Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[Fuso.hp]

That's usually the case: they can claim the title before the final match, or even long before the final league match. It's nothing new, and this season they might do it again, leaving all the teams below them behind.

However, their focus is a bit divided right now, as they're also more focused on the Champions League, where they've also performed very well, so they'll want to maximize their opportunities there. Their squad depth is also quite good, so it's very advantageous for them to perform optimally in both competitions.

Almost every season, something like this happens in the Bundesliga, except when Leverkusen won the title. This season Bayern Munich will celebrate their success sooner than expected, the reason is because of their very dominant performance, they are unbeaten until week 10 and only managed one draw against Union Berlin. Second-placed RB Leipzig are 5 points behind Bayern Munich, a figure that could increase as their performance is not as consistent as Munich.

It is natural that they are more focused on the Champions League because the competition there is more competitive than the Bundesliga, they are also unbeaten in 4 consecutive matches. The Bundesliga trophy is almost certainly theirs, so they just need to maintain their performance to avoid dropping points like they did in the last game.

The main thing is that no other team is performing well in the German league except Bayern Munich, due to which Bayern Munich is leading all other teams by points and since Bayern Munich is winning consistently, they have the highest chance of winning their league title with a few matches to go. Earlier, we saw that Leverkusen used to compete hard against Dortmund Bayern Munich and they used to leave Bayern Munich behind but win the title. Since Leverkusen lost their manager, the performance of this team has started to deteriorate. On the other hand, Dortmund is selling their valuable players to other clubs at high prices, but they are not able to compete well in the German league now. Until this problem of other teams is solved, Bayern Munich will dominate the German league alone.

[Stormisover]

I'm just catching up with the last round's Bundesliga results and can't say I'm not surprised by this.
We all knew that winning streak could not last forever, but who would've thought it would be Union Berlin that would end it for Bayern. Union is a pretty mediocre team. They don't excel in either attack or defence, but yet they managed to earn a point on Bayern. Not only that, they were few minutes away from winning, but Kane managed to score a last-minute equaliser.

Couple of stats behind that awesome 16 games winning streak:

0 – Bayern were the only team in a European first division not to lose or even drop points in a competitive fixture during the season when travelling to Berlin on 8 November.
4 – Bayern had conceded only four goals in nine Bundesliga games from an xGA of 6.17. None were the result of a counter-attack.
5 – The total number of minutes Bayern had trailed across their 16 competitive fixtures, needing five minutes to equalise against Cologne in the DFB Cup second round.
7 – The number of clean sheets Bayern kept in their opening 16 games.
11 – The number of goals Bayern conceded across their first 16 competitive matches (Bundesliga: 4; DFB Cup: 3; Champions League: 3; Supercup: 1).
14 – Bayern are the top scorers in the Champions League after four rounds of fixtures with 14 goals (level with PSG).
15 – Bayern scored the opening goal in all but one of their first 16 matches, having to come from behind to knock Cologne out of the DFB Cup.
16 – Bayern won all of their first 16 matches of the season. Their club record run for consecutive wins stands at 23 by Hansi Flick’s sextuple-winning team of 2020.
21 – The number of players Kompany used across the 16 games. Wisdom Mike is the youngest, having turned 17 in September.
22 – Harry Kane's goals tally from the 16 matches, of which he played in all of them.
23.44 – Bayern’s xG over the first nine matchdays, which they outperformed by almost 10 goals.
+29 – Bayern’s goal difference in the Bundesliga means they made the best start in the league’s history after nine games (all won).
33 – Bayern’s 33 goals scored in the Bundesliga was the second-highest total after nine games of a season. Seven came from set pieces and 26 from open play – both league highs.
46.2 – Bayern’s xG across their first 16 competitive fixtures.
56 – The number of goals Bayern scored across their first 16 competitive matches (Bundesliga: 33; DFB Cup: 7; Champions League: 14; Supercup: 2).
59% – Bayern’s average possession over the league campaign's first nine matches.
90.2% – Bayern’s passing accuracy in the Bundesliga this season after Matchday 9.
122km – The average distance the team covered over 90 minutes in the Bundesliga at the same stage – the second highest in the division.

source: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/bayern-munich-numbers-behind-record-winning-streak-kane-kompany-34665

I was also surprised when I say this result I was like wow, Bayern Munich performance was very poor in that game I was kind of wondering if that was the Bayern Munich of this season, but let's be realistic here despite the fact that Bayern Munich didn't perform good in that game the truth is union Berlin was never that kind of weak team like the way Manny of us rate them, it's just that this team sometimes can be unpredictable else I once knew them to be a good side, the one surprise here is I wasn't expecting Bayern Munich to drop point against such team but this is what makes the game interesting so we just have to accept in good faith and wait for what is up next.

