Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[makishart]

Bayern Munich have a lot of money to be able to sign a solid goalkeeper now. But I don't know if they are eager to make such move. Sommer would be a really nice move actually and his contract expires in six months as well. This is like a big opportunity for them to finish this transfer by not spending any money on transfer fee. But let's see what the player and his team think about this.

They had better fill Neuer's place with a credible goalkeeper otherwise their job won't be easy about conceding not many goals.

I have noticed recently Bayern Munich have not been spending so much on player signings rather they have been getting players on free deals. Maybe this is a new transfer strategy been abducted by the club to reduce expenses and increase their income but I'm sure Bayern Munich have to financial capacity to make huge signings also. I would advise they spend the money and get a suitable replacement for Neuer before the transfer window run out.

Bayern was waiting for the opportunity to sign the new player with the cheap price. The management was trying to be very efficient in term managing the financial of club. It can be seen from how bayern was signing blind instead of another defender with very big clause release. bayern will not try to waste the money for signing the wrong player that will not give any impact to the club. I like how bayern try to make its financial become very efficient.
Bayern is still looking for a new keeper to replace neuer.

[Juggy777]

Bayern Munich have a lot of money to be able to sign a solid goalkeeper now. But I don't know if they are eager to make such move. Sommer would be a really nice move actually and his contract expires in six months as well. This is like a big opportunity for them to finish this transfer by not spending any money on transfer fee. But let's see what the player and his team think about this.

They had better fill Neuer's place with a credible goalkeeper otherwise their job won't be easy about conceding not many goals.

I have noticed recently Bayern Munich have not been spending so much on player signings rather they have been getting players on free deals. Maybe this is a new transfer strategy been abducted by the club to reduce expenses and increase their income but I'm sure Bayern Munich have to financial capacity to make huge signings also. I would advise they spend the money and get a suitable replacement for Neuer before the transfer window run out.

Bayern was waiting for the opportunity to sign the new player with the cheap price. The management was trying to be very efficient in term managing the financial of club. It can be seen from how bayern was signing blind instead of another defender with very big clause release. bayern will not try to waste the money for signing the wrong player that will not give any impact to the club. I like how bayern try to make its financial become very efficient.
Bayern is still looking for a new keeper to replace neuer.

@Velvet78 buying player’s in January transfer window is always tricky, hence it makes sense for Bayern to wait till the summer transfer window to buy the perfect replacement for Neuer. Also Bayern coach has admitted that there’re not many goal keeper’s currently available so it seems that he has only one option i.e. get a keeper on loan while paying high fees for the transfer and then buy a keeper of his choice once the summer transfer window opens.

[Minor Miner]

Wolfsburg brought hope when they performed well in the 4 matches they have done and ended in victory. Freiburg is the same way, in fact in the last few seasons they have become a very good team to be able to bet on in every match. At the same time, I feel that Freiburg will win this match even with the resistance that Wolfsburg will give. Even in the game I think Freiburg will dominate more and try to keep pressing the opposing team's defense.

Wolfsburg is not a bad team, they have even shown some potential before as well and they are doing it again. They are just not a top level team, it's just not something we could expect from them to be fair. There isn't anything they could do to bring this to "they are guaranteed top 4 club in bundesliga" type of level for now. That is mainly because even the ones that should be there are not.
I always saw Leipzig and Dortmund to be teams that would be amazing to watch and amazing to follow, they should be 2nd and third respectfully, after Bayern being first, but we haven't seen top three be those three teams right? And not now too, hence it's a bit hectic right now.

Wolfsburg is actually playing well right now. They are in the 7th position on the table and they have certainly improved quite a lot compared to the last season. Of course, nothing is indicating that they will be able to finish in the top 4.

Leipzig and Freiburg both are in good form right now. And I think if we do not look at Bayern Munich, the league is going to look a lot more competitive.

Not gonna lie I am actually a little surprised to see the performance of Frankfurt this season. They are playing quite well and better compared to the last season. But I am a little disappointed to see the performance from Dortmund.

