RB Leipzig, the tour champion in the Bundesliga

On Sunday, December 22, 2019, the last two games of the 17th round of the German Championship took place, which went on a short winter holiday, until January 17, 2020. Surprisingly, Bayern Munich are not in the first place. or Borussia Dortmund, but RB Leipzig. The team led by Julian Nagelsmann has 37 points, followed by Borussia Mönchengladbach 35 points and the champion Bayern Munich 33 points. The disappointment of the tour was Eintracht Frankfurt, which finished 13th with 18 points. Werder Bremen, a Bundesliga tradition club, finished in the penultimate place with 14 points and if he does not return in 2020, he will have the fate of Hamburger SV or VfB Stuttgart, who are in the 2nd Bundesliga. This season they promoted 1. FC Union Berlin, 1. FC Cologne and SC Paderborn, but only the first one had a good course, with 20 points. Cologne finished above the dam line with 17 points, while Paderborn is the “red lantern” with 12 points and will probably return in the 2nd Bundesliga.

RB Leipzig had the best attack in the Bundesliga

Although he finished in first place in the tour standings, RB Leipzig is listed by the Betano bookmaker with the second chance at winning the title, with a 3.75 odds. The team established on May 19, 2009 had 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats, scoring 48 goals and receiving 20. “Die Roten Bullen” had the best Bundesliga attack, followed by Bayern Munich 46 goals and Borussia Dortmund 41 goals. The team coached by Julian Nagelsmann had the least losses, only 2, 1-3 at home with FC Schalke 04 and 1-2 away with SC Freiburg. In the 17 disputed stages, RB Leipzig had 14 results of over 2.5 goals, 6 consecutive victories between stages 10 and 15 and made the score this season, 8-0 at home with 1. FSV Mainz 05. The team from Leipzig ranked in the 1st place and in Group G of the Champions League, with 11 points, followed by Olympique Lyon 8 points, Benfica Lisbon 7 points and Zenit Saint Petersburg 7 points. In the best of the Champions League, RBL will meet on February 19, 2020 in London, tour and March 10, 2020 in Leipzig, on Tottenham Hotspur, finalist for the 2018-2019 season.

M’Gladbach had the best defense in the Bundesliga

Borussia Mönchengladbach has 5 titles in the seasons 1969-1970, 1970-1971, 1974-1975, 1975-1976 and 1976-1977. So, the last title was won 43 years ago! Now, the team coached by Marco Rose has finished the championship round on the 2nd place in the standings, with 35 points, 2 points less than the leader RB Leipzig. “Die Fohlen” could have finished in the first position, but in the last 3 rounds it had a defeat, 1-2 away with VfL Wolfsburg and a tie result, 0-0 away with Hertha BSC. “Die Borussen” is credited by Betano with the 4th chance to win the championship, with a share of 20.00. The Mönchengladbach team had VfL Wolfsburg the best defense in the Bundesliga, scoring 18 goals in 17 stages. Borussia M’Gladbach had 6 results under 2.5 goals and 11 results over 2.5 goals, 4 consecutive victories between stages 4 and 7. The most definitive success was in stage 7, 5-1 with FC Augsburg. Borussia Mönchengladbach disappointed in Group J of the Europa League, where she was ranked 3rd, with 8 points, after Istanbul Başakşehir 10 points and AS Roma 9 points, losing the qualification in the sixteenth. Wolfsberger AC, with 5 points, was ranked last.

Bayern Munich is the favorite to win the title

Bayern Munich finished the championship round in 3rd place in the standings, with 33 points, 4 points less than leader RB Leipzig, but Betano is quoted with the first chance of winning the championship, with a 1.50 odds. The German champion of the last 7 seasons had 4 defeats, 1-2 at home with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 1-5 away with Eintracht Frankfurt, 1-2 at home with Bayer 04 Leverkusen and 1-2 with Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 2018-2019 the Bavarians had 4 defeats throughout the season! Following the 5-1 failure on “Commerzbank-Arena” Croatian coach Niko Kovač was dismissed and replaced by Hans-Dieter Flick. He was initially appointed as interim, but the leaders of the Munich group said they were satisfied with the team and extended their mandate until summer. “Die Roten” had 2 results under 2.5 goals and 15 results over 2.5 goals and tied only 3 consecutive victories between stages 15 and 17. The most categorical wins were in stages 3 and 15, when they were it outscored “Allianz Arena” by 6-1 on 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Werder Bremen. Bayern Munich had an exceptional track in Group B of the Champions League, where they had 18 points out of 18 possible, followed by Tottenham Hotspur 10 points, Olympiakos Piraeus 4 points and the Red Star Belgrade 3 points. In the final round, Bayern will meet on February 25, 2020, tour of London and March 18, 2020 return to Munich, Chelsea.

Borussia Dortmund has not been a champion for 8 years

Borussia Dortmund last won the championship in the 2011-2012 season. Since then 8 years have passed, in which the Bundesliga became “Bayern Munich and the rest”, the Bavarians ticking 7 titles in a row. Last season, “Die Schwarzgelben” were very close to winning the championship, with 76 points, but all “Die Roten” triumphed, having 78 points. The team coached by Lucien Favre has 30 points after 17 disputed stages, but could have had more if in the last 2 stages had not drawn at home, 3-3 with RB Leipzig and would not have lost, 1-2 with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. “Die Borussen” has the 15.00 betano bet that he will win the championship, a very high odds. BVB have lost only 3 matches, 1-3 with 1. FC Union Berlin, 0-4 with Bayern Munich and 1-2 with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, all away. Borussia did not lose a match on “Westfalenstadion”, where it had 5 wins and 3 draws. The group from Dortmund had 2 results under 2.5 goals and 15 results over 2.5 goals and tied only 3 consecutive victories between stages 13 and 15. The most definitive victory was in stage 14, when outscored her at 6-1 at Fortuna Düsseldorf. Borussia Dortmund had a good track record in Group F of the Champions League, where she had 10 points and ranked second, after FC Barcelona 14 points, but ahead of Internazionale Milano 7 points and Slavia Prague 2 points. In the finals “Der BVB” will meet on February 18, 2020 in Dortmund, tour and March 11, 2020 in Paris, on Paris Saint-Germain.

Our Prediction: Bayern Munich will win the title

Odds: 1.50