Bayern Munich have had a rather rocky season by their standards, finishing 2nd in their Champions League group, three points behind Atletico Madrid, and trailing the recently promoted RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga for a significant period of time in the first half of the campaign.
That has changed in the past few months though. Their last defeat was their shock 3-2 loss at Rostov in the Champions League in November, and since then they have won 11 and drawn one of their 12 games in all competitions. This has been enough to take them back to their usual place at the summit of the Bundesliga, with them leading RB Leipzig by six points after 20 games of the season.
At home they remain almost impossible to get the better of. They have won 12 and drawn three of their 15 matches at the Allianz Arena this season and haven’t lost in almost 12 months. Arsenal will have their work cut out here.
The visitors managed to edge into the top spot of their Champions League group with a 4-1 hammering of Basel in the final group game, which when coupled with PSG’s shock failure to win at home to Ludogorets, saw The Gunners nick it at the final hurdle. A draw against Bayern Munich won’t have been their top choice, but considering PSG now have to face Barcelona, Arsenal can class it as a success.
Arsenal managed to end their two match losing streak on Saturday with a rather controversial win over Hull at the Emirates. This follows from defeats to Watford and Chelsea to make it seven wins, one draw, and two defeats in their last ten games. This does leave them ten points adrift of Premier League leaders Chelsea though, so all of their focus will be on the Champions League.
Despite Arsenal losing three of their last seven away games, their attacking ability hasn’t faltered. They have scored in each of their last 17 away games in all competitions and have only failed to score on the road once in 18 matches this season. They have only kept five clean sheets in this period though, and they’re facing a Bayern Munich side who have scored in all of their home games this season, keeping a clean sheet in about half of them.
This makes both teams getting on the score-sheet likely, and at odds of 7/10 I think that offers quite a lot of value, considering Arsenal’s attacking record on the road. I do think Bayern Munich will get the victory though, so I’m backing a 2-1 correct score predictions at 7/1.
Bayern Munich’s star striker Robert Lewandowski has scored five goals in their last five home games and has bagged 20 in total this season in the Bundesliga and Champions League. 11 of these have come at the Allianz Arena in just 13 appearances, so even at odds of 8/15 he looks good value for our anytime goalscorer predictions.
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