The German premier football league the Bundesliga is back. All soccer fans across the globe will turn to Germany for their football fix, with the league due to start again on Saturday, May 16th.
The aim is to round the league off by June, 30th. Saturday’s game marks Matchday 26 of 34. With only a handful of games left and 4 teams in contention, who will lift the 2020 Bundesliga title? Many are visiting the best soccer betting sites looking for an opportunity. We display below our recommended bets.
Bundesliga Odds and Picks for the Opening Day, May 16th
The first match of the weekend sees Borussia Dortmund, who are 4 points behind the league leaders Bayern, will face Schalke. It’s a must-win game for the Yellow and Black, who will believe they can still take the title in 2020.
Borussia Dortmund (-213) vs Schalke (+550)
With such a long time off the pitch, we expect the first game back to be fireworks! Both teams are mostly fully-fit with Schalke still carrying a few injuries.
Dortmund comes into this one the favourites at odds of -213. They will really fancy themselves here and with young English star Jadon Sancho and the Norweigan Haaland firing on all cylinders, they’ll do well to lose.
Dortmund has won 5 of their last six games, while the visitors have only managed 3 draws in the same number of games.
RB Leipzig has played well this season, so much so that they are in a good position to win the title – well as good as any of the other 3 contenders excluding Bayern.
Timo Werner has bagged 27 goals and looks in the form of his life. Moreover, they’re playing an SC Freiburg team that has been less than great in 2020.
Having only managed 2 wins in their last five games, Freiburg will really have their work cut out if they hope to get points here. But with Europa League places up for grabs, they’ll be giving their all on Saturday.
Saturday’s fixture will be some of the most viewed football matches in recent history, as the world has been without football for almost 2 months now. Sunday brings more action from the top-tier teams in the Bundesliga, as Bayern take on FC Union Berlin.
Koln (-100) vs Mainz (+260)
The first pick on Sunday will see FC Koln hosting Mainz in a game which is set to be a real contest. Both teams have fairly even odds and will fancy themselves to win – certainly a game for the neutral.
Koln has put up 3 wins in their last 5 games. Based on that, we’d expect them to overcome Mainz, who are just above the relegation zone and have struggled throughout the season.
Union Berlin has been in the Bundesliga for a long time and recently they’ve developed a decent squad, enjoying a good season this year.
Although this is true, they’re playing a Bayern Munich side who are 4 points clear of the pack and playing the kind of football we’re used to seeing from the German powerhouse.
They’re led in attack by Robert Lewandowski, who has bagged 25 goals already this season. While he’s putting up the numbers, it’s playing like Kingsley Coleman and Phillipe Coutinho who deserve some of the credit too. Expect them all to be too much for Berlin.