Bayern Munich vs FC Shalke Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics ⚜️
⚜️Bayern are unbeaten in their last 21 competitive games against Schalke (19 times in the Bundesliga, twice in the DFB-Pokal) - winning 18 and drawing three.
⚜️Among current Bundesliga-sides, Bayern are only on a longer unbeaten run against Bremen (27 games), than they are against Schalke (21).
⚜️Schalke are winless in their last 19 Bundesliga-games against Bayern (D3 L16)- their longest run without a victory against an opponent in the competition.
⚜️Bayern and Schalke will meet on the first matchday of the season for the first time ever. Last season they played each other on MD2 at Schalke, Bayern won the game 3-0.
⚜️The last time the reigning champions lost on the first matchday of a season was in 2001/02, when Bayern lost 0-1 to the then newly promoted Borussia Mönchengladbach.
⚜️The defending Champions have won 10 of their last 11 games on the first matchday of a new season, only Bayern in 2019 failed to do so (2-2 against Hertha Berlin).
⚜️Schalke have only won two of their last 10 games on the first matchday of a Bundesliga season (D3 L5). Last season, they drew with Borussia Mönchengladbach (0-0). In 2020,
⚜️Bayern have won 49 out of a possible 51 points last campaign, they equalled the best second half of a season in the Bundesliga (Bayern themselves in 2012/13 under Jupp Heynckes also got 49 Points).
⚜️Bayern won 13 games in a row at the end of the 2019/20 Bundesliga season, their longest winning run since 2013/14 under Pep Guardiola (19 in a row).
⚜️Schalke won only 9 points in their 17 games after the winter break- it was the worst second half to a season in the club's history.
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⚜️Schalke are winless in their last 16 Bundesliga-games (D6 L10) - their longest such run in the competition.
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