[Velvet78]

Bayern Munich must be over the moon with Kompany while we are in an international break. So far they won all of their games except the Union Berlin one. They are still unbeaten...

To win the Bundesliga title will really be a piece of cake! They are getting more favoured by bookmakers in the Champions League too. Kompany will aim to bring the trophy home for sure. But still early to talk much about it while it is only league phase for now.

[Agbe]

Bayern Munich must be over the moon with Kompany while we are in an international break. So far they won all of their games except the Union Berlin one. They are still unbeaten...

To win the Bundesliga title will really be a piece of cake! They are getting more favoured by bookmakers in the Champions League too. Kompany will aim to bring the trophy home for sure. But still early to talk much about it while it is only league phase for now.

Bayern munich take as a club should be in Europe because, it's now obvious that as for the Bundesliga title race we already know the winners because it's visible enough for the blind to see the direction that the title is going before the season gets to half. With Bayern munich going to France and winning the champions League title holder PSG in the champions League last week I now believe that Bayern munich is ripe and ready to take on the rest of Europe. But the problem is Kompany apart from playing in the champions League as a player doesn't have much experience as a champions League coach. Because the champions League is place that needs the highest of technically input and that can only be given by a coach that has champions League coaching experience.

[Adiljutt156]

Bayern Munich suffered an unexpected drop in points, but we can no longer blame them for this, as they've won both the Champions League and the Bundesliga in consecutive seasons. They haven't drawn a single match in either competition. This draw broke their winning streak in the Bundesliga, but they remain unbeaten. I'm confident they will dominate the Bundesliga this year.

We are watching the matches of Bundesliga tournament and many teams are giving full effort as they did well in last year's and they are getting fruit of that . The shots of Bayern Munich were 9 in this match and tajt team tried to win this match but they could not successful in their mission and match was ended with draw result. The possession percentage of that team was also good in this match which was 67 percent and passes of that team were 635 and opponent team stats was very low but they could not lose this match.Doekhi was a person who gave brilliant effort in this match to make match interesting because he did first goal at 27 minutes of the match and after that he did second last goal of the match.

[reefsea]

Bayern Munich eventually not winning a game was something we all could see. But I seriously did not expected that to be against Union Berlin, I would assume PSG would have made more sense, even though they were ahead, they could have gotten a draw because they played ten man, so it would have been hard.

Unfortunately the draw received by Bayern in this week's match was followed by minor results for several pursuing clubs because Dortmund and Leipzig also did the same thing which made the position and points from Bayern not disturbed at all even though this was a moment to increase a little competition with several pursuing clubs that could approach Bayern in terms of points.

The Union for the past few seasons has not been very good and we certainly have too much hope for Bayern but games like this can definitely happen especially in the Bundesliga where sometimes unexpected events can occur even though the situation is a little rare.
Bayern as always play an attractive game only in this case they are a little faltering on the counterattack and Union know the right way to fight back.

To be honest I'm happy with Bayern's result because I thought Leipzig and Dortmund could benefit to narrow the gap but it seems that hope was too high.

[PokerDiceMan]

I dont remember how much goals are right now the record for a single season in Bundesliga, im refering to the team goals, because i feel like if this Bayern Munich keeps socring like they are doing maybe they can write a new record in that particular statistic.

Anyone has the number? Or are they below the average from the mighty Lewandowski teams?

Perhaps Bayern's best era was when the trio of Arjen Robben, Franck Ribéry, and Lewandowski were still there, plus Thomas Müller, who was young, fresh, and strong. But I'm wrong. Lewandowski never played with Robben and Ribéry because both players had retired or left Bayern Munich by the time Lewandowski joined the club. But during the era of Robben and Ribéry, the number 9 striker, CF Mandžukić, wasn't bad either. He had a tall, sturdy build like Lewandowski. Though less prolific, he still managed to score a decent number of goals each season, even if he didn't become the top scorer in the German league.

