Bayern Munich vs Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur faces another friendly match in North London when they play Bayern Munich in the final pre-season match on Saturday afternoon.

The German top-flight football teams inflicted on the Spurs their first loss in the summer last weekend by beating them 2-1 in Seoul.

Tottenham were in high spirits approaching the match against Bayern last weekend, as the team had won each of their prior five friendly matches against Cambridge United, Hearts, Queens Park Rangers, Vissel Kobe and a K-League XI, a scoring a total of 21 goals.

Nevertheless, Postecoglou’s team could not stand a chance against their German counterparts, going down 2-0 in the first match after Bayern overwhelmed them with the opening goal in the fourth minute from a deadly mishap between Guglielmo Vicario and Djed Spence and was compounded by Leon Goretzka’s goal in the forty-fifth minutes of the match.

Spurs got their consolation with 25 minutes left when Pedro Porro gave a stunning free-kick past Sven Ulreich however the much needed equalizing goal was a dream that did not materialize for the weary Lilywhites’ team that ended their summer Asia tour on a losing side.

While Postecoglou attributed Jets loss of fluidity and surge to ‘pay the price’ of a hard knock exerting training camp in hot and humid climate of Asia, the Spurs boss said that his team stand to gain ‘enormous’ benefits, yet in the long-term of pre-season engagements.

Spurs will indeed want to bounce back to winning ways and show a good account of themselves against Bayern at the Spurs stadium The Spurs will be headed into their first Premier League fixture of the year’s campaign, a match against Leicester on the 19 th of August 2024.

Bayern, to most observer’s surprise, reciprocated this friendly footballing lesson by a minor margin on a solid score line in Seoul but this in no way put out Tottenham’s raw inferiority that must have delighted newly appointed head coach, Vincent Kompany.

The 38-year-old Belgian boss was particularly pleased with his side’s tempo and the high press had implemented which aid them in troubling a total of 22 chances during the 90 minutes twice as much as Spurs.

Having thrashed FC Rottach-Egern 14-1 in their initial summer friendly, Bayern improved significantly on their performance seven days earlier when they salvaged a 1-1 draw with German fourth-tier team Duren.

This Saturday's game will be Bayern's last preseason encounter before they wrap up their summer schedule next Tuesday in Unterhaching against Austrian minnows WSG Tirol.

Then, nine days before heading to Wolfsburg for their first Bundesliga match of 2024–25, the Bavarian giants will get ready for their first competitive match of the new season against recently promoted second-tier team Ulm in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on August 16.

While left defender Destiny Udogie and striker Richarlison continue to recuperate from calf and thigh ailments, respectively, Oakham is still without these players, while young center-back Ashley Phillips is uncertain due to an undisclosed problem.

But the Lilywhites welcomed Cristian Romero, Micky Van de Ven, Rodrigo Bentancur, and Giovani Lo Celso back to practice this week, and it's possible that all four of them will play on Saturday.

Ben Davies would likely switch to his preferred left-back position if Romero or Van de Ven were given the starting nod at center back, while Spence would compete with Porro for the right-back spot.

Regarding Bayern, it has been confirmed by the North Londoners that Spurs ambassador Ledley King will give the English duo commemorative gifts prior to kickoff. Harry Kane and Eric Dier will be making their first trips back to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium since leaving the team last season.

Alphonso Davies and Harry Kane both returned to training earlier this week, and both players are expected to start. While Vidovic is expected to start at left-back with Raphael Guerreiro, Kane is expected to start up front.

It's unclear if standout forward Jamal Musiala will play on Saturday; the 21-year-old is currently recovering from a lengthy layoff after playing for Germany at Euro 2024 and missed last week's match against Spurs.