Leverkusen – Bayern Munich

The visitors will beat Bayer again this season.

Bayern Munich in Leverkusen will continue a series of high-stakes friendlies. That is how one could characterize the Munich club's involvement in the final third of the Bundesliga season. With nine rounds to go, Vincent Kompany's team dominates the table, eleven points ahead of second-placed Borussia Dortmund. Win after win comes easily to Bayern, and the German champions' average goals per game in the league is approaching four. Bayern are showing such phenomenal numbers not only on the domestic stage. Having finished second in the Champions League group stage behind Arsenal, the Munich side, without Harry Kane, scored six goals in the opening leg of the Round of 16, which took place in Bergamo. Bayer Leverkusen are the second and already the last Bundesliga club representing Germany in this elite European competition. Recently, the Pharmacists heroically battled Arsenal, who were on fire in Leverkusen until the final minutes of the match (1:1). Undoubtedly, that match drained Bayer's players of a lot of energy. The London club kept its opponents on their toes from the first to the last second. Not so with Atalanta, who were losing to Bayern by a crushing margin from the first half, and by the end of the match looked like lost kittens. Bookmakers have named the visitors as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.56 on their victory. Perhaps one should consider the closeness of Bayer's and Bayern's chances on the eve of their head-to-head, were it not for the teams being on equal footing ahead of the Champions League fixtures scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Moreover, the Pharmacists will head to London a day before Bayern, who will host the already defeated Atalanta in Munich. In general, the German champion has nothing to prevent it from showing its best qualities in Leverkusen. It is also important that Bayern this season have not dropped a single point to top-6 Bundesliga clubs, while Bayer themselves easily beat Bayern in Munich 3-0, scoring all the goals in the first half. Even if Kompany allows himself a light rotation of the squad, Bayern will have enough resources for an away victory in Leverkusen.