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Hertha Berlin and Bayern Munich square off in the 31st round of the German Bundesliga, with the match having serious implications at the top of the table. Hertha is desperate to finish 3rd or 4th, while Bayern could potentially win the title with a victory.
Hertha seems done, even if they are still on the 4th place, just 2 points behind Leverkusen and 4 points in front of Gladbach, Mainz and Schalke. After playing so well for most of the season, the hosts look like they will blow it all in the final stages. They already blew the Cup, losing 0-3 at home to Dortmund a few days ago and that was the 4th consecutive poor result for Hertha. In the last three Bundesliga rounds, they were trashed 0-5 by Gladbach, barely got a point at home against Hannover (2-2) and lost to another relegation candidate, Hoffenheim, 1-2. Hertha’s struggles were obvious on Wednesday against Dortmund, as they were vastly outplayed and Borussia could have easily trashed them 4-0 or 5-0 in Berlin.
Bayern will officially win the league if they win and Dortmund loses in Stuttgart, but the obvious objective for the visitors will be to claim the three points in order to win the title next week at home – as Dortmund is unlikely to lose in Stuttgart. Bayern stepped it up in the last few weeks, playing some great football and winning 5 consecutive matches in Bundesliga, including 3-0 over Stuttgart last week. They also qualified against Juventus and Benfica in the Champions League. It must be said that Bayern faces a match against Atletico on Wednesday.
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Team news & lineups:
Kurt and Allagui will not be in Hertha’s lineup. Bayern Munich will have to do without Robben, Boateng Rode, Badstuber and Bernat., while Lahm is doubtful.
Hertha Berlin: Jarstein – Pekarik, Langkamp, Brooks, Plattenhardt – Lustenberger, Skjelbred – Weiser, Kalou, van den Bergh – Ibisevic
Bayern Munchen: Neuer – Rafinha, Kimmich, Benatia, Alaba – Vidal – Costa, Müller, Alcantara, Ribery – Lewandowski
The Champions League match against Atletico Madrid is definitely the main focus for Bayern, but they have plenty of time to recover until Wednesday and will use a strong lineup here. Guardiola does not want to go to Spain on the back of a poor result and, all in all, Bayern does need the points here if they don`t want to prolong the title fight until the last two rounds.
Hertha is the more motivated side, but they have collapsed lately and I don`t see this meltdown stopping against Bayern or next round against Leverkusen – it`s difficult to recover against a top class opponent when you are struggling so badly. I can see Bayern claiming a comfortable win, similar to the one Dortmund claimed here on Wednesday.
My tip is Bayern Munich to win with a 1 goal asian handicap and I will invest high stakes on this one, considering the fact that we don`t lose the bet in case Bayern wins by one. Prediction: Hertha Berlin – Bayern Munich 0-2.
Pick: Bayern Munchen (-1 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 1.70 @ Sbobet
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 6.30
Event date: 23 April