[Soonandwaite]

man man man that is one hell of a long break without real football. 2 months without 1.bundesliga is very very hard.
i am really looking forward to the 16th matchday . then we will finally see sensible football again . the first match on 20.january RB Leipzig vs. FC Bayern Munich will be shown for all football fans . sat1 will broadcast the match live . that will be a nice football evening and i hope for 3 goals for leipzig and only 2 for münchen 

Leipzig : Bayern live Sat 1 friday 20th 8.30PM

[LUCKMCFLY]

actually it doesn't matter which player bayern münchen buys. they will still become german champion again. sometimes i have the feeling that bayern can become german champion with only 9 players. the other clubs would have to spend hundreds of millions of euros to offer bayern a little competition.
and no other bundesliga club has that much money.  

I agree with you, Bayern's squad is so high quality that there is no team in this league that can rival them. In fact, they've been dominating the league for so long that other teams can't be as good as Bayern even if they spend millions of dollars.
There is a culture in this team right now and you can't buy that culture with money. Players feel special when they are part of this team's roster and they strive to show the highest performance of their lives

Yes, I agree with that, for me they have a very good squad, but the players have to change little by little, the players are veterans, and of course I don't really like betting on the youth that much, because what can happen to them It happened to Spain in the World Cup, because it is always good to have players with great experience, so that they not only show young people how to do it, but also experience is needed in a team to be able to emerge, a captain, someone who guides them better , and that is done by experience, that is why it is important that the squad is or is being updated so that the new players on the team can adapt.

Dortmund is not going to be able to perform well this season. They have not shown any improvement to speak of as well. I do not think I will be able to show any improvement this season. The team is not balanced. The chemistry between players is almost non-existent. And they are also not able to bring in good results. This season is going to be a disaster for Dortmund. And I think it all started because of them selling Erling Haaland.

Dortmund no longer have the desire to be winners this season, they are aware of losing the best striker they have in Dortmund, the path they have to take is to make the best players again so that in the coming season maybe they will have another good player like Erling Haaland.

Well, I think that almost all of Dortmund's conversations and debates have been focused on their legendary players that are ready to be sold, that's why I've been wondering all this time, is it a good business model to make and train high-caliber footballers just to be sold? to the highest bidder? Is it much more profitable than winning a League and a UCL? We already know very well that Real Madrid is a team that from pure experience does not mind spending whatever is necessary to find the best for their team, so if a team like that that has a lot of money does it, it is proven that it is the best thing to sell players, that's what I've come to conclude.

and more:

'They want to sign': Dortmund could now beat Tottenham to two of Paratici's main transfer targets - journalist

Tottenham could end up missing out on two transfer targets to Borussia Dortmund, according to German journalist, Christian Falk.

Those two players come in the form of Mohammed Kudus and Weston McKennie. The young duo are both known to be on Tottenham’s list of potential signings.

Kudus is said to be seen by Spurs as the ideal back up and competition for Dejan Kulusevski. McKennie, meanwhile, has been on the radar for some time and Fabio Paratici is known to be a fan of the American.

Source: https://tbrfootball.com/dortmund-could-beat-tottenham-to-signing-kudus-and-mckennie/

[Docnaster]

At the same time, I feel that Freiburg will win this match even with the resistance that Wolfsburg will give. Even in the game I think Freiburg will dominate more and try to keep pressing the opposing team's defense.

Freiburg is thriving this season. I also feel that Freiburg has more chances to win the match against Wolfsburg. Especially with the difference in points in the current standings will further encourage Freiburg to perform optimally
Even so, playing at the Volkswagen Arena will further improve the mentality of the Wolfsburg players, this needs to be watched out for by Christian Streich and his team.

