Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[rahmad2nd]

Bayern Munich is becoming more of a defensive team because of Kompany. Which makes sense for two reasons, first of all he was a famous defender, so it's normal that he would be a lot better at understanding the defensive side of the game, and he could tell the players to do what he wished the team did when he was a player.

Secondly, he was literally at a relegated team last season, when you are a relegated team, it doesn't make sense to be out all on offense, you defend as much as you can, so that you can get at least one point. Remember, if the other team doesn't score, you get a point at the very worst case, or three points if you can score, but yo u never lose when you do not get scored on. So that is why he constantly made the team defend.

Before Vincent Kompany was appointed as Bayern Munich manager, the Bavarians were known to be a high scoring side but recently, they've been more of a defensive team than an offensive team and just like you said, I think it is the Vincent Kompany effect. The good thing for Bayern Munich is that despite not scoring too many goals, their defense have been incredibly solid which I think is the main reason they're at the top of the German Bundesliga standings.
The talk about being relegated last season when Vincent Kompany was at Burnley I don't think should have any comparison with Bayern Munich and that's because Bayern Munich's history as a club and the qualities of players at Vincent Kompany's disposal shouldn't have anything to do with relegation battle. 

I often correct as we discussed in this post, Bayern Munich seems to have lost its philosophy. It doesn't mean they play badly, but they tend to be less fierce than before. Under Vincent Kompany, Bayern Munich's game is less competitive than previous coaches, it doesn't mean he is incompetent. Maybe Kompany needs time to achieve the ideal system he wants, and maybe he needs some ideal players as he wants to support his system. Kompany is quite skilled at coaching Bayern Munich, but as we discussed under his guidance, this team is not as fierce as before. In several matches against strong teams, the results are often unsatisfactory. Talking about Kompany when he was in charge of the Burnley squad, it is natural that they were eliminated because they did not have a competitive squad to compete in the Premier League. So, it should not be a comparison of Kompany's failure with currently handling Bayern Munich. In fact, Bayern Munich is currently wide open to becoming Bundesliga champions again, if they succeed, it is a personal achievement for Vincent Kompany.

[Dzwaafu11]

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Before Vincent Kompany was appointed as Bayern Munich manager, the Bavarians were known to be a high scoring side but recently, they've been more of a defensive team than an offensive team and just like you said, I think it is the Vincent Kompany effect. The good thing for Bayern Munich is that despite not scoring too many goals, their defense have been incredibly solid which I think is the main reason they're at the top of the German Bundesliga standings.
The talk about being relegated last season when Vincent Kompany was at Burnley I don't think should have any comparison with Bayern Munich and that's because Bayern Munich's history as a club and the qualities of players at Vincent Kompany's disposal shouldn't have anything to do with relegation battle. 

Although Bayern Munich's performance since Kompany started managing the squad has changed for good, you are right; as you said, they are not really scoring many goals like before, but they are not easy to be scored on by other clubs again. Although when Kompany was first appointed as the team manager, everybody criticised Bayern Munich's decision, but it is now clear it’s only Bayern Munich's management that knows what they saw in him that made them choose him as their manager.

[TopT3ns]

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Before Vincent Kompany was appointed as Bayern Munich manager, the Bavarians were known to be a high scoring side but recently, they've been more of a defensive team than an offensive team and just like you said, I think it is the Vincent Kompany effect. The good thing for Bayern Munich is that despite not scoring too many goals, their defense have been incredibly solid which I think is the main reason they're at the top of the German Bundesliga standings.
The talk about being relegated last season when Vincent Kompany was at Burnley I don't think should have any comparison with Bayern Munich and that's because Bayern Munich's history as a club and the qualities of players at Vincent Kompany's disposal shouldn't have anything to do with relegation battle. 

Although Bayern Munich's performance since Kompany started managing the squad has changed for good, you are right; as you said, they are not really scoring many goals like before, but they are not easy to be scored on by other clubs again. Although when Kompany was first appointed as the team manager, everybody criticised Bayern Munich's decision, but it is now clear it’s only Bayern Munich's management that knows what they saw in him that made them choose him as their manager.

Indeed, any alteration of the team entails paws and reflected undertakings and in most cases it may take sometime before the benefits are apparent. What is happening now is the clear evidence that some decisions which were doubted by many people have valid ground. There is something that needs either appreciation and that is the consternacy in defence because the measure of the strength of a team is not only defined by how many goals that a team is in a position to score but also how strongly that a team is defending itself from the attacks of the opponent. What is of more significance however is how the team evolves onto the tactical landscape which has been set by implementing a certain style of play. Thus, what would have been considered an astonishing move to some extent is gradually bearing some positive impacts for the team.

