Bundesliga: Bayern Munich vs FC Kaiserslautern Odds and Betting Preview

MUNICH, GERMANY - Second placed Bayern Munich host sixteenth placed Kaiserslautern this Saturday afternoon at the Allianz Arena in Munich. Bayern are strong favourites for the game, priced at 1/6 (bet £6 to make £1 profit) with Coral. A draw is best priced at 8/1 with BetVictor and Kaiserslautern can be backed at best odds of 20/1 with Sportingbet.

The hosts will be looking for three points to keep up with the rest of the top four, the guests will hope for some sort of success, knowing that any point matters in the relegation fight.

In the total goals market, over 2.5 goals is priced at 4/9 with Boylesports and under 2.5 goals is priced at 19/10 with Sportingbet. 70% of Bayern Munich's home games have involved over 2.5 goals and over 3.5 goals in today's game is priced at 6/5 with Ladbrokes.

The German Red Devils haven’t won any of their last eleven Bundesliga matches. Looking at the numbers, it’s safe to say that it’s mainly their offense that has to be blamed for this, Kaiserslautern’s attack is the worst of all 18 clubs with a mere 15 goals scored in 20 matches. That’s why they used the winter break to sign Jakub Swierczok, Sandro Wagner and Nicolai Jörgensen (on loan), three young attackers who are supposed to help the German champions of 1998 avoid relegation.

Another new signing, defensive midfielder Ariel Borysiuk, won’t be available after he was sent off after just 40 minutes last week. Also out are left-back Alexander Bugera and striker Dorge Kouemaha who are both injured.

Mario Gomez is the bookies favorite to open the scoring in today's game, priced at 2/1 with Paddy Power. In the same market, Olic is priced at 7/2 with Skybet, Ribery is priced at 4/1 with bet365 and Arjen Robben is quoted at top odds of 4/1 with BetVictor to open the scoring.

In the correct score market, a 1-1 draw is priced at 18/1 with Coral, a 2-0 win for Bayern is priced at 11/2 with totesport and a repeat of 3-0 victory for the German giants from earlier in the season is priced at 6/1 with Ladbrokes. A goalless draw is priced at 22/1 with Stan James and a shock 1-0 win for Kaiserslauten is quoted at top odds of 55/1 with Paddy Power.

Bayern, after not playing great football in the last weeks, won the cup quarter-final clash in Stuttgart with ease but had to accept the loss of Bastian Schweinsteiger who will miss the next few weeks if not months due to a torn ligament. Centre-back Daniel van Buyten is sidelined, as well, while Rafinha returns following the 1-match ban.

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk is most likely going to replace Luiz Gustavo as part of the squad rotation, Arjen Robben might play instead of Thomas Müller. Another option would be to again use the “old” lineup that includes Toni Kroos as central instead of offensive midfielder but Heynckes very much enjoyed his latest performance so the aforementioned changes seem more probable.

The game is scheduled to kick-off at 14:30 GMT.

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