After brushing Barcelona aside in the Champions League on Wednesday, Bayern Munich return to league action hoping to extend their lead at the top of Bundesliga. Mainz are the visitors to the Allianz Arena this afternoon. We'll be covering the game LIVE, so let's grab the team news first of all ahead of this 14:30 kick-off!

Shot! Barreiro is afforded a pocket of space in a central area and he unloads with a shot but it's straight forward for Neuer. Mainz manager Bo Svensson will be encouraged by what he has witnessed so far.

Mainz have started on the front foot and a dangerous ball is whipped in right across the face of goal from the left flank - but there's no one there in white to attack it.

Kick-off! The visitors get us underway!

The teams have emerged and we're almost ready for kick-off at an empty Allianz Arena.

And Mainz have reason to feel confident this afternoon; they emerged victorious the last time the sides met - in April this year.

While Bayern are threatening to run away with the Bundesliga once again, Mainz are competing for a European spot after a bright start to the season. Bo Svensson's side are seventh, just four points off a Champions League place.

Bayern are four points ahead of second-placed Dortmund after beating their arch rivals 3-2 last Saturday. That could be seven or six if the Bavarians win today and Marco Rose's men fail to win at VfL Bochum today - a match you can follow by clicking below...

Last time out...

Fancy Lewandowski to equal Muller's remarkable record today? He has just the 19 goals in 21 competitive meetings with Mainz. Two more will do it.

TEAMS IN FULL - Bayern XI: Neuer, Hernandez, Upamecano, Pavard, Davies, Tolisso, Musiala, Coman, Sane, Muller, Lewandowski.. subs: Ulreich, Richards, Sule, Sarr, Nianzou, Cuisance, Roca, Gnabry, Tillman /// Mainz XI: Zentner, Niakhate, Hack, Bell, Aaron Martin, Stach, Widmer, Lee, Leandro Barreiro, Onisiwo, Burkardt.. subs: Dahmen, Brosinski, Nemeth, Boetius, Stoger, Papela, Tauer, Nebel, Ingvartsen.

Mainz are unchanged from the side that recorded victory over Wolfsburg last week meaning Jonathan Burkardt - who scored twice against Bayern last season - spearheads the visitors' attack.

With Joshua Kimmich ruled out until the new year and Leon Goretzka unavailable due to a foot injury, Corentin Tolisso and Jamal Musiala form Bayern's central midfield this afternoon. Robert Lewandowski could make more history today if he scores twice as he would then have 42 goals in a calendar year, equalling the late Gerd Muller's total of 1972.