Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 1856. (Read 669099 times)

Yes, very close:



Even Dortmund and Leipzig are ranked higher. Champions Leage is best Union can realistically achieve. But I wouldn't be surprised if Union can finish above Dortmund and / or Leipzig.

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When we have a look at where Union has lost points so far, we can say Union is very strong at home but having some difficulties away.
So, Bochum lost in Frankfurt and only got a draw in Mainz, while most games at home were won by Union Berlin. "Only" against Bayern, Union achieved a draw at home.
Union has been playing very well at home while experiencing some difficulties away.

This is a big surprise to see that Berlin was lost from Bochum. Does this seem that Berlin was not seriously fighting against Bochum in this match and probably underestimate the club? But, why? There is no need to lose any points to keep in the first standing, right? They seemed to dominate the match, but, they could not even make any goal until extra time. So, what did they focus on? Only making more ball possession maybe 
Whereas, whatever the match, the winner is the one with more goals, not the one with more ball possession. This is really disappointing performance of Union Berlin.

I totally agree with you, seen in that match union berlin underestimated bochum too much, union berlin appeared surprising after they managed to beat dortmund, leipzig and managed to hold Bayern. Bayern must be very happy with this union defeat. tomorrow union will face Braga in the European league, don't know if they will lose or win against Braga.

Of course, Bochum's victory surprised everyone, who would have thought they could beat the leaders with their poor composition and negative record during this Bundesliga? Union Berlin underestimated Bochum too much in my opinion that they should lose painfully to them. This defeat opened up opportunities for Bayern Munich, who from the start threatened and wanted a negative result that Union Berlin wanted to achieve. The one-point gap is an easy margin for Bayern Munich to take advantage of and we will soon see Union Berlin move from their current position.

I was definitely surprised but also not at the same time. I always believed that Union was due some losses, they won more games than people expected so far from them and that means we are going to end up seeing something that wouldn't be really shocking if they just with some unexpected losses as well. That's what happens when there is a team who does something amazing and overachieve, most of the time they end up underachieving for a while to get back to average.

Like if you expected a team to have 18 points in 10 games, and they got 12 in 5, then getting 6 in the other 5 would be the key, not getting 1.8 points a game which is not possible of course but I hope you understood what I mean.

Union Berlin should have won easily against Bochum but in fact Union Berlin could not make the fans happy, many fans were disappointed with this defeat, hopefully in the next match against Braga Union Berlin will get a win and not make himself hated by the fans. Union Berlin still has hope of a return to the top spot and should succeed in getting it.

bochum's win against the union was Bochum's second win since this season first started, everyone who watched and bet on this match certainly was surprised by the result, and didn't expect the union lost 2-1 to Bochum. because they lose, union and Bayern points are only 1 difference, Bayern will definitely pass union and take the top position again.

Well, maybe it's the match against Braga that might be a problem for Union Berlin in yesterday's match against Bochum, although I also believe that there will always be a moment where they will get a bad result. But to make things worse, Union Berlin lost by the team who are at the bottom of the table so any excuse that is made is like an excuse that is not right. Because after all, in the end only Bayern Munich is the only team that will be the top team in the standings at the end of the season, because it is difficult for other teams to be able to maintain their good position as is the case with Union Berlin at this moment.

But if I consider the next match, I think Freiburg have a good chance to take advantage of the situation to get closer to first place in the standings. Because Union Berlin, which will play against Monchengladbach, is basically not a weak team, it could be that Monchengladbach provides a strong match for Union Berlin so that the result is a draw or maybe Monchengladbach can win the match.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich will play against Mainz, I think Mainz is not an easy opponent to beat, because sometimes Mainz can beat Bayen Munich as happened last season.
But indeed, the factor of playing at home for them will still give them an advantage for better results. But at least, Freiburg is the team that guarantees victory for the next match for the teams that are in the top four, because even though Freiburg will play away but the opponent Freiburg will face is Schalke who don't look good even Schalke is currently at the bottom of the table.

Whatever Union Berlin wants, it is clear that they will not be able to compete with Bayern. Their maximum is to get a ticket to the Champions League. I’m even too lazy to check bookmakers’ quotes, but I’m sure that Bayern’s odds for the title this year have returned to ridiculous values ​​like 1.05 again, although formally Bayern is not in first place now and there are many competitors nearby.

I think that it depends on whether or not all players stay healthy over the course of the whole season. If they advance to the next round in the Europa League, they will need everyone on board healthy or otherwise their Bundesliga performance might significantly suffer. Taking into account that their squad is by far not as much and high quality as Bayern's, Union Berlin would suffer from injuries much more and would get into trouble to compensate for that.

But yes, advancing in the Europa League can also set free a lot of positive energy. It gives you a boost in confidence and when you are successful there you can also beat anyone anytime in the Bundesliga.

I hope they'll make it as I started to like that club. Very down to earth and really good fighters on the pitch!

Union Berlin will have an important match in the Europa League, where they must win the match at home to Sporting Braga later.  only one point adrift of Sporting Braga, meaning, Union Berlin have a chance to be in second place if they win this match.
in theory, this match will affect their performance later in the Bundesliga match. can have a bad influence or get a strong motivation to win the next matches.

but for sure, in the game next week. Union Berlin will host Gladbach, which incidentally they are not an easy opponent to beat. this result will be decisive for them to keep their distance with Bayern Munich, or the Bundesliga leaders will belong to Bayern Munich.  so let's see, what scenario will happen next week.

