Bayern Munich vs Holstein Kiel prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-01-31 14:30.
[p]It would be fair to say that Bayern Munich enjoy hosting sides in their debut top-flight season and they will be targeting a 22nd consecutive victory, and 35th win out of 37 fixtures against such sides since 1965, when they take on Holstein Kiel. You’d have to go back to 1978 to find the last time the Bavarians dropped points at home against a Bundesliga debutant and a 6-1 win in September’s reverse would suggest that record will remain untroubled here![/p]
[p]Vincent Kompany’s side led that game after 14 seconds, so it is perhaps no surprise that there is a 36-point gap between the teams. Bayern will be hoping for a more comfortable afternoon than their last two domestic matches though, both of which they won by a one-goal margin, but having scored at least three times in each game in their seven-match winning home league run, finding the net is not expected to be a problem for the league leaders.[/p]
[p]That’s a point emphasised by the fact Kiel have conceded more goals than any other side in the division (48) but have actually scored 14 themselves across their last five league outings! They only took seven points from a possible 15 in that run, and although that’s their best return over a five-game spell so far in this campaign, they are still yet to record a first-ever Bundesliga away win.[/p]
[p]Based on that, even getting a point could be considered a huge achievement for the Storks, who will begin this round six points adrift of definitive safety. But after scoring in all nine of their away league games this season, they will no doubt arrive with a positive approach, particularly after ending a run of six successive defeats on the road with a 2-2 draw at Wolfsburg last Friday.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in September’s H2H, and already holds the record for the most goals of any player in their first 50 Bundesliga games, despite having played only 49 times! Dominik Javorček is targeting an assist for the third successive match after laying on Kiel’s openers against Wolfsburg and Hoffenheim. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Kiel have conceded 2+ goals in each of their 11 away fixtures this season across all competitions.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tom Penn[/i][/p]