This weekend in Bundesliga we have a match between two top 5 sides. Bayern Munich host Borussia Monchengladbach. Bayern have fallen of the top of the league and dropped points in Europe against Ajax at home during the midweek during the past 10 days as they’ve had a massive dip in form being winless in 3 and Niko Kovac’s men are in a massive need of a win. Meanwhile, Monchengladbach themselves have hit some decent run of form recently and they may sense that there’s a chance to snatch some points off Bayern at the Allianz Arena. This is a big game for both sides and we’re surely looking forward to it!
Key Facts
Bayern Munich unusually have had more unders than overs this season. In 10 competitive games in all competitions this season, they’ve had 6 under 2.5 games. Their last 5 games had exactly 2 goals.
Since the start of 2015-16 season Bayern have a 44W 8D 2L record at home in Bundesliga.
Lewandowski has scored 5 goals this season in all competitions which is Bayern’s top scorer this season.
4 of the last 10 meetings in Bundesliga had under 2.5 goals between these sides.
Monchengladbach’s Thorgan Hazard has been playing amazing this season as he has 6G 2A in all competitions in 7 games.
Unlike Bayern, Gladbach have been an overish side this season with 5 overs (2.5) in 7 games. 4 straight overs.
Monchengladbach have managed to snatch points at the Allianz Arena 4 times in their last 7 visits here. 2W 2D 3L.
Team News
Bayern Munich: Bayern Munich are still going to be without Coman, Rafinha and Tolisso as they’re all injured. However the rest of the team is available for Niko Kovac. During midweek we saw both Goretzka and James benched so there is a possibility that both of them could return into the starting line-up. Elsewhere there’s nothing to report and we can expect Kovac to keep a pretty similar starting line-up to the one against Ajax.
Monchengladbach: Gladbach also have 3 absentees to an injury. Drmic, Raffael and Villalba are out for Monchengladbach. We may see a couple of changes from the team last, one name that is expected to start after sitting out last week is Hoffmann who should come in for Zakaria. Elsewhere expect Hecking to keep his team pretty much the same. Thorgan Hazard is the man to watchout as already mentioned he’s been playing really well for Gladbach and should cause problems for Bayern. Hecking has been using a 4-1-2-3 formation recently which is quite attack minded and we can expect Gladbach to go at Bayern here for sure. That’s pretty much it for Gladbach’s team news.
Betting Tips and Predictions
This is going to be a pretty tough game for Bayern Munich given their recent lack of form and Gladbach’s good performances. Bookies have got really low odds for goals overs, even 3.5 is quite low at 1.67 which holds no value at all. Bayern have not shown their full capabilities going forward and Gladbach themselves are not expected to score more than 1 in this match since it’s very tough to score at the Allianz for opposition teams. Under 3.5 goals at 2.20 is worth the try considering recent h2h had more unders than overs and Bayern Munich have been quite an underish side this season. Also, Gladbach’s +2 AH at 2.25 is definitely worth the try. You get good odds on a bet where only Bayern winning by 3+ goals will lose you money and considering that they haven’t shown good form by being winless in 3 games, the fact that Gladbach are in top 5 and Bayern have only won by 3 goals once this season, this is a good bet. We’re looking at a 2-1 Bayern Munich win in this match.
Match Odds (TonyBet)
Bayern Munich Win – 1.16
Draw – 8.30
Monchengladbach Win – 15.75
KICK OFF – 6th October 2018 – 5:30pm UK Time
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