Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 2594. (Read 654884 times)

I am not so sure about that. Quality difference is of course huge, but Dresden is doing ok-ish after finding some rhythm with ending quarantine. It was just Wehen and Fürth, where they got 4 points recently, but they have some momentum and self-confidence. And they have nothing to lose, because nobody is expecting anything from them today. Hamburg otoh once again shot themselves in the foot on Monday. They play good football, but only managed one win after the break against poor Wehen. They were unlucky with late goals against Fürth, Stuttgart and Kiel, but when it happens that often, there is something wrong, this is not just bad luck.
Stuttgart was 1.60+ when they played at Dresden the other week - and that was when Dresden wasn't match-fit at all. Now Hamburg is 1.50+ and I think it's too low or fair at best. They should win, but 2. Bundesliga is crazy at times

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I think Sandhausen has a great shot today at giving Bielefeld all sorts of trouble. Bielefeld seems to run a bit out of gas and they don't need the 3 points badly, a draw would do the trick as well. Neuhaus will take rather defensive approach imo and look to keep a clean sheet first and then hope for some Klos-Magic upfront. Sandhausen themselves are on a pretty good run and sitting comfortably in the middle of the table. This looks like a low-scoring draw (0-0/1-1) for me, but unfortunately the markets think the same and odds are not very tempting; the odds for Bielefeld look actually quite huge on paper. Probably a game to lay the team that manages to get the lead.

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The sacking of Schreuder with Hoffenheim was really weird. They were doing quite good and didn't seem to play against their coach. They didn't play any top teams, but wins don't come easy in Bundesliga, even against the smaller teams. So something must have happened behind the curtains. Now with a new coach (or the old being sacked) I would normally expect Hoffenheim to come out firing on all cylinders, but this situation is a bit different On top of that they will play against their old coach Nagelsmann and surely want to show what they are capable of. 1.45 for Leipzig looks a bit low considering all circumstances. They were ruthless with Mainz and Köln in their away games, but Hoffenheim is a different caliber.

I think so too. But Hoffenheim has a new "coaching staff". And most of the time, it gives a boost. But since the players themselves didn't know that Schreuder would be dismissed, this effect will probably fizzle out.

Hopefully RB Leipzig will win todays evening match against Hoffenheim so they can make some points for the Campions League place !
My bet goes for Leipzig and fingers crossed that they dont come under the wheels again.
Should be possible or normaly they win that , but we all know thats strange times at the moment for some matches and the results.

But it's also a must-win for Bremen if they don't want to get relegated. If they don't win against Paderborn they can already start to plan their trips to Sandhausen, Aue etc. For a long time, I was sure that they have good chances to beat Paderborn but the closer we get to the match, the bigger my doubts get. Although they have not lost the last three away games, their performance was all but convincing in these games. And now that they have lost their last game, I fear that they will be extremely insecure, especially when they are almost forced to win this game (next one will be against Bayern). And together with an already shaking defence that's a really bad combination.

Paderborn on the other hand seems to just enjoy the remaining matches. This phrase sounds weird but I think everybody at that club is/was just thankful for the season in the first league (remember they played in the third league 2 seasons ago) Nobody expects much from them so they can play without any pressure.

So the more I think about this game, the more indecisive I get. Right now I'd probably bet on a draw or BTTS.

Bremen plays against Paderborn. Bremen is stronger away than home. They haven't lost the last three games away. But Paderborn lost only one game from the last five. But they have to win. It seems, that will be the last chance for Paderborn.

Securing a CL spot is a must for them especially that its rivals have a decent games (bah for Schalke/Leverkusen used to be maybe), so at least having +6 difference is very important. However regarding their overall performance I am worried that the game will end with a surprise..

