Fußball-Club Bayern München vs. RasenBallsport Leipzig Prediction on August 22, 2025

Match info

We predict that the 2025–26 Bundesliga opener between Fußball-Club Bayern München and RasenBallsport Leipzig will be an absolute blast. We think that fans at the Allianz Arena will see a lot of goals on Friday, August 22, 2025. Continue reading for our picks.

The encounter between RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich has always been exciting and full of goals. For instance, we witnessed a total of 22 goals in their last 5 duels. That translates to an average of 4.4 goals per game. Given that both clubs have been in goal-scoring mode in the games building up to the new season of the German men’s football top flight, we anticipate seeing something similar in Friday’s match in Munich at 8:30 p.m. CEST (Central European Summer Time, local time).

Meeting statistics

Current form & playstyle: Fußball-Club Bayern München

German soccer superpower, “The Bavarians”, are almost always the clear favorite to win the Bundesliga. Ahead of the 2025–2026 season, this is also the case, which isn’t surprising considering how good their roster appears to be. Logically, they are favorites in the season opener, too – and heavy ones, according to the odds of the best Bundesliga betting sites.

They still have most of their important players from the season before, when they won the championship. Thomas Müller is the most prominent departure; he went to play in America, although in all honesty, he wasn’t one of Bayern’s main players the previous season, even if he’s a club legend. Kingsley Coman also departed the team and headed to Saudi Arabia. However, Luis Díaz, a former Liverpool winger, was brought in by Bayern’s management as a replacement. The Colombian’s goal in last Saturday’s 2-1 victory against Stuttgart in the German Super Cup final suggests that he has adapted well to the rest of the team. Harry Kane, who appears to be playing at his best right now, scored the other goal for Bayern.

Current form & playstyle: RasenBallsport Leipzig

Benjamin Šeško was sold by RB Leipzig to Manchester United for almost $90 million over the offseason. They brought in some talented players by using that money to create fresh hires. They acquired midfielder Arthur Vermeeren from Atlético Madrid, forward Yan Diomande from Leganés, forward Rômulo from Göztepe, forward Johan Bakayoko from PSV, forward Ezechiel Banzuzi from Leuven, and midfielder Andrija Maksimović from Crvena zvezda Belgrade for more than $15 million.

The fact that all of these players are in their teens or early 20s indicates that RB Leipzig’s management is making plans for the future. However, what about the season of 2025–2026? Most likely, they won’t glow right immediately. Rather, “Die Roten Bullen” (The Red Bulls) will need to keep depending on their veterans, such Kevin Kampl, Willi Orbán, Lukas Klostermann, and Péter Gulácsi.

Head-to-head

Here’s a look at the all-time head-to-head record between Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig across all competitive matches since 2016, when the latter stepped into the Bundesliga:

Total matches: 22
Bayern won: 11
RB Leipzig won: 3
Draws: 8
Goals for Bayern: 47
Goals for RB Leipzig: 31
In the last 5 encounters, Bayern won 4 and lost 1.

Match analytics

The most recent Bayern Munich vs. RB Leipzig duel ended in a 3-3 draw, which followed another 6-goal encounter between these 2, when Bayern won 5-1 in December of 2024. We expect to see goals galore once again, but we don’t think the game will be tied in the end. Instead, we expect a demolition job by the home team. Yet, we think both teams will score in a goal-filled encounter.

Tip: Total & GG/NG: Over 3.5 & GG at 2.25 odds on Vavada.