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It is the game in which the title fight could be decided prematurely.

FC Bayern are four points ahead of the top game in the Bundesliga at RB Leipzig.

If Munich wins on Saturday (6.30 p.m., in the WELT live ticker) in Saxony, they should not be able to catch up with a seven-point lead.

But the signs of a Leipzig victory and thus an exciting title race are good: Bayern coach Hansi Flick has to do without his top scorer Robert Lewandowski, who injured his knee in Poland's international match against Andorra, for several weeks.

It is a failure that could not hit Bayern any harder.

Defenders Jérôme Boateng and Alphonso Davies are also missing.

Boateng saw his fifth yellow card in the last game against Stuttgart, Davies was sent off with a red card.

“These are situations that you have as a coach.

I feel sorry for Robert Lewandowski.

It is clear that he is an important player.

We have to see how we can solve it and have players who can play that position, ”said Flick.

His counterpart is aware that Lewandowski's failure means a weakening for Bayern, but Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann does not see his team as favorites.

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“Robert Lewandowski's goal yield is extreme.

Of course, Bayern would be better with him because he's just an exceptional striker.

But they are a world-class team even without him.

Just because Lewandowski is missing doesn't mean we go into the game any other way, ”says Nagelsmann.

He too has to do without important players.

Left-back Angelino is out as well as the yellow-banned Kevin Kampl and national player Marcel Halstenberg, who had to go into quarantine because he was the contact person of the corona-infected Mönchengladbach player Jonas Hofmann in the national team.

Upamecano returns near Leipzig

Nagelsmann can fall back on his defense chief Dayot Upamecano.

The coach is aware of the crucial importance of the top game: “We want to deliver a top game.

A win would be very important.

If we don't win or play a draw, the championship fight is probably over, ”said Nagelsmann.

Basically, Bayern can handle these games extremely well and show the opponent the limits: "We have to be courageous and, above all, add one or two things to the exploitation of chances."

The game against Bayern as the last chance for the championship - Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann

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Bayern definitely want to avoid this in order to avoid tension in the title fight.

“We now have the final spurt.

Every player knows that April and May are the weeks when a lot is decided.

It's a quality of our players that they get to the point, ”said Flick.

If it is them in Leipzig on Saturday evening, the championship race will be over.