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Bayern Munich v Fortuna Dusseldorf Prediction
All eyes are on Bayern Munich as they’re given a chance to go ten points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table. The 1-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in midweek gave them a great platform to achieve their goals this term. But Fortuna Dusseldorf are no pushovers, as they showed against Schalke.
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Indeed, these two clubs had probably the two standout results of the game week in midweek. Bayern Munich’s 1-0 win over Dortmund extended their winning run nine consecutive fixtures. Dusseldorf, meanwhile, picked up their first win in five matches with an impressive 2-1 victory over free-falling Schalke.
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The recent meetings between these two sides have almost universally gone in Bayern Munich’s favour. You’ll have to go back to 1991 for the last time Fortuna Dusseldorf won away at Bayern. The Bundesliga champions won the reverse fixture 4-0 to take their record to nine wins from 11 matches against Dusseldorf.
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On paper, this looks very much like a home win. Bayern Munich are usually such a difficult side to beat at the Allianz Arena and are recapturing that form after a shaky spell earlier in the season. The 5-2 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt cemented Bayern’s status as the second-best side at home in the Bundesliga with 32 points from 14 matches.
Hans-Dieter Flick’s side are scoring for fun in Munich right now. They’ve bagged 23 in their last seven home Bundesliga matches. One noticeable trend in this run of fixtures is how many goals are scored late on. Bayern just keep going until the final whistle and 16 of those 23 goals have come in the second half of their matches. Bayern have massively improved defensively in the last few months. The champions now have six clean sheets from seven in all competitions after they kept out the Bundesliga’s second top goalscorers, Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.
Things aren’t quite as rosy for Fortuna Dusseldorf, especially away from home. Only Eintracht Frankfurt have taken fewer points away from home than Uwe Rosler’s side this term. Dusseldorf have notched up just 11 points from 14 away matches in the league with just one win since August. There are some signs of improvement with just one defeat in their nine most recent Bundesliga fixtures. Although, that run has included six draws.
Bayern Munich v Fortuna Dusseldorf Bets
Perhaps it’s no surprise to see Bayern Munich the big favourites for this one. The odds of a home win are as low as 1/10 with the bookmakers. A draw is out at 29/2 and you’ll get a remarkably high 44/1 for a Fortuna Dusseldorf away win in this Bundesliga fixture.
So, the likeliest way for punters to real get value out of this match is to bet on the manner of Bayern’s win. As previously mentioned, we can expect goals from the Hans-Dieter Flick’s side. Bayern to win with a 0-2 European handicap is 4/6. That goes up to 10/3 for a handicap of 0-4, something that doesn’t feel totally out of the realms of possibility, especially after Bayern notched up that vital win in midweek.
Bayern like scoring late goals. As previously mentioned, they keep going to the very end and often get their reward. The second half to have the most goals is a weighted coin toss at 20/21.
With the goals expected to flow freely, punters may be keen to bet on the likely goalscorers. Robert Lewandowski is never far away from the scoresheet and as such, is just 1/5 to score at any time in this one. That barely seems worth it so it would be better to back the supporting players in front of goal. Serge Gnabry is 4/6 to score at any time and Leon Goretzka is a tempting 5/4. However, it may be worth anticipating Hans-Dieter Flick’s team selection. Ivan Perisic could well come in for the German champions and the former Inter man is 6/1 to score the final goal of the match.
