8 Expert Picks
These sides drew 1-1 in the reverse fixture. ...
Heidenheim have the worst defense in the Bundesliga. ...
We need to remember this is a look ahead match for Bayern. ...
Leipzig are motivated for a top four finish. ...
Mainz are continuing their incredible bounceback. ...
It's time to fade the team who are winless in their last 10, with seven defeats....
I see a similar scoreline to the November clash. ...
I'm surprised this line is 3.5 goals. ...
I know that -188 is some serious juice, but if you don't like this, take the over 3.5 for plus money instead! While the Bundesliga title race is mostly over already with Bayern Munich pulling further and further ahead, that doesn't mean Dortmund can take their foots off the gas yet needing to secure another UCL spot on the table. They continue to dominate at home and their recent games have let the goals flow. Hamburg are safely in the middle of the table, but their defense will struggle against a Dortmund team that might cover the over by themselves.
This should be an entertaining game between two teams that are fighting for their lives at the bottom of the table. The specter of relegation hangs over Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen, as they both have dreadful defensive records. Wolfsburg have only kept one clean sheet in 26 matches this season, and Werder Bremen have just five clean sheets. Both teams are decent in attack, so we should see goals in this game. Wolfsburg’s matches have averaged 3.50 goals this season, and Werder Bremen’s have averaged 2.92 goals, so over 2.5 goals looks appealing.
Freiburg sits eighth in the Bundesliga, six points ahead of FC Union Berlin. The visitors have a single win in their past 10. Freiburg is on a 16-game unbeaten steak at home and has won five of the past six at Europa-Park Stadion. FC Union Berlin has some player availability concerns on defense led by the suspended Leopold Querfeld. The clubs drew in November and that may well happen again. Wish "Draw No Bet" was "Date No Bet" as that would have saved me so much time in life ...
Reasonably fair price for DNB on Hamburg, which is five points up on FC Cologne in the Bundesliga table entering Saturday's match. The visitors have a lot of player availability concerns and are winless in five. Hamburg third-leading scorer Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer missed some training this week but is good to go. The Red Shorts are unbeaten in four at home. They were embarrassed at FC Cologne, 4-1, on Nov. 2 but were down to 10 men in the 79th minute and to nine in the 83rd, and it was only 2-1 entering stoppage time. "We’re determined to make up for that result," HSV coach Merlin Polzin said this week.
Borussia Dortmund should outclass Koln when the teams clash at RheinEnergieStadion. They've won their last four games against Koln, including a 4-0 victory at this stadium kast season. Dortmund have the second-best away record in the Bundesliga this season, with four wins and four draws from their last eight road trips. Koln have lost five out of 12 home matches, and they tend to struggle against the league's best teams.
Dortmund are coming off a couple of rough matches and now everyone is freaking out. I'm not freaking out at all. Dortmund had to play a grueling three matches against Atalanta, Bayern Munich and Leipzig. While they didn't win any of those three matches, they still put up good fights, especially in the Bundesliga, finding 2 goals against Leipzig and Bayern. Koln are not a good enough side to stop Dortmund, even a rotated Dortmund squad from winning. I'm shocked this isn't -200.
Augsburg changes as a club, after they won the Bavarian Derby against Bayern Munich back in January. This team was struggling to put together any kind of positive result, but after that win, they've been different. They've now won five of their last six matches, and have scored 2+ goals in all five of those matches. While Leipzig on paper is the better team, I don't want to fade momentum that the visitors have going right now.