Wolfsburg is also having good result from the last matches. I meant you shall also take a look at how wolfsburg were able getting 4 win from 5 last matches in the bundesliga. that means if this gonna be a tough match for friburg. Freiburg looks like more superior compared with wolfsburg but i just remind you that you shall not underestimated wolfsburg. Playing at him will be boosting the mentality from the players against freiburg. Wolfsburg is more favorable for me to win the match.
I think that freiburh must be careful with wolfsburg. Wolfsburh was able to beat Dortmund 2-0. Freiburg will be in a very difficult situation to win against Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg is performing well, they haven't lost in the past 8 matches. They need a win in this match in other to overthrow Borussia Dortmund, but I still doubt if that could be possible against an opponent side such as Freiburg. Both sides performed well in the last 4 matches and Wolfsburg concede just three goals more than Freiburg with many match losses, telling that they are a stronger defense than Freiburg. With this, I think the match will end in a draw.

[rahmad2nd]

This season Freiburg has developed more than the previous season and at the moment they are in second place in the Bundesliga standings with 30 points while team Wolfsburg is in seventh place with 20 points, looking at the last 5 meetings between the two teams Freiburg is slightly superior because they won two matches while Wolfsburg only got one win, so I think there is a possibility that next week's match the two teams will draw.

Why do you think that this match will end in a draw? Freiburg is only 2 points ahead of Leipzig and in week 16 Leipzig will face Munich which will be a difficult match for them because Munich has so far always been able to handle Leipzig well so if Leipzig loses it will be an opportunity for Freiburg to further increase the point difference far if they can beat Wolfburg later.

The Bundesliga schedule has not yet started, just waiting for the next week. the second half of the Bundesliga season, will begin with the match RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich. quite a tough match for the home team as they will face the strongest team in the Bundesliga.

after all, we don't know whether Nkunku has recovered from his injury or if he will have to miss the game against Bayern Munich later. on the other hand, Bayern has two important players who must be absent due to long injuries. it could be, this match affects the performance of the team as a whole.
we don't know, because the Bundesliga is just about to restart. even so, however, Bayern has a higher chance of winning this battle.

As for Freiburg, Christian Streich's troops performed quite brilliantly and were able to rank 2nd in the standings. even so, I doubt that Freiburg will continue to progress with a positive trend, especially since they also have tough matches that they will face the following week, one of which is against Frankfurt and Dortmund.

[bct_ail]

At Schalke some important players are injured. Kral, van den Berg and Ouwejan. They will definitely not able to play in the first games. So far there have been no good reinforcements during the winter break. The first two games are against Frankfurt and Leipzig. I do not think Schalke will win a point in these games. And the transfer policy is not clear either. Schalke has to strengthen itself so that they will not get relegated. They have a good coach. But he also needs the right players.

[rendravolt]

At the same time, I feel that Freiburg will win this match even with the resistance that Wolfsburg will give. Even in the game I think Freiburg will dominate more and try to keep pressing the opposing team's defense.

Freiburg is thriving this season. I also feel that Freiburg has more chances to win the match against Wolfsburg. Especially with the difference in points in the current standings will further encourage Freiburg to perform optimally
Even so, playing at the Volkswagen Arena will further improve the mentality of the Wolfsburg players, this needs to be watched out for by Christian Streich and his team.

It can be said that SC Freiburg is one of the candidates for the Bundesliga title this season. Their performances so far prove they deserve it. On the standings board, SC Freiburg is only 4 points adrift of Bayern Munich. Against Wolfsburg it seems that SC Freiburg doesn't want to bother and for sure they will focus on securing 3 points in that game later. I have a narrow victory prediction for SC Freiburg against the host Wolfsburg later.

