Feyenoord vs Bayern Munich Prediction & Betting Tips (22 January)

Feyenoord currently occupies 18th place in the Champions League, 3 points behind 8th place, qualifying for the round of 16, and 3 ahead of 25th, who will not take part in the play-offs. Quinten Timber's teammates got off to a bad start in the competition, being crushed at home by Leverkusen 0-4. Subsequently, they dominated Girona 2-3 and Benfica 1-3 before falling to Salzburg 1-3. The Rotterdam-based team has since resumed its march forward with a spectacular draw against Manchester City 3-3 and a success against Sparta Prague 4-2. On the national scene, Feyenoord is out of the title race and will even have to work to finish on the podium. After 6 games without defeat, 5 wins and 1 draw, Brian Priske's men suffered 2 losses against PSV 3-0 and Utrecht 1-2. Last weekend, they traveled to Willem II to come.

Logically considered one of the favorites for the title in this Champions League, Bayern Munich is currently 10th and is a small point behind 8th place, synonymous direct qualification for the round of 16. The Bavarians have been defeated twice so far, at Aston Villa 1-0 and Barcelona 4-1. Otherwise, they were flawless against Dinamo Zagreb 9-2, Benfica 1-0, PSG 1-0 and Shakhtar Donetsk 1-5. In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is at the top of the standings with a 4-unit lead over its closest pursuer. Undefeated during the first 13 days, Harry Kane's partners then fell to Mainz in mid-December 2-1. They have resumed their march forward since with successes against Leipzig 5-1 and Monchengladbach 0-1 before facing Hoffenheim to come and Wolfsburg last weekend to come.

For this meeting, Feyenoord records the withdrawals of the full-back passed by Nice Lotomba, the long-time absent defender Hartman, the midfielder Hwang and the interesting attacker Ueda. Since his arrival at the club in 2022, Mexican international Gimenez (7 goals in Eredivisie, 2 goals in C1) has established himself as the offensive spearhead of this formation. He could be supported by wingers Hadj Moussa (3 goals in Eredivisie, 3 goals in C1) and Igor Paixao (4 goals and 6 assists in Eredivisie) this Wednesday, unless the former Niçois Stengs (1 goal and 3 assists in Eredivisie) does not find a starting place. Feyenoord has interesting offensive potential but is fragile defensively (15 goals conceded after 6 C1 matches). Several elements are missing from Bayern Munich this week.

This is the case of goalkeeper No. 2 Peretz, replacement defenders Boey, Stanisic, Buchmann and Ito as well as potentially starting midfielder Joao Palhinha, all on the flank. Ill recently, playmaker Musiala (9 goals and 2 assists in the Bundesliga, 2 goals and 3 assists in C1) should, for his part, be able to play and support the essential Kane (15 goals and 6 assists in the Bundesliga, 5 goals in C1). To complete the offensive quartet, wingers Olise (5 goals and 7 assists in the Bundesliga, 4 goals in C1) and Sané (3 goals in the Bundesliga) start a step ahead of Gnabry (2 goals and 2 assists in the Bundesliga) and Coman (3 goals and 2 assists in the Bundesliga).