Bayern Munich vs Werder Bremen prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-01-20 14:30.
Defending champions Bayern Munich mourned the loss of their greatest son, Franz Beckenbauer, by dispatching Hoffenheim 3-0 last week to keep the pressure on Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen, Since then, Thomas Tuchel’s men have spent the week in Portugal for warm-weather training, but as centre-backs Matthijs De Ligt and Dayot Upamecano picked up injuries there, it’s been far from a wholly positive week.
Another fixture at the Allianz Arena is bound to lift their spirits however, as the Bavarians have lost just one of their last 32 home league games (W23, D8). Remarkably, Bayern have scored in 65 consecutive Bundesliga outings on their own turf dating back to February 2020 – a stat that makes ominous reading for a Werder Bremen side who’ve failed to win any of the last 33 H2Hs, losing 26 of the last 27!
This is a Werder side who’ve shown their resilience in recent weeks though, coming from behind to rescue draws in each of their last three Bundesliga matches. Ole Werner’s men are unbeaten in four matches all told (W1, D3), but with only six points separating them from the drop zone pre-round, they’ll be desperate to turn those draws into wins if they’re to avoid being dragged into a relegation scrap.
Perhaps the toughest assignment in German football comes at a poor time then, especially for a side that have failed to win any of their last 11 away league matches (D3, L8). That’s contributed to the fact no side in the division has accumulated fewer points on their travels than Werder this season, but this is a fixture that haunts them at any venue, best demonstrated by their thumping 4-0 defeat on the opening night of the Bundesliga season in the reverse fixture!
Key battle: Bayern striker Harry Kane scored on his full debut that night, part of an astonishing haul of 22 goals in his 16 Bundesliga appearances this season. The Englishman needs just one more to break Robert Lewandowski’s all-time record for the first half of a season (17 games) in Germany’s top-flight. He’ll keep Bremen centre-back Niklas Stark busy, but he could have his eyes trained forward after netting a stoppage-time leveller against Bochum last week – his second goal in three games.
Hot stat: Bayern’s Bundesliga matches this season have averaged a league high 4.19 total goals.