Champions League - Group A: Bayern vs BordeauxTwo weeks ago Bayern lost at Stade Chaban-Delmad and that was their only defeat in last seven games. Bordeaux, on the other hand, created a great introduction for this game by beating Monaco at home and they thus remained top of the pile in Ligue 1.
Van Buyten and Muller are suspended
Bayern could only achieve a goalless draw at the weekend against Stuttgart even though the Bavarians played well seeing Robben and Ribery were missing. Boss Van Gaal is missing his top defender Daniel Van Buyten through suspension and odd as it may sound, the Germans could be missing his goals. Young Muller, who was sent of midway through the first half when these two sides met last time, is also suspended and this is a player who featured in almost every single game this season. The good news is that Robben and probably Ribery are back after missing the Stuttgart clash. This will be a big boost for the team that don’t really have any ideas when the two wingers are missing. Therefore, we expect the Germans to fare much better than they did in the first match and we see a good value in backing Bayern to score over 1.5 goals at 1.85 offered by Sportingbet.
Even though Bayern kept two clean sheets in a row, the back line is simply not playing to their potential and that is a big problem this season. Daniel Van Buyten will be sorely missed as he was one of the most consistent performers during the past few weeks and boss Van Gaal doesn’t seem to have a decent replacement for the Belgian. Hence, we don’t think the hosts can keep a clean sheet in this game and our advice is to back Bordeaux to score at 1.53 offered by Betfair.
Ciani scored a brace two weeks ago
Les Girondins deservedly defeated Bayern two weeks ago seeing Laurent Blanc’s players scored all the goals in the game. Namely, Ciani first scored an own goal before making amends and leveling the score. During the last hour, Bordeaux took good use of their numerical advantage and scored the winner through Planus. The three points from that game could prove crucial in the team’s race for one of the first two places in the group. The win over Bayern was followed by two more wins, last of which was achieved at Monaco’s expense, with the winning goal scored by Planus yet again. Les Girondins failed to score more than one goal in 7 out of last 10 games and we don’t think they’ll be able to improve the record against Bayern. This is why we are tempted by odds of 1.45 offered by Sportingbet on Bordeaux not to score in the first half.
Even though not too many people believed Bordeaux would be able to beat Bayern or Juventus to one of the first two places in the group, Les Girondins have proven they can, in the very least, match the aforementioned rivals. The new players have fitted right in and as a result Laurent Blanc’s team are playing some fluid football, and maybe odds of 4.80 offered by Bet365 on away win are worth a shot, especially considering Bordeaux outplayed Bayern in the first match.
Betting verdict
Regardless of the fact Les Girondins had an extra man for more than an hour when these two sides met two weeks ago, we have to say they were the better side even before Muller was sent off. Bayern simply have to win this game or risk elimination and they are expected to attack, whereas the hosts will have a lot of space to exploit through counterattacks. Therefore, we expect to see another open match and a lot of goals.
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