[Soonandwaite]

At Schalke some important players are injured. Kral, van den Berg and Ouwejan. They will definitely not able to play in the first games. So far there have been no good reinforcements during the winter break. The first two games are against Frankfurt and Leipzig. I do not think Schalke will win a point in these games. And the transfer policy is not clear either. Schalke has to strengthen itself so that they will not get relegated. They have a good coach. But he also needs the right players.

if everything goes really well or really badly, HSV and Schalke 04 will play each other again in 2023 / 2024.
hamburg is always good for a third or fourth place. and Schalke will have a hell of a hard time getting the remaining points needed to stay in the 1.bundesliga.
in any case, it will be very exciting in the first bundesliga at the bottom and in the second bundesliga at the top.
at the end of the season, we will see whether my "tip" is right. but i hope my tip is wrong 

[Distraction]

I don't see any other candidate than Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga title now. It is better to be realistic because Bayern Munich are in a very good shape again. Of course there has been a long break and we don't have much idea about how the league teams will return from this. But I think Bayern Munich will be the team staying the most consistent. They have improved their potential of scoring a lot in the recent times despite not signing a top striker to fill Lewandowski's place in the best manner.

The Bundesliga is easy for them even though they haven't made such signing. It is only risky for the Champions League because Choupo-Moting might not be very beneficial in each one of their matches there from now on.

[rozak]

I don't see any other candidate than Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga title now.

unfortunately what happened is exactly what you said. I hope there is a club that can compete with Munich for the Bundesliga trophy this season. like Union Berlin who did very well at the start of the season. unfortunately, they couldn't maintain the consistency of their game in several matches before the break at the end of last year.
even Leverkusen and Dortmund, which last season gave good performances to compete with Munich. now they are also struggling, even Leipzig and Freiburg performed better.

[Leviathan.007]

I don't see any other candidate than Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga title now.

unfortunately what happened is exactly what you said. I hope there is a club that can compete with Munich for the Bundesliga trophy this season. like Union Berlin who did very well at the start of the season. unfortunately, they couldn't maintain the consistency of their game in several matches before the break at the end of last year.
even Leverkusen and Dortmund, which last season gave good performances to compete with Munich. now they are also struggling, even Leipzig and Freiburg performed better.

In my opinion, there won't be a competitor for Bayern Munich anytime soon, and I believe the reason for this is very clear to me. It is generally accepted that Bayern Munich is the most important and first team in Germany because the whole German international team is based on the Bayern Munich systems, which are the backbone. In other words, Bayern Munich is the backbone of the entire German international team. On the other hand, what is most important about Bayern Munich is its stability, because they are usually in the top position all the time due to their stability.

[kro55]

Some media write that Manuel Neuer has not broken his lower leg. Instead it is is said that he has an open tibia and fibula fracture. If that were really the case he would probably not be back in the summer. That would therefore also be a reason why Bayern Munich is not just looking for a temporary solution for the second half of the season.

Yea, I've also been hearing these rumors about Neuer's injury and it's definitely something to keep an eye on. If the reports are true and it's indeed an open fracture, it would certainly change the game for him and the team. But let's not jump to conclusions just yet, Neuer has been working hard with the medical team on his recovery and it's not clear if these new rumors align with their plan (but I guess we will find out soon tbh).

If Neuer's injury is worse than we thought (and what's officially reported), it makes sense that Bayern would be looking for more than just a temporary solution for the rest of the season. Nevertheless, that's all speculation rn. Personally I hope he gets back on track sooner than later.

I obviously want Neuer to come back from the injury quickly. But I am not sure how severe the injury of Manuel Neuer is. I also have been hearing that he is injury is a lot more severe and serious than was first expected. If that is the case why Bayern Munich is not looking for a long-term solution?

Can it be that they are not looking for a long-term solution because they know that the injury is not as severe as people are thinking?

If the injury was so serious I think they would have looked for a goalkeeper who can potentially replace Neuer with much more intent.

[ilovealtcoins]

The Champions League is nothing like the Bundesliga or the Europa League. Frankfurt had better be ready for a much bigger and more difficult matchup against Napoli. Matches aren't played on paper of course. I'm aware of how big threat Frankfurt are to Napoli also. But I would like to remind you of another fact that Frankfurt had a really big difficulty in qualifying for last 16 round. They managed to do this after the results of last group matches. They lost five points against Tottenham and lost to Sporting also.

