Bundesliga Gameweek 1 Fri, Aug 22 · 19:30 Allianz Arena, München
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Our take

Bayern München were clear favourites.

Bayern München were the stronger side on L90 Strength (89 vs 62). Absences weigh more on Bayern München. Bayern München had ? days of rest, RB Leipzig ? and had to travel 361 km.

Away travel361 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Bayern München70%
Draw18%
RB Leipzig12%
Expected goals 2.46 – 0.95
Bayern München68%
Draw20%
RB Leipzig13%
Expected goals 2.17 – 0.83
Bayern München71%
Draw17%
RB Leipzig12%
Expected goals 2.49 – 0.92
Bayern München62%
Draw21%
RB Leipzig17%
Expected goals 2.19 – 1.06
Bayern München66%
Draw20%
RB Leipzig13%
Expected goals 2.14 – 0.85
Over 2.5 66% Both score 56% Likeliest score 2–0
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (München)

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Referee · GermanyFlorian Badstubner
  • Cards per match 3.8
  • Penalties per match 0.30
  • Matches 54

Team strength

Bayern MünchenRB Leipzig
89 L90 StrengthIn forecast 62
93 Current StrengthIn forecast 67
96 AttackIn forecast 76
90 DefenceIn forecast 53
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Bayern München

Attack—
Defense risk—

RB Leipzig

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Bayern MünchenRB Leipzig
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
2.70 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.40
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.50
2.08 xGVia Att/Def 1.27
0.88 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.67
+0.62 Goals minus xGContext +0.13
100% Scored inContext 60%
40% Clean sheetsContext 30%
19.00 ShotsContext 13.10
7.30 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.30
38% On target shareContext 33%
13.00 Shots in the boxContext 7.70
68% Box shareContext 58%
14% ConversionContext 11%
2.00 OffsidesContext 2.60
9.10 Shots allowedContext 15.30
3.70 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.10
2.44 BlocksContext 4.90
2.70 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.40
73% Save rateContext 67%
64% PossessionIn forecast 51%
636 PassesContext 466
567 Accurate passesContext 387
89% Pass accuracyContext 83%
7.29 Team ratingContext 7.07
8.90 FoulsContext 10.40
8.50 Fouls sufferedContext 8.70
1.10 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Bayern München
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
RB Leipzig
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel361 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Bayern München RB Leipzig
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km361 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one7.97.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Bayern München Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1M. Neuer(G)
44J. Stanišić 4J. Tah 2D. Upamecano 27K. Laimer
8L. Goretzka 6J. Kimmich
14L. Díaz 7S. Gnabry 17M. Olise
9H. Kane
+6 more reported missing outside this XI
RB Leipzig Confirmed XI
4-3-3
1P. Gulácsi(G)
22D. Raum 23C. Lukeba 4V. Orbán 17R. Baku
10X. Simons 13N. Seiwald 24X. Schlager
49Y. Diomande 11I. Openda 9S. Bakayoko
+5 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Bayern München Scores -0.05 · concedes +0.03 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
RB Leipzig Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Bayern München-1.1 pp
  • Draw+0.4 pp
  • RB Leipzig+0.7 pp

Home / Away this season

Bayern München · Home No home games yet this season.
RB Leipzig · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 8 of 8 meetings

4 Bayern München wins3 draws1 RB Leipzig wins
Goals per game2.63 – 1.75 Over 2.588% Both scored100% Clean sheets0% · 0%
  • 3 May 2025RB Leipzig3–3Bayern München
  • 20 Dec 2024Bayern München5–1RB Leipzig
  • 24 Feb 2024Bayern München2–1RB Leipzig
  • 30 Sep 2023RB Leipzig2–2Bayern München
  • 20 May 2023Bayern München1–3RB Leipzig
  • 20 Jan 2023RB Leipzig1–1Bayern München

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Florian Badstubner Germany · 54 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.56
Red cards0.19
Cards 5+31%
Fouls22.1
Penalties0.30
Home wins52%
Bayern München4 with this referee
Record3-0-1 Cards · opp.2.3 · 0.8 Pens for · against0 · 1
  • W29 Mar 25H · FC St. Pauli3–23
  • W11 Mar 23H · FC Augsburg5–32
  • W26 Feb 22A · Eintracht Frankfurt1–02
  • L3 Oct 21H · Eintracht Frankfurt1–22
RB Leipzig8 with this referee
Record7-1-0 Cards · opp.1.4 · 2.6 Pens for · against3 · 1 Reds1
  • W9 Feb 25H · FC St. Pauli2–03
  • W7 Dec 24A · Holstein Kiel2–03
  • W15 Mar 24A · 1.FC Köln5–12
  • W14 May 23H · Werder Bremen2–12
  • W1 Oct 22H · VfL Bochum4–00

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Bayern München
No complete event data.
RB Leipzig
No complete event data.
Bayern München10 games · scored 27 · conceded 12
1 1 0-15
3 2 16-30
5 2 31-45
5 2 46-60
5 2 61-75
8 3 76-90
RB Leipzig10 games · scored 14 · conceded 15
3 1 0-15
3 2 16-30
3 1 31-45
2 4 46-60
1 5 61-75
2 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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