Bayern Munich vs RB Leipzig Prediction & Betting Tips (20 December)

Deprived of a title last year for the first time in 12 years, Bayern Munich generally bounced back well during this first part of the season by quickly taking control of this Bundesliga. Rather solid on the national scene, Vincent Kompany's men remained undefeated for a very long time, even going so far as to string together 7 victories in 8 days in recent weeks, such as against Heidenheim in particular. But the Bavarians are now a little worse. They were first eliminated by Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 in the German Cup before suffering their first defeat in the league last week, against Mainz 2-1 . Following this defeat, Bayern saw Bayer Leverkusen come back to 4 points. Note that at the same time, the Munich residents are in the running to secure a place in the top 8 of the Champions League after having quite clearly dominated Shakhtar 1-5 last week.

For their part, RB Leipzig is part of the rare teams in Germany who claim to be able to thwart the plans of Bayern Munich in the title race. However, RasenBall Sport found themselves at the bottom of the wave recently with a series of poor performances, in the Bundesliga in particular, when they were beaten 3 times in 4 days against Dortmund 2-1, Gladbach 0- 0, Hoffenheim 4-3 and Wolfsburg 1-5. Fortunately for them, the Red Bulls were able to reverse the trend by beating Heidenheim 0-2 and Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 last week. On the other hand, unlike their evening host, Marco Rose's men faltered on the European scene by not taking a single point during the first 6 days of the Champions League. A competition where they were among the first to leave after their last setback suffered against Aston Villa 2-3 last week .

The winter break will be impatiently awaited by the Bavarians who still have many absent at the end of the calendar year. Indeed, the long-term injured Japanese defender Ito, the midfielder Portuguese Palhinha, full-back Stanisic and midfielder Pavlovic are still not recovered, nor are they a scorer star Harry Kane (14 goals in the Bundesliga), winger Gnabry and wall Manuel Neuer. More recently, the French international Coman also had to join all these beautiful people in the infirmary while goalkeeper Ulreich is still absent for personal reasons. Faced with this cascade of injuries, French international Olise (7 goals in all competitions combined), the great hope Musiala (10 goals, 3 assists TCC) and the veteran Müller should retain the confidence of Vincent Kompany for this last match of the year. This should also be the case for the intermittent Leroy Sané who only scored his second goal in the Bundesliga last week. Marco Rose is no more spared from injuries than his counterpart today.

Indeed, Dutch international Xavi is still stuck in the Leipzig infirmary Simons (2 goals, 2 assists in 7 games), Macedonian international Elmas, international defender German Raum and Danish striker Poulsen. The French defender Lukeba is also forced to withdraw in the same way as replacement midfielder Ouedraogo. On the other hand, another French player, defender Bitshiabu, is expected for this match. After having experienced a big slump like their team, the prolific attackers that are the Belgian Openda (6 goals and 3 assists decisive in the Bundesliga) and the Slovenian Sesko (5 goals, 2 assists in the Bundesliga) got off to a good start by both finding the fault against Frankfurt last Sunday.