Napoli are going to be even a more challenging team to defeat for Frankfurt. Especially if Napoli keep a good form in the Serie A until the first leg then Frankfurt had better focus on their defending especially. Because Napoli can easily be unstoppable in offense while they are in-form.

Napoli versus Frankfurt is going to be played on the 22nd of February if I am not wrong. That is still quite a long way away. There can be a lot that can happen during that time period. There is no doubt that Napoli are playing well at the moment. However, that might not be the case at that point in time. In my opinion, if I had been a betting man, I would have been almost certain that Napoli would win against Frankfurt. Nevertheless, it is hard for me to predict how both of these teams will perform in the future. As of now, I would say that Napoli is the better team.

[Joca97]

Some media write that Manuel Neuer has not broken his lower leg. Instead it is is said that he has an open tibia and fibula fracture. If that were really the case he would probably not be back in the summer. That would therefore also be a reason why Bayern Munich is not just looking for a temporary solution for the second half of the season.

Yea, I've also been hearing these rumors about Neuer's injury and it's definitely something to keep an eye on. If the reports are true and it's indeed an open fracture, it would certainly change the game for him and the team. But let's not jump to conclusions just yet, Neuer has been working hard with the medical team on his recovery and it's not clear if these new rumors align with their plan (but I guess we will find out soon tbh).

If Neuer's injury is worse than we thought (and what's officially reported), it makes sense that Bayern would be looking for more than just a temporary solution for the rest of the season. Nevertheless, that's all speculation rn. Personally I hope he gets back on track sooner than later.

I obviously want Neuer to come back from the injury quickly. But I am not sure how severe the injury of Manuel Neuer is. I also have been hearing that he is injury is a lot more severe and serious than was first expected. If that is the case why Bayern Munich is not looking for a long-term solution?

Can it be that they are not looking for a long-term solution because they know that the injury is not as severe as people are thinking?

If the injury was so serious I think they would have looked for a goalkeeper who can potentially replace Neuer with much more intent.

Neuer wont return probobly until next season. I think this season is over for him. Well they have a couple of reserve goalkeepers that can make up for Neuer. Neuer is getting older and they should maybe look for a quality replacement but i think its still early he has a few more years in him.

[Velvet78]

I think the first three teams of top 4 are going to be Bayern Munich, Freiburg and Leipzig at the end of the season. Because they have had a really reliable form for a long time and it looks like they won't give up on their Champions League tickets that easy. I should even exclude Bayern Munich from those two because they are already far stronger from them and will make it to the league title as usual.

When it comes to the fourth member of top 4 I hope Dortmund make it there. Because they haven't been much good for weeks. This break should help them pull themselves together and fight harder.

[DanWalker]

There is around a week left for the Bundesliga to return and the first game of the week is going to be Leipzig vs Bayern Munich. This is a really great start to the league again. These teams have had really delightful matches against each other so far. We have seen many goals from both sides. Leipzig are still a strong team in the league. Nkunku has such a nice scoring ability that he has made a big contribution to the team so far. He will be Leipzig's biggest hope against Bayern Munich as well.
Leipzig are the best team in home matches now and they haven't lost a single match. The problem is that Bayern Munich don't concede so many goals these days. But still Neuer's absence might upset the balances. I might give Leipzig double chance a try as I don't think they will lose this one easily.

I do not think that Bayern Munich is going to actually lose against Leipzig. Bayern Munich is by far the best team in Bundesliga. I know that they have a few problems regarding the goalkeeping position. But the team altogether is solid. I don't see how Leipzig is a better team compared to Bayern Munich. I know that Leipzig is playing well right now. But I still do not think that Bayern Munich is going to lose this one.

[Lafu]

Dortmund got a a friendly game today again against Basel and has won this match with 6 scored Goals.
Marco Reus and Sebastien Haller has played for some time again in this game and they scored .
Reus got 1 goal and Sebastien Haller made a Hattrick , looks like both players maybe can be ready for the coming games.

