Bayer vs Bayern: Xhaka is confident of success

The most important match of the year is on Saturday, and the battle of words has already begun at Bayer-Bayern.

Early on Saturday evening, all eyes will be on the Bundesliga, where defending champions Bayer Leverkusen will host record champions Bayern Munich. Alonso’s side have little room for error and, in fact, a win is the only way to keep their title hopes alive, with Kompany’s men having already built an eight-point lead.

It is interesting to note that no team has ever managed to overcome a deficit of this size or more after 21 rounds, but then again, no team had ever won a championship undefeated until last season. We’ll have more detailed previews with tips for the meeting, but here are the key odds, coupled with an interview with Xhaka.

In Bayer-Bayern, it is difficult to decide what is the most controversial aspect. It’s the battle between the returnees and the defending champions, which pits two of Germany’s greatest talents, Musiala and Wirtz, against each other. And let’s not forget the strikers, with 21-goal Kane and 14-goal Schick in action, and the two sides have a combined 114 goals so far. Hopefully we won’t be bored on Saturday either, with odds of 1.54 on the goal difference, which is definitely a good sign. The visitors are favourites in the three-way market, but that doesn’t worry Granit Xhaka, who had this to say about the big game.

“Last year our strength was that we didn’t care much about the table. It’s exactly the same this year, whether we’re second or first (…) We still have our destiny in our own hands, we have to keep going, believe and win the next games. We need to have a good day, a perfect day to beat Bayern, but I’m convinced we can do it!

– said Xhaka, who is therefore looking forward to Saturday’s clash with his teammates full of confidence.

But the bookies’ numbers tell a different story – if the Swiss midfielder is right, we could win more than 3 times the money. Their last league game was a mirror image 3-0 win against Bayern at the BayArena. If that result were to be repeated, we could see a 30x return, with 1-1 being the favourite in the exact score market, which can be stacked at 7.00x odds at bet365.