Köln vs Bayern Munich Prediction & Betting Tips - Bundesliga

Prediction published on 25/05/2023, 22:58  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 26/05/2023 at 12:29 in Bundesliga Predictions

Bayern Munich will wrap up their Bundesliga season with a must-win away match against Cologne on Saturday. The hosts are 10th and without much to play for, while second placed Bayern will be eyeing a win here. Bayern are two points behind leaders Dortmund and they have to win this match. Doing so will give them the title if Dortmund fail to beat Mainz at home. Cologne looked like a relegation candidate at some point in the season. However, a run of eight matches with just one loss has them 10 points clear. They could even finish ninth if they bag three points here. FC Cologne are unbeaten in their last three matches but have no clean sheet in five. In their last game, they were headed for a third straight win until Werder Bremen's second half equalizer made it 1-1. They failed to score in just one of their last seven matches and come here with one clean sheet in 10 games. Both teams have scored in four of their last five matches and three have had over 2.5 goals.

Bayern Munich are at the risk of missing out on the Bundesliga title for the first time in 11 years. An inconsistent run seems to have cost them this time, after suffering their fifth loss last time out. The Bavarians led at home to Leipzig but capitulated in the second half and lost 3-1. That loss to Leipzig ended a three-game winning run for Bayern Munich. It was the second time in five that they lost and seventh in 10 that they failed to keep a clean sheet. Defense has been a major area of ​​concern for Bayern, but their shaky nature goes beyond that. A change in management in the latter stages of the season hasn't helped much.