Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen Betting Preview – Bundesliga 18th August 7.30pm
Neither of these really had the greatest of pre-seasons, but Bayern Munich showed what they are made of in going out and winning the German Super Cup last weekend against Borussia Dortmund. So that will have given them a great boost of confidence ahead of the new league season which starts here. Leverkusen lost some key players in the summer like Javier Hernandez and they may struggle to keep pace early on with the Bavarians.
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Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips
It’s been a decent start to the season for Bayern Munich. After a thrilling 2-2 draw and a penalty shoot out win in the German Super Cup, they followed up with a 5-0 away win over Chemnitzer in the German Cup. So they are ready to get up and running in the Bundesliga with this fixture. Bayern have won their last four home games against Leverkusen and overall they are undefeated in their last four against them in all competitions. Bayern have conceded just the one goal in their last four against them and have five clean sheets in their last seven so Bayern to win to nil at bet365 is a great price of even money. Robert Lewandowski is the 15/8 first goalscorer favourite for this one and the likes of Arjen Robben, James Rodriguez and Thomas Muller are around the 5/6 mark. They look like a bit of a home banker in this one.
Leverkusen only managed a 12th place finish in the Bundesliga last season, and out on the road in their campaign, they posted just the six away victories. With what has gone on so far from them, punters are going to have a hard time having confidence in them. They lost Javier Hernandez and other notable players over the summer and really haven’t filled all of the gaps that they created and so they may struggle in this one. They needed extra time to find a way past Karlsruhe in the German Cup in midweek as well which won’t have instilled a lot of continence in them. This isn’t the kind of fixture you want to go into trying to look for confidence. Leverkusen have scored just the one goal in their last three visits to Bayern Munich and in the bet365 correct score market, a Bayern Munich 2-0 result is trading as the shortest priced option at 6/1. That looks to be pretty good value.
Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds
Bayern Munich 2/9, Draw 11/2, Bayer Leverkusen 12/1
Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen Predictions
Bayern Munich to win: It should be a comfortable home victory for Bayern Munich in this one as they take on what appears to be a weakened Leverkusen side. Bayern don’t look defensively brilliant it has to be said, but they are backable to win to nil in this one.
