Cellar-dwelling team SV Darmstadt 98 (2-10-2, 8 points) will try to snap a five-game losing streak as they host defending champions and current league leaders FC Bayern Munich (10-1-3, 33 points) on Sunday, Dec. 18 at the Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in a 2016-2017 Bundesliga season match.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 9:30 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Darmstadt has lost five straight games, dropping them to the bottom of the 18-team German top flight table. The closest team above them is FC Ingolstadt, who is only a point ahead in the 17th place. They are only two points below 15th-place team Wolfsburg and a win will help them climb out of the bottom three relegation zone.
The Lilies are coming off a sorry 0-1 defeat in the hands of newly-promoted side SC Freiburg last Saturday on the road at the Mage Solar Stadion, as per Sporting Life.
German forward Nils Petersen netted the lone goal of the match with a successful penalty kick in the 86th minute off a foul by Darmstadt's Ukrainian defender Artem Fedetskyi inside the box.
Interim head coach Ramon Berndroth's side was not able to respond with any goals in the entire match as the team succumbed to a second consecutive shutout loss.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich reclaimed league leadership after the team crushed lowly club Wolfsburg, 5-0, at the Allianz Arena last Saturday to extend their winning streak to three games, BBC Sport reported.
Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben opened the scoring in the 18th minute before Polish striker Robert Lewandowski unleashed a brace in the 22nd and 58th minutes.
German winger Thomas Müller made it a 4-0 count in the 76th before Brazilian midfielder Douglas Costa sealed the win with a goal in the 86th to complete the Bavarians' five-goal masterpiece.
It was the fifth unbeaten performance if head coach Carlo Ancelotti's squad in the last six rounds of competitions.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 3-0 rout for Bayern Munich.
SV Darmstadt 98 starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Esser; Holland, Sulu, Fedetskiy, Niemeyer; Heller, Rosenthal; Vrancic, Sirigu, Gondorf; Schipplock
Bayern Munich starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Neuer; Bernat, Alaba, Lahm, Martinez; Ribery, Müller; Thiago, Robben, Vidal; Lewandowski