Bayern Munich vs RB Leipzig prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-08-21 18:30.
[p]The Bundesliga season finally gets underway on Friday, as reigning champion Bayern Munich host RB Leipzig, who are playing in the first game of a Bundesliga season for the first time ever. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Bayern have had quite the summer to contend with, as they jetted off to the USA for the Club World Cup, a campaign which saw them ultimately fall at the quarter-final. Things have been largely positive under boss Vincent Kompany though, who won the Bundesliga in his first season in charge and led Bayern to the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup last weekend as they downed Stuttgart 2-1. Focus now quickly switches back to their Bundesliga title defence, and given last time the champions of the season prior suffered a defeat on Bundesliga matchday one was back in 2001, history is firmly on Bayern’s side here.[/p]
[p]Leipzig slumped to their worst-ever Bundesliga finish last season, as a campaign which saw them finish seventh means they’ll be absent from Europe this term for the first time since 2016/17. That could be a blessing in disguise for Leipzig, who finished second in the Bundesliga the last time they had no European commitments. Despite that historical omen potentially being on their side, they’re heavily fancied to make a losing start here, just as they were last season when their first away league game was away to defending champions Bayer Leverkusen and they won 3-2, so don’t write them off![/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Despite winning over half of the 22 historical H2Hs between the pair (W12, D7, L3), Bayern haven’t had it all their own way in recent meetings, winning just two of the last seven (D3, L2). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Bayern have scored 2+ goals in their last eight Bundesliga games.[/p]
[p]Bayern have never lost when playing an official season-opening Bundesliga match (W13, D3).[/p]
[p]Leipzig conceded 2+ goals after half-time in four of their last six Bundesliga matches.[/p]
[p]Leipzig failed to score in six of their last seven away league games.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Luis DĂaz introduced himself to the Bayern faithful by scoring the decisive goal in their Supercup win, which was interestingly his third successive scoring appearance in which he netted the game’s second goal. New Leipzig signing Yan DiomandĂ© scored his team’s opener in last weekend’s 4-2 win at SV Sandhausen in the first round of DFB-Pokal and all three of his senior club goals have arrived before half-time.[/p]
[p]Bayern’s Jamal Musiala faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines, while Leipzig should be nearly at full strength. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With Bayern tending to excel on opening day, and coupled with their heavy goalscoring presence, a Bayern handicap win seems likely.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Daniel vom Bruch[/i][/p]