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Preview: Union Berlin vs. Bayern Munich - prediction, team news, lineups
Bayern Munich will resume their charge for an eighth successive league title when taking on Union Berlin at a behind-closed-doors Stadion An der Alten Forsterei on Sunday.

Following a two-month break owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the reigning champions and current pacesetters are looking to maintain their advantage at the top of the division.

Preview: Union Berlin vs. Bayern Munich - prediction, team news, lineups
The prolonged pause in proceedings come at a bad moment for Bayern given that they were on an incredible run of form at the time of the shutdown, winning 10 of their last 11 matches.

The most recent of those wins came at home to Augsburg on March 8, although it remains to be seen exactly what shape Bayern's players will be in 70 days on from that last outing.

As well as swatting aside Chelsea 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie and overcoming Schalke 04 in the German Cup quarter-finals, Bayern have also gone 11 games without defeat in the league.

Incredibly, they have collected 31 points from the last 33 on offer to leapfrog Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig into top spot.

Bundesliga is back: Dortmund star Haaland 'not surprised' to score against Schalke
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Erling Haaland confidently claimed his immediate return to scoring form came as no surprise after helping Borussia Dortmund to a big Bundesliga win over Schalke.

The 19-year-old Norwegian struck the opener in his side's 4-0 victory at Signal Iduna Park on Saturday as Germany's top tier resumed following a two-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Raphael Guerreiro added a brace either side of an emphatic Thorgan Hazard finish to complete the Revierderby rout for hosts Dortmund, who showed few signs of rust.
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Haaland suggested his 10th goal in nine Bundesliga appearances was to be expected despite admitting he was not yet fully up to speed.

"Of course I'm not the same. I haven't been playing games for seven weeks, so of course not," he told the Bundesliga's official website.

"But I know I have been working hard this period and I am not surprised [to score], no."

Haaland and Dortmund benefited from a brilliant Julian Brandt display that steered the title contenders to within a point of leaders Bayern Munich.

The attacking midfielder was involved in all four goals, each of them celebrated in unusual fashion as players attempted to keep contact to a minimum.

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