It’s fair to say that the Bundesliga has had its fair share of upset results since the restart of the season. We have
had 27 games in total and 12 of those have seen away wins, with just five home wins and the other ten matches all finishing in a draw. What is particularly irksome from a tippers perspective is that the home and away wins, and the draws, have included a high number of surprise results too.
Not many people would have had Wolfsburg thrashing Bayer Leverkusen on the road, nor would you have had Augsburg to thrash Schalke away from home. There’s been a fair few games like this and of course, it’s played havoc with the tips.
That’s why this week I decided to take a look at the effect having no fans is having on matches and the evidence does seem to suggest that home team advantage has gone out of the window here. That is interesting and something that I am going to take forward into my tips over the remainder of the season and also for when the Premier League restarts in a few weeks (fingers crossed!).
After a midweek session of games, we now have just six games left in the Bundesliga season for the majority of teams (Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt have one extra to play against each other) and Bayern’s win in midweek at Dortmund allied to a defeat for Leverkusen and draws for Borussia Moenchengladbach and Red Bull mean that the title race now looks over. However, the race for Champions League and Europa League places is still very much open, as well as the battle to avoid the drop.
Here’s my tips for this weekend’s matches, but remember the action starts on Friday with Freiburg taking on Bayer Leverkusen and goes through to Monday night when Cologne face Red Bull Leipzig.