[GiftedMAN]

Bayern Munich must be over the moon with Kompany while we are in an international break. So far they won all of their games except the Union Berlin one. They are still unbeaten...

To win the Bundesliga title will really be a piece of cake! They are getting more favoured by bookmakers in the Champions League too. Kompany will aim to bring the trophy home for sure. But still early to talk much about it while it is only league phase for now.

To think that many of us doubted Vincent Kompany and even criticized Bayern Munich management for hiring a manager who's team Burnley was relegated less than two months before Bayern  appointment still baffles me. I love the fact that the Belgian manager was able to defile all odds and helped Bayern Munich return back to winning ways again.

Just like you rightly said, winning the German Bundesliga is something that's certain this season but if Bayern Munich continues to be this impressive, they might be winning the UEFA Champions League competition for the first time in 6 years by May.

[EL MOHA]

Perhaps Bayern's best era was when the trio of Arjen Robben, Franck Ribéry, and Lewandowski were still there, plus Thomas Müller, who was young, fresh, and strong. But I'm wrong. Lewandowski never played with Robben and Ribéry because both players had retired or left Bayern Munich by the time Lewandowski joined the club. But during the era of Robben and Ribéry, the number 9 striker, CF Mandžukić, wasn't bad either. He had a tall, sturdy build like Lewandowski. Though less prolific, he still managed to score a decent number of goals each season, even if he didn't become the top scorer in the German league.

I don’t know base on the stats you have drawn your conclusion but they are definitely not the best ever trio at the club, in fact the five to six seasons they spent together because they really did spent that much together but they didn’t win the champions league together they were just getting knocked out of the competition at the semi finals so interms of success they were not the all time best trio.

For me their individual contribution was definitely one which should crown them as one of the club’s most successful players but not as a unit, Robben, Ribery and Muller trio might be the one in such discussions but even them are behind older generations but for this last two decades it’s them for me

[IceLincoln]

Consistency and Longevity is what every club demands right now. They will continue with the same record when they return from these national games. Harry Kane and Nicholas Jackson has something in common, they were mocked before moving to Bayern Munich now they have the chance of winning two more trophies more than club fans who laughed at them. Winning the Champions League is the major target for Bayern Munich. I believe Kompany shares thr same believes as the owners 9f the club

I am really hoping Bayern Munich will see it through to the champions league, they have a really strong mentality in that light and consistency with good productivity will really help them a lot to get to that point enough for them to achieving that dream, in their domestic league, they do not seem to have an issue with the consistency but in the champions league, that is where they likely may have an issue because they will contend against more experienced and competitive teams.

Bayern seems to be the most in form team right now at the Champions League group stage and with the way they’ve been performing I don’t see them being defeated by any big team but with football especially in the champions league you can’t be certain of anything but I’m sure they will make it to the final stages. At the moment they look like a favourite to lift the trophy but there are still a lot of variables and teams that might spring up to surprise us as the stages go on.
There’s no worry for Bayern at the league levels, their main focus will be getting the UCL this time .

[Mallampue]

That's usually the case: they can claim the title before the final match, or even long before the final league match. It's nothing new, and this season they might do it again, leaving all the teams below them behind.

However, their focus is a bit divided right now, as they're also more focused on the Champions League, where they've also performed very well, so they'll want to maximize their opportunities there. Their squad depth is also quite good, so it's very advantageous for them to perform optimally in both competitions.

Bayern Munich will easily win the Bundesliga trophy this season because they are stronger and other teams like Leverkusen and Dortmund are experiencing instability this season. However, they will need to work hard in the Champions League because many strong teams are playing there.

But for now, Bayern Munich has been able to maintain their good performance in both the Champions League and the Bundesliga. Since the arrival of Diaz, Bayern Munich has become more aggressive up front. Perhaps with Diaz's experience, they will be able to achieve their goals this season. Although they have occasionally been hit by injuries, I don't think Bayern Munich will be overwhelmed because they have a stock of quality players.

[pawel7777]

I was also surprised when I say this result I was like wow, Bayern Munich performance was very poor in that game I was kind of wondering if that was the Bayern Munich of this season, but let's be realistic here despite the fact that Bayern Munich didn't perform good in that game the truth is union Berlin was never that kind of weak team like the way Manny of us rate them, it's just that this team sometimes can be unpredictable else I once knew them to be a good side, the one surprise here is I wasn't expecting Bayern Munich to drop point against such team but this is what makes the game interesting so we just have to accept in good faith and wait for what is up next.