[Mustang Shelby]

Bayern Munich is becoming more of a defensive team because of Kompany. Which makes sense for two reasons, first of all he was a famous defender, so it's normal that he would be a lot better at understanding the defensive side of the game, and he could tell the players to do what he wished the team did when he was a player.

Secondly, he was literally at a relegated team last season, when you are a relegated team, it doesn't make sense to be out all on offense, you defend as much as you can, so that you can get at least one point. Remember, if the other team doesn't score, you get a point at the very worst case, or three points if you can score, but yo u never lose when you do not get scored on. So that is why he constantly made the team defend.

That is the foundation for a club and Kompany tries to implement that even though they are also a very good club in attack, he wants to create a good balance so he implements things like that. I think that is good, because he doesn't want to make any mistakes, especially since he is also a player who was previously a good defender. And indeed if we look at the weak clubs, they focus more on defense. They are not weak, but they know very well that if they ignore defense then it is also very dangerous for them in their journey.

Why does Kompany do all that by looking for the right balance in the match, applying the club's findings is very important. Their team is not a weak team, if they do important things then their progress will be easier. Some of the big teams are more focused on attack without realizing that the counter-attack they are launching is very dangerous. Kompany seems to be putting together a strong defense but their journey has to play several matches before the season ends.

Bayern Munich must strengthen its defensive line even more before the end of the season. The coach can do this by improving the players' situation. Because we know that Kompany was a very good defender in his career. He sees very well where defenders make mistakes. Perhaps his tactics will be important in Bayern Munich's getting to better places.

[len01]

Although Bayern Munich's performance since Kompany started managing the squad has changed for good, you are right; as you said, they are not really scoring many goals like before, but they are not easy to be scored on by other clubs again. Although when Kompany was first appointed as the team manager, everybody criticised Bayern Munich's decision, but it is now clear it’s only Bayern Munich's management that knows what they saw in him that made them choose him as their manager.

If you look at Munich's performance in the bundesliga, I admit that their defense is quite strong. But in other competitions such as the UCL, Munich defense looks worrying. In yesterday's match, it was proof that Munich at home could still be held to a draw by Celtic. While Munich should have been able to win with a bigger score without conceding. However, I also still admit that Kompany, who was initially doubted by many people, even his fans were a little unsure of Kompany's abilities. But now it is proven how Kompany managed to bring Munich to perform consistently in the bundesliga and in the UCL.

[AYOBA]

Bayern Munich playing a defensive style of football and not scoring goals? No I don’t agree with this statement there is no club in the Bundesliga currently that is scoring goals freely than Bayern Munich, they have scored 65 goals already this Season and have only conceded 19 goals so how are they more defensive when none of the other clubs have scored more than them.

Bayern Munich has a strong and supportive defensive. That's why we can see their patterns of playing are different from others Seriously, Bayern Munich has scored a lot of goals that nobody expected from them, and that's why so many people are having hope for them that, they will do everything possible to dominate the Bundesliga league this season if they keep their performance standards.

Because with the journey that Leverkusen is taking right now, if care is not talking, they will soon take over the top of the table from them since their point's gap between Bayern Munich is just 8 points, and I can see that Leverkusen are trying to win every one of their matches against their opponents.

[Hyphen(-)]

Kompany is not an experienced coach. Still, I would say that Munich is playing quite well with Kompany. At least Munich's performance this season is better than last season. But I don't think it is enough.

In the past, we always saw aggressive gameplay from Bayern Munich. Kompany has changed Bayern Munich's strategy. Bayern Munich can now win very few matches by a large margin. They are now more busy keeping their defense strong. Despite Bayern Munich having a very strong attack, we are not getting the expected good performance from Munich players.

To maintain a team standard of playing is the first step to survive as a new manager; attempting to change their pattern of play might lead to poor performance for the main time until the players get used to the new pattern of play.

Despite Vincent Kompany's lack of experience in big teams, he was able to use the available players in the team with the little once he signed to make sure the team had a standard performance because many people were criticizing him that he didn't have experience to coach big teams like Bayern, and now he is doing really well in all competitions even though they struggled to qualify for the Champions League round of 16.

This season, I am very confident that Bayren Munich will win the Bundesliga title ahead of the likes of Leverkusen and other teams.

[hahay]

Although Bayern Munich's performance since Kompany started managing the squad has changed for good, you are right; as you said, they are not really scoring many goals like before, but they are not easy to be scored on by other clubs again. Although when Kompany was first appointed as the team manager, everybody criticised Bayern Munich's decision, but it is now clear it’s only Bayern Munich's management that knows what they saw in him that made them choose him as their manager.

