Ancelotti demands Bayern run hot at icy Freiburg

Berlin - Temperatures are forecast to plummet, but Carlo Ancelotti wants his Bayern Munich to turn up the heat at icy Freiburg on Friday when the Bundesliga resumes after the winter break.

Temperatures are set to dip as low as minus 9 degrees Celsius for kick-off at Freiburg's Schwarzwald Stadium when the German league resumes after the four-week break.

Bayern lost on its last match at Freiburg, which stunned the visitor's then-coach Pep Guardiola with a 2-1 win in May 2015, and Ancelotti wants no repeat.

Back then, Bayern had already won the league and Freiburg was fighting to avoid the relegation which eventually saw it spend last season in the second division.

Fast forward 20 months and Bayern arrives in south-west Germany three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.

It is chasing a fifth straight league title to extend its record dominance of Germany's top flight.

Ancelotti is in no mood to let low temperatures be a factor.

"It will be cold - for us, but also for Freiburg. There is no advantage for either team," said the Italian.

"It will be a difficult game with a high intensity.

"Freiburg are a good team, but I am happy with how we have trained in the break, we're in a good physical and mental state.

"We've worked hard to be ready, I have a good feeling for tomorrow."

It has been 30 days since Bayern's last league game - an emphatic 3-0 home win over second-placed RB Leipzig when all the goals came in a dazzling first-half display.

Ancelotti wants another dominant performance, even without injured midfielder Thiago Alcantara (thigh) and defender Jerome Boateng (shoulder).

"It's important that we want to build on that game. We played very well against Leipzig and we want to play just as well on Friday," added Ancelotti.

But eighth-placed Freiburg, back in the Bundesliga after winning last season's second-division title, has won five of its seven homes games so far this term.

Manager Christian Streich, who masterminded Freiburg's shock win nearly two years ago, is plotting another surprise.

"If Bayern play a perfect game, you have to assume that we will lose," said Streich, "but it does not have to be perfect."