The two most recent Bundesliga title winners lock horns as Bayern Munich host Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
Match News and Current Form
Reigning champions Bayern Munich unsurprisingly find themselves at the summit of the Bundesliga once again having won all eight of their games so far this season. Scoring a whopping 30 goals along the way illustrates just how dominant they’ve been, and that serves as a record goal tally for any club in history after eight games of a Bundesliga campaign. Losing only one of their last 24 league fixtures at the Allianz Arena (W21, D2) further underlines their dominance, and with three of their four Bundesliga victories on this ground this season coming by a 4+ goal margin, Bayern have a knack for winning heavily on home soil.
Leverkusen will feel they pose the sternest test to Bayern’s resistance as they possess the longest unbeaten away league run in Europe’s top five divisions, having last tasted defeat on the road in the Bundesliga way back in May 2023 (W25, D12). The outright record currently stands at 39 which was set by PSG earlier this year, and although the enormity of this task suggests getting closer to it will be a tall order, Leverkusen's 16 points from a possible 18 in the league since the arrival of Kasper Hjulmand as coach certainly means they shouldn’t be dismissed. A leaky back line certainly threatens to be their undoing though, as Leverkusen last kept an away league clean sheet back in April, with six games passing since.
Head-to-Head History
Bayern have failed to win any of the last five Bundesliga H2Hs (D3, L2), but they did win the last two competitive meetings to nil, both of which came in last season’s UEFA Champions League.
Hot Stats and Streaks
Bayern have scored after the hour mark in each of their last six league games.
Bayern have scored first in every Bundesliga game this season, as have Leverkusen.
None of Leverkusen’s last six league away games have been goalless at half-time.
Leverkusen have scored six of their nine away league goals this season before half-time.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
Raphaël Guerreiro has registered three goal contributions for Bayern in his last two Bundesliga games (G1, A2) - his last nine goals in the competition before last Saturday’s strike at Borussia Mönchengladbach all came at home. Ernest Poku got his third Bundesliga goal for Leverkusen last weekend, with all three proving decisive strikes in victories.
Bayern remain without Alphonso Davies or Jamal Musiala, while Leverkusen midfielder Equi Fernández will spend some time on the sidelines after suffering knee ligament damage last weekend.
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Betting Analysis
It’s hard to look past Bayern Munich here, but Leverkusen’s strong away form hints that Bayern to win and both teams to score is a better approach to finding value.
Author: Alex Bowmer