If you look at Munich's performance in the bundesliga, I admit that their defense is quite strong. But in other competitions such as the UCL, Munich defense looks worrying. In yesterday's match, it was proof that Munich at home could still be held to a draw by Celtic. While Munich should have been able to win with a bigger score without conceding. However, I also still admit that Kompany, who was initially doubted by many people, even his fans were a little unsure of Kompany's abilities. But now it is proven how Kompany managed to bring Munich to perform consistently in the bundesliga and in the UCL.

Kompany is also trying to gain and improve experience with good results with Bayern Munich, although this season Bayern Munich is still quite successful but I think there are still some weaknesses  that must be overcome. Because at least, this season in the Bundesliga other teams are not so consistent with good results, which usually Dortmund is a competitor at the top of the table, but this season Dortmund is also destroyed.Although indeed, there is still Bayer Leverkusen who also poses a threat to Bayern Munich but still, Bayer Leverkusen is not as good and strong as last season. Thus, Bayern Munich managed to maintain its position at the top of the standings by making  a fairly safe points gap.

[ginsan]

Kompany is also trying to gain and improve experience with good results with Bayern Munich, although this season Bayern Munich is still quite successful but I think there are still some weaknesses  that must be overcome. Because at least, this season in the Bundesliga other teams are not so consistent with good results, which usually Dortmund is a competitor at the top of the table, but this season Dortmund is also destroyed.Although indeed, there is still Bayer Leverkusen who also poses a threat to Bayern Munich but still, Bayer Leverkusen is not as good and strong as last season. Thus, Bayern Munich managed to maintain its position at the top of the standings by making  a fairly safe points gap.

Actually, Bayern Munich's competitor is no longer Dortmund but Leverkusen. Because last season Leverkusen performed quite well and they also did the same thing this season. Well, unlike Dortmund, they have experienced a downfall due to many blunders made by management in every transfer market. Dortmund this season is not a strong team in the Bundesliga because they have experienced many defeats due to their weakness this season.

On the other hand, in the fight for the championship title there are always teams that will compete tightly, but this season it seems that Bayern Munich can breathe a sigh of relief because they are already 8 points ahead of Leverkusen who are in second place. I think Kompany has succeeded in bringing about better changes for Bayern Munich this season, he has a strong team and maybe his job will be much easier if he can implement a better strategy that is easy for his players to understand.

[Weawant]

That is the foundation for a club and Kompany tries to implement that even though they are also a very good club in attack, he wants to create a good balance so he implements things like that. I think that is good, because he doesn't want to make any mistakes, especially since he is also a player who was previously a good defender. And indeed if we look at the weak clubs, they focus more on defense. They are not weak, but they know very well that if they ignore defense then it is also very dangerous for them in their journey.

Ignoring the defense is like sitting on a time bomb and sooner than expected the result will become  a reality and that is why I really appreciate that kompany is really trying his best to get things really ip under control from every angle of thew pitch and not allowing one side suffer while the other appears strong thereby making the waek angle theiwaek spot for their opponents to have some advantage at some point,  seeing all of this got me believing and commending that he's going to make a good coach.

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Bayern Munich definitely does not play a defensive style of football.
They play much more on possession and sometimes it looks like they are playing defensively.
The coming weekend will be interesting for Bayern Munich and how the play at home against Frankfurt.
It would be nice to see them losing some points again so that the race for the title gets more interesting again.

Perhaps this is Vincent Kompany's tactical style of play? Where the game seems to survive even though they have more possession of the ball, but Bayern Munich's style of play is more attacking.

Maybe this will be an interesting match after Bayern Munich yesterday was held to a goalless draw by Leverkusen.
I saw the market opportunities offered by the bookies at Rollbit, but strangely the odds were much different with Frankfurt.
It looks like Bayern Munich will win easily with odds @1.31.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Bayern Munich definitely does not play a defensive style of football.
They play much more on possession and sometimes it looks like they are playing defensively.
The coming weekend will be interesting for Bayern Munich and how the play at home against Frankfurt.
It would be nice to see them losing some points again so that the race for the title gets more interesting again.

Perhaps this is Vincent Kompany's tactical style of play? Where the game seems to survive even though they have more possession of the ball, but Bayern Munich's style of play is more attacking.

Maybe this will be an interesting match after Bayern Munich yesterday was held to a goalless draw by Leverkusen.
I saw the market opportunities offered by the bookies at Rollbit, but strangely the odds were much different with Frankfurt.
It looks like Bayern Munich will win easily with odds @1.31.

