Bayern Munich – Leverkusen

The German champions should have no problem beating Leverkusen on home soil

After seven rounds played in Germany's elite division, Bayern and Bayer are in somewhat unexpected positions. The Munich club, as champions, are fifth in the standings, with only the Champions League games have been worthy of attention for a month now. Bayer go fifteenth overall, having beaten only Mainz out of seven opponents in the Bundesliga in August and September. Of course, bookmakers have not stopped considering Bayern to be the clear favourites to win the championship gold medal and have offered a modest odds of 1.33 for their win in the upcoming encounter. The German champion started the current season in good health, leaving Leipzig, Eintracht, Wolfsburg and Bochum no chance. The four clubs in question received a combined total of 20 goals from the Munich machine. Certainly, such a start has allowed analysts to talk again about Bayern's prospects of winning all the titles this season. Another thing is that since beating the Ruhr club, Nagelsmann's charges have lost four straight points in the league, which is a phenomenally bad streak for Germany's premier team. Draws against Borussia Gladbach, Union Berlin, and Stuttgart before the national team break turned into a dreadful defeat for Bayern against lowly Augsburg. Given that the Munich club had scalped Inter and Barcelona in the Champions League at the same time, it can be concluded that the problem with the team's failures in the Bundesliga lies in the realm of psychology. Bayer are unlucky in this respect. "The Farmers are the team that Bayern will tune in to under any circumstances. Given the low level of form of Seoana's side, and Bayer's points in their encounter with the champions in March, Bayern will be intent on "destroying" their opponents. This season, the Leverkusen club have lost points in six of the seven rounds played, indicating clear problems in the organisation of the game. It is worth noting that Bayer's aforementioned scoring against Bayern was the only such success for the Pharmacists since the start of 2020. In the other five encounters during this period, the Munich club were consistently victorious. The home side will dominate Friday's encounter and win both the first half and the match as a whole.