In football, there's always an element of luck involved, and sometimes a better team loses (or draws) against a weaker one. But looking at the game stats of this particular game, Bayern was not as dominant as we would expect. They had much higher ball possession, but both teams made the same number of shots on goal (9), so this alone could suggest that something wasn't clicking right in Bayern's performance that day.

Anyhow, Bayern's loss of points against Union didn't have any negative effect on their league position. Quite the opposite, that one point increased their advantage over 2nd Leipzig, who lost 3-1 to Hoffenheim.
Another top 3 team, Borussia Dortmund, also slightly disappointed as they drew 1-1 against Hamburger SV. Despite the result, Dortmund managed to improve their attacking power, so something they struggled with in their past games. They made 17 shots on goal, which is a very good result, although only one of them was a shot on target (converted into a goal).

The only top 5 clubs that won their games were Stuttgart (3-2 against Augsburg) and Leverkusen (6-0 against the last in the table Hoffenheim).

[CroverNo01]

Harry Kane will win the golden boot in Bundesliga this season because I don't see any other player coming for it. Wait a minute, have you seen Harry Kane on the pitch this season? How he positioned, how he's able to control the ball with his foots and bang goals for Bayern Munich? This is the Harry Kane we've watched in Tottenham Hotspur for years, coming out to spark and making a difference. Kane is one of the best strikers in the European world of football, no longer news because everyone knows that.

Bayern Munich just have to keep the striker in shape because he's definitely going to win more trophies with the club. There's no other better replacement of Robert Lewandowski than Harry Kane. This is striker with lot of guts, always coming with the ball towards his oppositions.

[TelolettOm]

I
 do not agree that champions league is just too difficult for Kompany, last season he was in the champions league, as a coach that happened to be his first experience in the champions league, so we cannot say he is not experienced in the champions league, although not with so much experience but he still has got the capacity seeing the mentality with which his squad has been moving, they may not win this season but definitely they will in near future looking at their performance and form.

He certainly has that experience, and last season, Bayern Munich reached the quarterfinals, losing to Inter Milan and then being eliminated. This season, their performance has been even better and stronger, as evidenced by Bayern Munich's success in defeating defending champions PSG, despite a strong core. So, Bayern Munich's performance under Kompany this season has been excellent, with the team yet to lose a single game.

And one of Kompany's achievements again is he is nearly matched with Pep in the Bundesliga starts.

Source: Vincent Kompany

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

He certainly has that experience, and last season, Bayern Munich reached the quarterfinals, losing to Inter Milan and then being eliminated. This season, their performance has been even better and stronger, as evidenced by Bayern Munich's success in defeating defending champions PSG, despite a strong core. So, Bayern Munich's performance under Kompany this season has been excellent, with the team yet to lose a single game.

Although there were initial doubts about Kompany's arrival as Bayern Munich coach, he has now begun to show much better results, and even reaching the quarterfinals last season was a much better achievement. Now, this team is considered a contender in the Champions League, and they have proven that they were able to defeat the previous season's title contenders with a promising scoreline. What Kompany needs to do is maintain this positive trend so they have a much greater chance of reaching the Champions League final. Although we know it won't be easy, there is always hope if they can perform consistently because in the Bundesliga itself, Bayern Munich has not faced many challenges so far, so it can be easier to focus on facing competition in the Champions League..

[ITExpert]

I'm just catching up with the last round's Bundesliga results and can't say I'm not surprised by this.
We all knew that winning streak could not last forever, but who would've thought it would be Union Berlin that would end it for Bayern. Union is a pretty mediocre team. They don't excel in either attack or defence, but yet they managed to earn a point on Bayern. Not only that, they were few minutes away from winning, but Kane managed to score a last-minute equaliser.

Couple of stats behind that awesome 16 games winning streak:

This is true that the winning streak has to end at any moment it is something which cannot be continued forever.  But the thing is that the image or reputation Bayern Munich has set for a long time being unbeatable has been broken by a team which is not  an excellent or amazing one. As it is said that Union Berlin is a team which is not too good in defence and not too well in the attack line. And in this situation a team Like Bayern Munich is not able to win over them is something surprising. And I think it will add as a plus point to the profile of Union Berlin as they managed to not win or not failed against such a strong team. And for Bayern Munich this is the moment of thinking about it deeply that which caused them to face draw results against a mediocre team.

