Bayern Munich v Hoffenheim

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The German domestic top flight season resumes on Friday night with Bayern Munich playing host to Hoffenheim at the Allianz Arena with the hosts looking to pick up where they left off before the Christmas break having registered a 2-1 win away from home at Wolfsburg, while Hoffenheim were involved in a high-scoring 3-3 draw at home with Darmstadt last time out in the Bundesliga.

Despite winning 12 of their 15 league matches to date though so far in this season's Bundesliga campaign, Bayern Munich still find themselves four points behind the current league leaders, Bayer Leverkusen, although the hosts will be hoping that striker Harry Kane (21 goals so far this season) can fire them to another three points here on Friday night which would reduce the deficit to just a single point ahead of this weekend's action.

Bayern Munich still look to be favourites to clinch another Bundesliga title this season despite the outstanding start from Bayer Leverkusen, but the potential difference between Bayern and the rest of the field is that Thomas Tuchel's side have managed to turn possible draws into wins.

Results on home soil at their Allianz Arena have also been impressive this term as Bayern Munich have won six of their seven home games to date along with scoring a total of 30 goals and conceding just five in reply while keeping four clean sheets in their last five home games.

An entertaining 3-3 draw at home with Darmstadt was not enough for Hoffenheim to avoid dropping out of the top six of the Bundesliga and the visitors have now managed to capture just the one win from their previous seven games overall which came in the form of a 3-1 home win against Bochum.

Within this recent disappointing sequence of results though, Hoffenheim have also slipped to three defeats which have been dealt out to Pellegrino Matarazzo's side to the likes of Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia M'gladbach and RB Leipzig, the latter two defeats being inflicted upon the visitors away from home.

Hoffenheim produced an encouraging start to this Bundesliga campaign though as they racked up four wins on the trot in the early stages of the Bundesliga season with victories against Heidenheim, Wolfsburg, C Cologne and Union Berlin respectively, but they have found it tough to maintain this momentum, securing just a further three wins from their subsequent 11 matches overall.

In addition, following five away wins on the trot, Hoffenheim have slumped to two defeats on the trot on their travels in recent times.

Bayern Munich v Hoffenheim Verdict

Bayern Munich look in good shape to take the spoils here as the hosts are unbeaten in their last five meetings against Hoffenheim, picking up three wins in the process, two of which involved keeping clean sheets.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 2.05

Other side bets worth considering:

Bayern Munich win & BTTS No @ 2.20

Correct Score: Bayern Munich 3-0 @ 9.00