Hoffenheim vs. Bayern Munich
10/22/22 9:30 AM EST
Hoffenheim have the chance to move above Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga table by beating them at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena on Saturday.
Bayern Munich, meanwhile, will be hoping to close the gap on league leaders Union Berlin to only one point. As Hoffenheim faces Bayern on Saturday this will clearly be a huge step-up in class from back-to-back fixtures against a likely relegation candidate, but it is matches like
their upcoming one which may be telling as to whether Die Kraichgauer can compete for a top-four place this season.
However, Bayern Munich thumped Freiburg 5-0 last Sunday to leapfrog their opponents
into second place in the table. Julian Naglesmann’s side’s win saw five different goal scorers get themselves on the scoresheet, with Serge Gnabry, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Leroy Sane, Sadio Mane and Marcel Sabitzer all bagging during the surprisingly one-sided fixture. Bayern were at it again in midweek with a 5-2 win away to Augsburg in the DFB-Pokal, although they had to come from behind after Mads Pedersen‘s ninth-minute strike had looked like setting up another difficult away day against their Bavarian rivals after
suffering defeat at the Augsburg Arena last month. Given Mane’s injury and having bagged three goals in two starts in the past week,
Choupo-Moting is likely to be rewarded with another spot in Nagelsmann’s starting XI, although Kingsley Coman is available again having missed the last league match through suspension. Hoffenheim have the quality and momentum to provide Bayern with a stern test on
Saturday, but we expect the visitors to be too strong in the end. Nagelsmann’s side (Bayern Munich) look to have shaken off their
poor run of results during September, and they will be highly focused on overturning their deficit at the top of the table ahead of next
month’s World Cup.
PARLAY: Bayern Munich ML & over 2.5 Goals