It was Bochum's second win. Bochum has lost 8 out of 11 matches this season. Such a weak team, that the top of the table Union Berlin would beat the team was a completely unexpected result. Berlin was defeated in this match because they did not play well. Union Berlin's performance was weak. Such a performance against a weak team like Bochum is a shame. If Union Berlin's coach is not able to find out his team's weaknesses then they will lose points in the upcoming matches as well and lose the top spot in the points table.

Well, I think because there are also great players on the Bayern Munich side that shadowed the skills and quality of Sadio Mane, that is why Nagelsmann eagerly wants Mane to be the new Lewandowski, which is very impossible for him to do because he is not really equipped for that title, but I think Sadio Mane fit the bill when Nagelsmann brings him ack to his original position, and right now I really think he is enjoying that position he has now,


And Bochum can sometimes surprise us with their performance, I guess no team is really unbeatable at all, Union Berlin is one lucky team to get the privilege of that position on the standing but their time has come because Bayern Munich will now take it, but as we all know match up in the Bundesliga will surprise us like the Union Berlin VS Bochum match up, we can truly never know if the luck of Union Berlin will still continue or not,

Well, the truth is that I really liked how Xabi managed the whole time of the game, I didn't think it would go so well for him, of course I remember the way he played for Real Madrid and he was a very assertive player, everything happened He was very good, he had very good attendance, it is also necessary to emphasize that he played alongside the best players in the world for his time, so this is something that he learned a lot and obtained a unique experience.

I think that he has applied all this in this short time that he has had the technical direction of Leverkusen, I also imagine the great self-esteem that he injects into his players, a technical director who is that good is for him to have the best of all salaries.

Well, but the surprising thing is that from the beginning we see Union Berlin and not the Bayern team, which by the way is only 1 point away, so these things are what make us think, I know that Union Berlin is playing very well, but for pure inspection Bayern is superior, and not because they were going through a bad time they were not going to be left behind, when the league begins to get tough it is when the best teams begin to show what they are made of, they begin to show that it is not just luck , but there is more to prove and that is what is actually measured in these leagues, because when they arrive with a low level they are taken out very easily in the UCL.

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VfL Bochum 2-1 Union Berlin: Bundesliga leaders suffer shock defeat as Philipp Hofmann and Gerrit Holtmann net for struggling hosts before Milos Pantovic grabs a consolation late on




Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11345925/VfL-Bochum-2-1-Union-Berlin-Bundesliga-leaders-suffer-shock-defeat-struggling-hosts.html

There are 4 clubs that have become most potential clubs to win the title for this season but im thinking that bayern will always become the most potential winner. Union faces a bad result against bochum which has been making its mentality may go down a little bit. Bayern is going back to the right track again by consistently winning any game in the bundesliga. Bayern is always very consistent to make lots of goals in almost all of matches against another club/
This may become a disaster for barcelone very soon.

The starting of the match made Union Berlin look like they will win the match with many goals until the end of the first half that made many people to believed that their prediction will fail at the end of the match. Union Berlin manage to achieved one goal from the match that made Bochum to defeated union Berlin 2-1 for the favour of Bochum to cause union Berlin to dropped points at the moment. I think, Union Berlin will definitely get it right in their next match because their coach will definitely introduce more strategies that will help them to recover the loss they experienced from Bochum, which was like a surprised to their fans.

I was surprised Bochum vs Union Berlin 2-1, they won even looking at the first half I feel confident Union can draw even win. But my prediction was wrong they lost, even they scored in the extra time. Of course, this defeat makes Bayern happy because their points difference is getting closer. Yes let's take a look at the next game, if they get more unstable it is a team problem that I suspected from the beginning. I'm just sorry for Bochum they still remain in the Relegation Zone.

However, what is actually surprising is that Union Berlin lost against Bochum, which is something that I was not expecting. In my opinion, that was one of the most unexpected things I ever encountered. It was clear that Union Berlin had been playing really well throughout this season and there was no doubt that Bayern Munich was going to have some tough competition when it came to winning the football championship. The problem is that now I am starting to doubt them, and I do not think I am the only one who has started to doubt them.

When you are up against a team that is in the relegation zone when you are in the race against Bayern Munich, there is no point in giving points away against a team that is in the relegation zone.

I have been hearing about this Bellingham guy recently and I have not been opportunity to watch him very well. I want to be able to watch him. I will have to check up on him this champions league.  With a score of 10/10 he must be an excellent player. If it is so, it means that the rumours of Real Madrid and Liverpool interested in him could be true. Dortmund knows how to produce good and quality players.

I can't recall the odds, were they really "high"? Or just higher than you thought?

Bochum had a couple of close games this season. There situation looks of course devastating, but it doesn't 100% reflect how they performed so far. They had some games with one goal difference and had their chances. It could have gone either way. Perhaps the problem for Union really was euphoria and psychology, they underestimated the expected intensity of the game. They might have been hoping that Bochum gave up already because of the ranks in the table. But as I said before, when Liverpool lost against Nottingham Forest it was very similar. I would even bet that Bochum's coach pointed towards that game in England and said, hey guys there you go, it is possible!