Dortmund vs Bayern Munich Betting Markets
It's usually the case that Bayern Munich are trading at heavy odds-on to win a German Bundesliga match. However, Vincent Kompany's side are a backable 1.66 to win Der Klassiker in this Saturday teatime clash. This implies that the champions only have a 60% chance of winning at the Westfalenstadion. Perhaps they'll find it tough to get a victory against opponents who haven't lost at home this season.
There's little doubt that the Bavarian side will claim the title irrespective of this result. They've claimed a string of recent successes including a 5-1 victory against Hoffenheim and a 3-0 success away to Werder Bremen. Kompany's men were made to work a little harder when defeating Eintracht Frankfurt by a 3-2 scoreline.
However, the reality of that latest success was that Bayern had eleven shots on target and that came after having eight, seven and fourteen efforts on goal. That sort of ratio means that goals are an inevitability, with the champions winning the reverse fixture. Back in October, Bayern claimed a 2-1 victory against Dortmund at the Allianz Arena.
Despite the slender margin of success, Bayern were heavily dominant when having 60% possession and recorded seven SOT compared to their opponents' one. Borussia Dortmund have been in good form coming into this clash and there's been four wins and a draw in the previous five encounters.
Four consecutive victories came against Heidenheim, Wolfsburg, Mainz and Atalanta, with the latest game involving a 2-2 draw away to RB Leipzig. Niko Kovac's side are hard to oppose considering that there has been that one solitary defeat in Bavaria. With Dortmund six clear of third-placed Hoffenheim, there's a free hit element when it comes to a Klassiker game.
Goals Under/Over
Over 2.5 Goals is a strong likelihood of happening according to the German Bundesliga betting. Odds of 1.33 implies a probability of 75% that we'll see the net bulge at least three times. In fact, the Bundesliga bookies have the goal line at 3.5 instead. So it's a question of whether to go over or under the line at odds of 1.90.
There have been forty-six goals scored across eleven Bayern Munich away games, meaning an average of four. Thirty-seven have been notched by the German champions, with Dortmund having a more modest goal rate in their home matches. Thirty-four goals have been netted across eleven games at the Westfalenstadion.
There have been four goals scored in each of Borussia Dortmund's previous two matches, with a high-scoring clash set to be played out here. With the firepower available on both sides, we expect the net to bulge plenty of times.
BTTS
Is BTTS Yes an absolute banker in your weekend football accumulator? The odds of 1.40 look suitable for a multiple bet and both teams tend to find the net in the vast majority of their matches. Borussia Dortmund have scored in their previous five matches in all competitions and this came after losing 2-0 at home to Inter in the Champions League.
Before this, there were two other BTTS No matches, with a 2-0 European defeat being suffered at Tottenham before a 3-0 away success against Union Berlin. As for Bayern Munich, they scored an unreal number of goals and it's hard to see them drawing a blank considering their strike rate.
Bayern have scored in every match that they've played in all competitions this term. They don't just tend to score in ones and twos either. Augsburg were the last team to restrict the German champions to one goal and there have been six subsequent fixtures where seventeen goals have been recorded by Vincent Kompany's team.
The great bet could be a Bayern Munich win along with both teams scoring. That allows you to get the visitors at a more backable price and they surely stand a chance of extending their lead as part of an entertaining affair.
First Goalscorer
Harry Kane has already won the top goalscorer prize for the German Bundesliga this season. Nobody is going to get close to his current total of twenty-eight and he's currently enjoying a run of six games finding the net. Three of these encounters have seen the England man fire a brace, including games against Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt.
If you're planning to place a Bet Builder on the game, then Harry Kane as an anytime scorer would make sense. Luis Diaz comes next in the standings and the former Liverpool man has a solid return of thirteen goals so far. The Colombian has five goals in his last five matches and that includes a hat-trick against Hoffenheim. This happened in between finding the net against Hamburg and RB Leipzig.
Jamal Musiala has had an injury-hit season although the German returned to the scoresheet at the end of January when scoring at PSV in the Champions League, with Borussia Dortmund having players who can also cause damage. Serhou Guirassy has been in excellent recent form and now has six goals in his previous five games. The Guinea forward also has found the net seventeen times this season and has to be taken seriously.