Leverkusen happens to be the team that challenges Bayern the most in the bundles league. Bayern went all on a winning streak in their last eight games not untill their last game with Leverkusen where they ended in a draw. Kompany' s tactics is attacking formation same with Leverkusen but that of Leverkusen seems to be more aggressive when ever they play Bayern.
Frankfurt will have to suffer the consequence of Bayern draw because they will want to gather points desperately so as to maintain their gap with Leverkusen and secure the title while the still warm up for the bigger game ahead. This should take Bayern back to their winning records.

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Perhaps this is Vincent Kompany's tactical style of play? Where the game seems to survive even though they have more possession of the ball, but Bayern Munich's style of play is more attacking.

Maybe this will be an interesting match after Bayern Munich yesterday was held to a goalless draw by Leverkusen.
I saw the market opportunities offered by the bookies at Rollbit, but strangely the odds were much different with Frankfurt.
It looks like Bayern Munich will win easily with odds @1.31.

Leverkusen happens to be the team that challenges Bayern the most in the bundles league. Bayern went all on a winning streak in their last eight games not untill their last game with Leverkusen where they ended in a draw. Kompany' s tactics is attacking formation same with Leverkusen but that of Leverkusen seems to be more aggressive when ever they play Bayern.
Frankfurt will have to suffer the consequence of Bayern draw because they will want to gather points desperately so as to maintain their gap with Leverkusen and secure the title while the still warm up for the bigger game ahead. This should take Bayern back to their winning records.

It can be said that Leverkusen and Frankfurt are league challengers to Bayern Munich, it's just that the difference in points is quite far so it's not so tight in the points difference, it could be that Bayern Munich will continue to dominate the game in the Bundesliga.

The same feeling that Frankfurt will not be strong to face Bayern Munich at Allianz and the point gap will be even greater if Bayern Munich wins. Now Leverkusen are not like they used to have an unbeaten record although they have lost only 1x this season but draw quite a lot.

[adultcrypto]

Perhaps this is Vincent Kompany's tactical style of play? Where the game seems to survive even though they have more possession of the ball, but Bayern Munich's style of play is more attacking.

Maybe this will be an interesting match after Bayern Munich yesterday was held to a goalless draw by Leverkusen.
I saw the market opportunities offered by the bookies at Rollbit, but strangely the odds were much different with Frankfurt.
It looks like Bayern Munich will win easily with odds @1.31.

Leverkusen happens to be the team that challenges Bayern the most in the bundles league. Bayern went all on a winning streak in their last eight games not untill their last game with Leverkusen where they ended in a draw. Kompany' s tactics is attacking formation same with Leverkusen but that of Leverkusen seems to be more aggressive when ever they play Bayern.
Frankfurt will have to suffer the consequence of Bayern draw because they will want to gather points desperately so as to maintain their gap with Leverkusen and secure the title while the still warm up for the bigger game ahead. This should take Bayern back to their winning records.

It can be said that Leverkusen and Frankfurt are league challengers to Bayern Munich, it's just that the difference in points is quite far so it's not so tight in the points difference, it could be that Bayern Munich will continue to dominate the game in the Bundesliga.

The same feeling that Frankfurt will not be strong to face Bayern Munich at Allianz and the point gap will be even greater if Bayern Munich wins. Now Leverkusen are not like they used to have an unbeaten record although they have lost only 1x this season but draw quite a lot.

Bayern Leverkusen and E. Frankfurt are indeed  big teams that can challenge Bayern Munic but it has to be from next season because this season is as good as settled in favor of Bayern Munic who are comfortably on the lead with no sign of slowing down. They have maintained a decent performance every match and were able to hold Bayer Leverkusen to a draw when I thought they would lose that match. This weekend they will face E. Frankfurt and I have the feeling that they will either win the match or at worst draw it which is still a good result for them.

[pawel7777]

Easy game, it was not, but Bayern managed to score a late equaliser and drew with Celtic 1-1 in the second leg of the Champions League playoffs. Given they defeated Celtic 2-1 in the first leg, they are going through to the final 16.
What's interesting, in the round of 16 they will face either Atletico Madrid or... Baer Leverkusen. I have a strong feeling it will be the latter. We'll have to wait till tomorrow though.
If Leverkusen is not matched with Bayern, they will be playing against Real Madrid, so no easy options for them.

