Bundesliga Soccer Odds, Prediction: Bayern Munich vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf
Bayern Munich can take a big step toward another German Bundesliga soccer championship when the league leaders host Fortuna Dusseldorf on Saturday. Bayern are heavy -1666 favourites on the soccer odds with Fortuna at +2300 and a draw at +900.
It’s essentially a given that Bayern Munich will win a record eighth straight Bundesliga championship after beating arch-rival and second-place Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in Der Klassiker on Tuesday to take a seven-point lead atop the table with only a handful of matchdays (seven) remaining. Those two clubs have won 21 of the past 25 Bundesliga titles, but it has been a one-sided rivalry of late.
Bayern Munich (64 points) got a 43rd-minute goal from Joshua Kimmich past Roman Burk, and it stood up Tuesday at Signal Iduna Park again with no fans in attendance. Kimmich was all over the pitch, covering more than 8.5 miles in the game — a Bayern club record in the Bundesliga. All five of Kimmich’s competitive goals this season have been on the road.
Bayern Munich vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf Odds
Fellow midfielder Thiago Alcantara missed the match due to a muscle injury, his second in a row on the sideline, and his status is TBA for Saturday. Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer made his 400th Bundesliga appearance, one of only three active league players to reach that mark. In their past 23 matches, Bayern have lost just twice and drawn once. They are the first team this season to record seven straight Bundesliga wins
It ended a six-match winning streak for Dortmund, who nearly took an early 1-0 lead via Erling Haaland. A clearance attempt by Neuer was picked off by Haaland, only for Bayern’s Jerome Boateng to clear Haaland’s shot off the line.
Fortuna Dusseldorf are simply trying to avoid relegation as they sit 16th in the 18-team Bundesliga with 27 points, five ahead of Werder Bremen and eight up on SC Paderborn 07. The bottom two finishers are relegated and the 16th-place club faces the third-place team in Bundesliga 2 in a relegation playoff.
On Wednesday, Fortuna Dusseldorf rallied to beat visiting Schalke 2-1. Weston McKennie gave Schalke the lead in the 53rd minute, but Rouwen Hennings drew even in the 63rd and Kenan Karaman scored the winner in the 68th. Hennings leads the team with 12 goals in Bundesliga play this season and has four against Schalke. It was his first goal overall of 2020. Karaman has scored five goals in his last five league games. It was Fortuna’s first come-from-behind win in league play since February 2019.
Bayern and Fortuna last met Nov. 23, 2019, and Munich rolled 4-0 over the hosts. Four different players scored, including Kimmich. Current league leading scorer Robert Lewandowski didn’t, ending his record streak of goals in 11 straight Bundesliga games. Bayern are unbeaten in their past 11 Bundesliga matches against Fortuna (two draws).
Bundesliga odds have the over-under for goals in his match is 3.5, with the over a -192 favourite. Lewandowski is +175 to be the first goalscorer and -455 to score anytime. Canadian Alphonso Davies is +440 to score anytime. The favoured final score is 3-0 Bayern at +420.
Bayern Dusseldorf Score Prediction
Bayern Munich 2, Fortuna Dusseldorf 0 (+520)