Friendly Game of Dortmund vs Basel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAszXnDnOZs

[LUCKMCFLY]

I also believe that Dortmund has that business model, for me it is one of the clubs that have the most to be able to get their hands on the best players, or we can deny that Lewa came out of there, also Haaland, so I don't know If that is as good or better than winning a Bundesliga or even winning a UCL, what I have in my mind is that if we put these things in context, does it make more money to do it like this or by winning? because by winning I know that apart from receiving a very good reputation they can have good rewards to be able to give them to their players and to the club, in addition I don't see a bad thing that they can train them and leave them there for themselves.

I know dude has a potential and he looks like a great future star but paying insane amount of money for him would be a mistake by Chelsea. Plus if Dortmund could get him to sign another contract, he could play there on every single game until he is sold to another club for a huge sum, and he could get to a better place.
Now, he would be going to Chelsea, not a great team now, and be benched there and would probably not be seen by the world much. Staying at Dortmund at this age would be a better idea, so he could get some time and show his skills to the world. But at the end of the day it's something only he could make a decision out of.

The problem is his staying at Dortmund is also not gonna be the best decision in my opinion, because Dortmund is also not able to perform well currently. I also feel like there is no point in performing well in a team that is not going to be successful anyway. I believe that it is not good to win trophies with a team, for which a player did not play at all and had the same time, It is also not very good for a player to perform decently in a team that is not going to be successful eventually.

I am not going to say that his going to Chelsea, is going to be a big problem for him. Because for a player like him, he is going to prove himself whenever he gets the chance.

Everyone is waiting for him to go to Chelsea, but it is not a sure thing, one can still continue to speculate about it, if we take into account that Chelsea is now going through a high crisis, where some media have put it very badly. , in a huge decline, so much so that some on Espn said to be careful because later it will be difficult for them to level up, of course, as I said before, the press is very tabloid, they like to create many situations to be able to execute many things, including more speculation , more attention, the typical thing when a team is in trouble, it is for such a reason that when I see news like that, it seems like a fake.

There is around a week left for the Bundesliga to return and the first game of the week is going to be Leipzig vs Bayern Munich. This is a really great start to the league again. These teams have had really delightful matches against each other so far. We have seen many goals from both sides. Leipzig are still a strong team in the league. Nkunku has such a nice scoring ability that he has made a big contribution to the team so far. He will be Leipzig's biggest hope against Bayern Munich as well.
Leipzig are the best team in home matches now and they haven't lost a single match. The problem is that Bayern Munich don't concede so many goals these days. But still Neuer's absence might upset the balances. I might give Leipzig double chance a try as I don't think they will lose this one easily.

I do not think that Bayern Munich is going to actually lose against Leipzig. Bayern Munich is by far the best team in Bundesliga. I know that they have a few problems regarding the goalkeeping position. But the team altogether is solid. I don't see how Leipzig is a better team compared to Bayern Munich. I know that Leipzig is playing well right now. But I still do not think that Bayern Munich is going to lose this one.

At this point I think that Bayern is already clear about it, they will not leave anything to chance, for me the protero they will leave will be the substitute they have always had, they are not going to cut themselves at all, this team has a lot of potential, I think now From now on, Bayern will not leave anything to chance, I think it is time that they will begin to show what they are made of, the UCL is also coming, and they have a very difficult game against PSG, surely PSG are on the lookout for This game that Bayern has, each of the players who make life in Bayern know that they can no longer take anything at random, everything must be well measured to win.

Bayern Munich 4-4 RB Salzburg: Initial reactions and observations

Boneheaded defending cost Bayern Munich the win tonight. It’s weird how many times the defense switched off with Salzburg in possession, given how the team were otherwise pretty dominant.
Julian Nagelsmann needs to end this experiment with Thomas Muller as a striker. It just doesn’t work and it never has.

Source: https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2023/1/13/23551837/bayern-munich-vs-rb-salzburg-lineups-live-stream-how-to-watch-club-friendly-updates-highlights