On Saturday evening, two of the Bundesliga's most powerful attacks will clash at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern finished the season with an incredible 122 goals scored, a new German record. Stuttgart finished second in scoring with 71. Both teams have consistently scored in recent matches: Munich has won "both teams to score" in five of its last six games, while Stuttgart has won six in a row. However, finals are always high-risk games, and both teams can falter defensively.
Their head-to-head matches this season only confirm the scoring trend. Bayern have beaten Stuttgart three times this season with an aggregate score of 11-3: a 5-0 rout away, 4-2 at home, and 2-1 in the Supercup. In their last 16 head-to-head matches in the Bundesliga and Supercup, at least three goals have been scored. Even in crushing defeats of Stuttgart, the Bayern team regularly concede, as they did in the 4-2 home defeat. Sebastian Hoeneß's team is unable and unwilling to lock down, engaging in open exchanges of attacks even against the favorites.
Bayern are the favorites and should win a trophy they haven't won in five years. But Stuttgart will be defending last year's cup, and their attack, led by Undav (17 goals in four months) and Demirovic, is capable of punishing even the Munich defense. Considering Bayern's (3.6 goals per match) and Stuttgart's (2.1) average goals per match, and their head-to-head record, a goal from the visitors is more than likely.
