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 could not get better than a draw against Willem II 1-1.

Logically considered one of the favorites for the title in this Champions League, Bayern Munich is currently 10th and has a small point behind 8th place, synonymous with direct qualification for the 8th finals. 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 the holidays and they were easily able to follow up against Hoffenheim 5-0 and Wolfsburg last weekend 3-2.

For this meeting, Feyenoord recorded the withdrawals of the full-back passed by Nice Lotomba, the unused Plug, the long-time absent defender Hartman, the midfielder Nadje, the very good Timber (4 goals in the league) and the midfielder Hwang. The interesting striker Ueda played again last weekend. 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 (5 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. Having been ill recently, playmaker Musiala (9 goals and 2 assists in the Bundesliga, 2 goals and 3 assists in C1) will 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 (6 goals and 6 assists in the Bundesliga, 4 goals in C1) and Sané (5 goals in the Bundesliga) start with a head start on Gnabry (2 goals and 2 assists in the Bundesliga) and Coman. (3 goals and 2 assists in the Bundesliga).

• Summary: Feyenoord is going head to head with FC Bayern München starting on 22 Jan 2025 at 20:00 UTC at De Kuip stadium, Rotterdam city, Netherlands. The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League .
• Feyenoord Feedinco Rating: 7.21
• Bayern Munich Feedinco Rating: 9.1