Bayern Munich can safe a thirty fourth Bundesliga crown on Saturday at RB Leipzig, however the race for Europe under them is heating up.
Vincent Kompany is on the point of reclaiming the top-flight title for the German report champions in his first season in cost, a yr after Bayer Leverkusen received a shock league and DFB-Pokal in an unbeaten home marketing campaign.
Bayern presently maintain an eight-point benefit over the reigning champions, having gathered 75 factors, with Leverkusen in second with 67 earlier than travelling to fourth-placed Champions League hopeful Freiburg on Sunday.
Harry Kane, Bayern’s high scorer, is trying to land the primary title of his profession, however he’s suspended for Saturday’s sport after a expensive reserving towards Mainz final week.
They are going to win the title in the event that they beat fifth-placed Leipzig, or in the event that they fail to win, they may clinch high spot on Sunday if Leverkusen don’t higher their end result.
Bayern have solely misplaced one in every of their final 10 aggressive video games at Leipzig (W4, D5): 2-1 within the Bundesliga in March 2018. They’ve misplaced simply two video games all season (W23 D6).
With the highest two spots wrapped up, not less than 5 groups are in with a combating likelihood for a top-four end that results in computerized Champions League qualification.
Eintracht Frankfurt, who face European hopefuls Mainz on Sunday, are third on 55 factors, 4 forward of Freiburg, and are nearly sure of a Champions League spot.
Freiburg are presently the favourites to spherical out the highest 4, in line with the Opta supercomputer, at 40.9%.
Borussia Dortmund, given a 26.4% likelihood of ending fourth, are sixth with 48 factors, three behind Freiburg, and have endured a rollercoaster home season.
From being labelled as early title contenders, they’re now battling to safe a Champions League place to rescue one thing from an in any other case disappointing marketing campaign, and host Wolfsburg on Sunday.
Dortmund have received 4 of their final 5 Bundesliga matches, with coach Niko Kovac and his gamers assured they will nonetheless end within the high 4.
In actual fact, they’ve collected 19 factors from 9 video games because the begin of matchday 23 (W6 D1 L2), with solely Bayern and Leverkusen claiming extra throughout this era (20 every).
“What has characterised us up to now weeks is that everybody desires the success of the workforce,” mentioned defender Waldemar Anton. “That’s how we bought our perception again.
“We simply saved at it, and that’s the reason I’m pleased that we’re nonetheless in with a sensible likelihood.”
On the different finish of the desk, it might be curtains for backside membership Bochum in the event that they lose Friday’s relegation battle at Heidenheim, who’re 4 factors above them in sixteenth place and sit within the relegation play-off spot.