Leipzig has their chance tomorrow in Hoffenheim, M'Gladbach is playing with Bayern and Leipzig could reach 6 point lead to them, which will secure CL for them next season, it is @1.4, so maybe will combine with goals, but away game is as a home pitch after the restart
in Zweite, HSV has another chance after missing Kiel winning on Monday, they play in Dresden, and that one should come for sure @1.5

Agree. Sooner or later you will see Pulisic in the Bundesliga again. It was the same with Shinji Kagawa, Nuri Sahin and others. They played great because they fit perfectly into the system and philosophy of a team. If they then move to another team, they quickly reach their performance limits. Only really good players can adapt to different systems and game philosophies.

I always feel like the era of players from North America is gone for the European leagues. Not that there are no great players now but even when we talk about Christian Pulisic, he was good, but then when he moved to England he became really poor to the point no one even talks about him now. Davies could be the same, but let us not put more pressure on him:)

https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/sports-business-group/articles/annual-review-of-football-finance.html

The Deloitte study about football finance for teh season 18/19 was published today. Germany are at the 3rd place with 3.3 billion income (Billion in English 10⁹) euro. First place is Premier League (5.9 billion Euro) and 2nd a Liga (3.4 billion Euro).
A total of 28.9 billion euros was generated in European football in the previous season - more than ever before. Awesome.

yeah, do not remember that they had some talents before, but now had two, with Davies, they have Jonathan David from Gent, already 18 goals this season, seems that these two could be enough for them to qualify for following world cups in the row, since both are born in 2000

Bayern has aimed to their 3-titles season again. They nearly get the titles for DFB cup, and Bundesliga. The only challenge for them now is the Champions League. They have many advantages in Champions League when it comes back because they will only focus all their resources for it when their opponents around Europe will have to split their resources for fights in national leagues. It is a big advantage but it does not make sure that Bayern will win the Champions League.

Alphonso Davies is a big surprise because he was not grown and trained to become a swing back but now he is one of the greatest ones in the position.

It depends from the number of people infected in each country and speaking about Germany, Italy, spain, UK, well there is already huge number of people infected (+ asymptomatic) so the risk of another big rise is unlikely to happen. For football, Bundesliga proved it is safe

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Yeah Bayern is unstoppable right now but remember that Liverpool lost a game vs Watford so why Bayern couldn't lose vs Leverkusen this time.
The only problem that could affect the quality of the game and that I could think of right now is the risk of injury which will be a bigger problem for Leverkusen than Bayern maybe?

Yeb if they would have played exactly the same way they have done in the second half i guess it would be a other result as it was now.
Frankfurt was realy playing well at the second half or Bayern just stoped playing .
But was realy a nice watching in the second half and great match with a lot of chances.

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Come the final, it's just going to be an additional collection of trophy to Bayern Muinch's cabinet, but I'll be rooting for an revenge/upset from Bayer Leverkusen, though.

Bayern got it. I don't know why Frankfurt didn't try to play more attacking in the first half, second half was much better from them. They were in control when Bayern managed to score the second goal and clinch the game.

Didn't watch the whole game, but from what i have seen Alphonso Davies had another great match. He is only 19 years old and he is already a top player. Canada will have a top star in the years to come. Can't remember any top Canadian player, think that there probably wasn't any since soccer is very low on their nation sports lists.

it is about to end and Frankfurt didnt score.
Actually, I think there was no chance already for them.

Munich has a great form. After Dortmund match, I think there is no team in Germany that can stop them.

five minutes to go, maybe there is a still chance for Frankfurt to equalize the score and we can see an overtime, although could not say that i believe in that
Bayern is too good to allow that

There are 15 min to play in this match about Bayern Munich and Frankfurt and at the moment Bayern has 2 goals scored and Frankfurt 1.
Second half Frankfurt is playing better as in the first and they playing very well and have there chances.
Its possible that we see an over time hopefully.

it is 1:0 in Munich at the moment, and Frankfurt is held on their half, so does not seem that they will be able to score, so Bayern is close to the final, hope that that match will be more interesting than today