[TelolettOm]

Actually, Bayern Munich's competitor is no longer Dortmund but Leverkusen. Because last season Leverkusen performed quite well and they also did the same thing this season. Well, unlike Dortmund, they have experienced a downfall due to many blunders made by management in every transfer market. Dortmund this season is not a strong team in the Bundesliga because they have experienced many defeats due to their weakness this season.

Yes, Bayern Munich's competitor in the Bundesliga is no longer Dortmund but Leverkusen. That's all Leverkusen this season must make extra efforts to be able to win or defend the title, because after all, Bayern Munich who are currently leading are 8 points behind and it is not easy for Xabi to work on the gap between them.

While on the other hand, Dortmund? hmm, like before, even in the Bundesliga this time, they are just getting worse, only in 11th place and that is very bad.

but in the Champions League?

They are quite awesome!

In fact, Serhou Guirassy is the top scorer in UCL, above other top players.

Source: Serhou Guirassy has goal contribution in every UCL game

[Moreno233]

Easy game, it was not, but Bayern managed to score a late equaliser and drew with Celtic 1-1 in the second leg of the Champions League playoffs. Given they defeated Celtic 2-1 in the first leg, they are going through to the final 16.
What's interesting, in the round of 16 they will face either Atletico Madrid or... Baer Leverkusen. I have a strong feeling it will be the latter. We'll have to wait till tomorrow though.
If Leverkusen is not matched with Bayern, they will be playing against Real Madrid, so no easy options for them.

If I judge Bayern Munic by their performance against Celtix, I will feel so disappointed in them because they played far below expectations. The first leg was where I was disappointed the most because I played that match to give me at least 4+ goals but I never saw that, instead Bayern Munic managed to win by just 2:1 which me to lose so much money. Because of that result, I decided to avoid Bayern Munic for the second leg and I'm glad I did that else I would have also lost money too due to the draw because there was no way I would have played the match a draw.

[Adbitco]

If I judge Bayern Munic by their performance against Celtix, I will feel so disappointed in them because they played far below expectations. The first leg was where I was disappointed the most because I played that match to give me at least 4+ goals but I never saw that, instead Bayern Munic managed to win by just 2:1 which me to lose so much money. Because of that result, I decided to avoid Bayern Munic for the second leg and I'm glad I did that else I would have also lost money too due to the draw because there was no way I would have played the match a draw.

Yeah, seriously they were so disappointing in the final third. They performed better because they were playing against a Champions League tier 2 team, if they play this kind of game against a fellow elite team, they will be smoked. Bayern Munich were not clinical in that game and it almost cost them a place in the Champions League Round 16. This performance is also reflecting in the league where they are not really showing that Bayern Munich dominance that we were all used to.

[Kristiyana]

Easy game, it was not, but Bayern managed to score a late equaliser and drew with Celtic 1-1 in the second leg of the Champions League playoffs. Given they defeated Celtic 2-1 in the first leg, they are going through to the final 16.
What's interesting, in the round of 16 they will face either Atletico Madrid or... Baer Leverkusen. I have a strong feeling it will be the latter. We'll have to wait till tomorrow though.
If Leverkusen is not matched with Bayern, they will be playing against Real Madrid, so no easy options for them.

If I judge Bayern Munic by their performance against Celtix, I will feel so disappointed in them because they played far below expectations. The first leg was where I was disappointed the most because I played that match to give me at least 4+ goals but I never saw that, instead Bayern Munic managed to win by just 2:1 which me to lose so much money. Because of that result, I decided to avoid Bayern Munic for the second leg and I'm glad I did that else I would have also lost money too due to the draw because there was no way I would have played the match a draw.

You know it been long I stopped including bayern munich in my bet slip, reason been that they are known for playing with people's Money. Though sometimes their performance always amuse me, because they always win with goals. But that does not give a guarantee why I should include them probably when making prediction, Because is always hard to predict when they are going to win with goals. Moreover they're just a perfect example of metro, whose network is not always stable LoL.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

12 games will not feel like a long time, the club has also played more than half of the 34 games this season with consistent performances so I don't think Leverkusen will be able to catch up unless Bayern Munich suffer a setback but that won't happen as long as they are still fighting hard with their star players Harry Kane this season has also contributed a lot to the team and he should be rewarded by winning the Bundesliga title.

It's not just about how long but the chances that Leverkusen have are almost very small to catch up on Bayern Munich's points because there are only 12 games left. I think Bayern Munich's chances to win the trophy again are quite open because so far their performance in the Bundesliga has been quite consistent. Leverkusen can return to the title race next season if they can maintain a much better consistency than this season. This season will also be a good moment for Harry Kane to get his first Bundesliga title so that it will be a much bigger motivation for him to give his best.