UEFA Champions League: RB Salzburg vs. Bayern Munich Preview, Odds, Prediction

Red Bull Salzburg will try to make a massive upset on Wednesday and beat Bayern Munich in their first leg of the UCL round of 16. The Bulls have home-court advantage and high morale following a big win on the road in Vienna last weekend. Meanwhile, Bayern experienced a KO in Bochum, suffering a massive defeat from the hosts. It is something that rarely happens, but the Bavarians aren’t a team that loses its composure over one hard slap in the face. After all, we’ve seen them in such a situation this year.

Preview

RB Salzburg (+800) was behind at halftime in Vienna against Rapid but came back in the second 45 minutes to post a 1-2 victory over the big rivals. It is a massive boost of morale for the Bulls, who are aware of their prospects here, but on the other side, have no pressure.

When counting in the friendly games, RB has three wins in a row, and all of them saw three or more goals, with the boys from Salzburg netting at least twice. Their attack is very potent with several youngsters who will be sold in a short period of time for tens of millions of euros or dollars, whatever you want.

Though that youth is the biggest problem for the hosts, who have several older players in the lineup, the majority didn’t play games like these. Also, we are more than sure that they never encountered a team like Bayern before.

Bayern Munich (-300) was blown into pieces in Bochum, losing 4-2, and conceding all four goals in the opening half. Now that is something nobody expected to see in this event. After three wins, this was the first loss, and overall their record in the past 10 events is eight wins and two defeats.

Each of the previous 10 games saw over 2.5 goals, and seven of them were with four or more hits. The most recent four were over 3.5 goals, and only one didn’t witness scores on both ends of the field during that span.

We also want to say that this is the first failure for Bayern on the road since November, once Augsburg defeated them.

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The hosts have many injured players, some of them very important. Bernardo, Junuzovic, Koita, Okoh, Sesko and Vallci are all out for Salzburg, while Onguene and Seiwald will be a game-time decision.

On the other side, Davies, Goretzka, Musiala, and Manu Neuer are injured and won’t play.

Head to Head Games

RB Salzburg and Bayern met in the UCL group stage last year, and the Bavarians won both contests, with a combined goals difference of 9-3. The game in Salzburg ended 2-6 for the guests, and at Allianz 3-1 also for Bayern.

Prediction

Loss in Bochum came in the best possible moment for Bayern, and all the players will now be fully focused on winning this event. They needed something like this to come down to Earth and remember that they aren’t invincible. That is why we expect to see Bayern in the best possible shape on Wednesday and their confident win.

Pick: Bayern -1.5 -110

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PSG vs. Real Madrid

Sporting Lisbon vs. Manchester City