12, 71/SaturdayKoln – Mainz 3-2 (0-1)/Skhiri 60, Ljubicic 78, Kilian 82 – Burkardt 14, Onisiwo 55/Bayern – Augsburg 1-0 (0-0)/Lewandowski 82 pen/Greuther Furth – M’ gladbach 0-2 (0-2)/Thuram 18, Plea 24 pen/Wolfsburg – Bielefeld 4-0 (2-0)/Nmecha 11, 38, Arnold 48, Kruse 53/19:30: (2.95) Hertha (3.10) Union Berlin (2.75)Sunday16:30: (5.00) Bochum (3.70) Leverkusen (1.80)18:30: (2.50) Eintr.Frankfurt (3.35) Freiburg (3.05)20:30: (1.55) RB Leipzig (4.40) Hoffenheim (6.50)***odds are subject to change***
