Bundesliga: Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Bayern Munich Preview, Odds, Prediction

The game between Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayern Munich is always very interesting because these two clubs have a long history of direct encounters. Not only that, their popularity and the size of fanbases are enormous, which takes everything to another level. Of course, the current difference in power is obvious, but that won’t discourage Monch from trying to win and beat the great rivals. For the moment, the form is definitely on Bayern’s end, but we’ve seen the Bavarians losing in Monchengladbach frequently. 

Preview

Borussia Monchengladbach (+600) has just one win in the past five Bundesliga games following the restart of the campaign. Apart from that, the former UEFA Cup winners have three defeats and one tie. 

They are characterized by high oscillations in every aspect of play, starting with the results and the efficiency of events. For example, they had three games with both teams scoring over 2.5 goals, and two with one or no goals. 

In both events at Borussia Park after the restart of the activities, Monch couldn’t win three points. The first clash was against Leverkusen, 2-3, and then vs. Schalke, 0-0.

Bayern Munich (-333) has won four in a row, and the champs have caught the usual rhythm. Julian Nagelsmann and his crew come back from Paris, where they defeated PSG, 0-1, in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16. After three ties in a row, Bayern exploded.

In those four wins, they managed to keep their net protected on three occasions, significantly improving the defensive effort. Meanwhile, the attack started delivering as we got used to, with Bayern netting 12 goals across these four contests. 

Sadio Mane might be out, but the forwards began clicking well following the World Cup pause, and we need to say that Thomas Muller, despite his age, is the vital link between the midfield and the attack and that he plays superb football, even though his stats aren’t showing that. 

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Borges Sanches is the only player who won’t appear for Borussia.

Meanwhile, the list of Bayern’s absences is long. Lucas Hernandez, Mane, Mazraoui, and Neuer are all out, and they won’t even be in the protocol.

Head to Head Games

Borussia is without a defeat against Bayern in the past four games, and if we count in one club-friendly, five events. We are sure that there isn’t a team with such a record.

The first meeting of the year saw Monch taking a point from the Allianz Arena, 1-1. Last year these two units met three times, twice in the Bundesliga, 1-1 in Monchengladbach and 1-2 at Allianz, while Borussia humiliated Bayern in the DFB Pokal, beating them 5-0. 

At home in Monchengladbach, Borussia has three triumphs and a tie in the previous four events. 

Prediction

It seems that Borussia Park isn’t that suitable for this generation of Bayern players. Though right now, Monch is in terrible form, and our pick here would be for the guests to win and cover a 1.5-goal spread, with the odds on that currently sitting at +100, which is a great value. Those who want to take some risk, go with Bayern scoring twice inside the opening 45 minutes. 

Pick: Bayern Munich -1.5 +100