[iamsange]

Although there were initial doubts about Kompany's arrival as Bayern Munich coach, he has now begun to show much better results, and even reaching the quarterfinals last season was a much better achievement. Now, this team is considered a contender in the Champions League, and they have proven that they were able to defeat the previous season's title contenders with a promising scoreline. What Kompany needs to do is maintain this positive trend so they have a much greater chance of reaching the Champions League final. Although we know it won't be easy, there is always hope if they can perform consistently because in the Bundesliga itself, Bayern Munich has not faced many challenges so far, so it can be easier to focus on facing competition in the Champions League..

Kompany's real fear is the possibility of losing in the Champions League final, as it's a particularly painful situation for a team to lose, even if they've won numerous previous rounds. I'm also quite confident that Bayern Munich will continue to win in their upcoming matches, both in the Champions League and the Bundesliga. But once you reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, the challenges always get tougher for any team, so Munich will need to give it their all if they are to reach the Champions League final this season.

[YUriy1991]

I'm just catching up with the last round's Bundesliga results and can't say I'm not surprised by this.
We all knew that winning streak could not last forever, but who would've thought it would be Union Berlin that would end it for Bayern. Union is a pretty mediocre team. They don't excel in either attack or defence, but yet they managed to earn a point on Bayern. Not only that, they were few minutes away from winning, but Kane managed to score a last-minute equaliser.

Couple of stats behind that awesome 16 games winning streak:

This is true that the winning streak has to end at any moment it is something which cannot be continued forever.  But the thing is that the image or reputation Bayern Munich has set for a long time being unbeatable has been broken by a team which is not  an excellent or amazing one. As it is said that Union Berlin is a team which is not too good in defence and not too well in the attack line. And in this situation a team Like Bayern Munich is not able to win over them is something surprising. And I think it will add as a plus point to the profile of Union Berlin as they managed to not win or not failed against such a strong team. And for Bayern Munich this is the moment of thinking about it deeply that which caused them to face draw results against a mediocre team.

Union Berlin put up a tough fight against Bayern Munich, every Union Berlin player played like it was a final, a truly entertaining and tense match. Danilho Doekhi played quite well by scoring 2 goals. For Munich, this defeat means they lost their record as a team that was able to win every Bundesliga match this season. Union Berlin has broken Bayern Munich's winning streak. Danilho Doekhi really deserved to be the Man of the Match in the match. Bayern Munich almost lost but a pass from Tom Bischof was continued by Harry Kane to score a goal in the 90+3 minutes at the end of the match. Very fortunately with this goal, Bayern Munich managed to avoid defeat.

[Volgastallion]

Is incredible how you can lose this run against a super weak team like Union Berlin, this shit happens a lot and is for that you can never think you already won a game before playing it, but damn its hurts when you saw against who you drop.

Maybe it was the little pitch from Union Berlin the main problem for this Bayern Munich, or maybe they were in excesive confidence.

[amihada]

Although there were initial doubts about Kompany's arrival as Bayern Munich coach, he has now begun to show much better results, and even reaching the quarterfinals last season was a much better achievement. Now, this team is considered a contender in the Champions League, and they have proven that they were able to defeat the previous season's title contenders with a promising scoreline. What Kompany needs to do is maintain this positive trend so they have a much greater chance of reaching the Champions League final. Although we know it won't be easy, there is always hope if they can perform consistently because in the Bundesliga itself, Bayern Munich has not faced many challenges so far, so it can be easier to focus on facing competition in the Champions League..

Kompany's real fear is the possibility of losing in the Champions League final, as it's a particularly painful situation for a team to lose, even if they've won numerous previous rounds. I'm also quite confident that Bayern Munich will continue to win in their upcoming matches, both in the Champions League and the Bundesliga. But once you reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, the challenges always get tougher for any team, so Munich will need to give it their all if they are to reach the Champions League final this season.

Fear will be a weak point or the biggest enemy that a coach must fight, if that is the assumption, Kompany must prepare everything to fight this fear. He must always be an optimistic leader and also needs to increase the motivation of his players to always appear dominant.
Even though the UCL is very different from other leagues, Bayern Munich is still always the favorite team. Kompany must not think about anything that could destroy his mentality, he must be able to develop Bayern Munich game to win the first UCL trophy as a coach.