Sharp Side Soccer

Sharp Side Soccer

📊⚽Saturday's Best Bets

Neil Mac
Feb 14, 2025
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Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich

Leverkusen +0.25 AH at 1.89 with Bet365 - 2 units

  • Bayern are coming off an unconvincing road performance over Celtic while Leverkusen avoided the playoffs and thus had no midweek game and could fully concentrate on this game.

  • This is a huge game for the reigning Champions and one they should really be looking at as a must win if they are to keep pace with Bayern

  • Dortmund have had pretty easy road fixtures this season, in fact they’ve only travelled two teams that rank inside the Top 6 for expected points, Those matches came against Mainz (2-1 loss) and against Frankfurt (3-3)

  • When travelling to teams in the Top 6, Bayern’s record actually isn’t that great. They have won 3, drawn 5,m and lost 2 with 17 scored and 15 conceded.

  • Tactically I absolutely give the edge to Xabi Alonso too, I think he will have a concrete plan to get a result here. We should also note he has not lost against Bayern once (5 meetings)

  • Leverkusen are undefeated in 9 of their last 10 at home to Top 6 opponents with 2.1 scored per game and just 0.9 against.

  • No much to report team news wise, the only starter missing from either side is Alphonso Davies

  • Bottom line here is that Bayern have been unconvincing away from home against quality and the market is over valuing them in my opinion

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