RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th January 2026

RB Leipzig enjoy home advantage, when visitors Bayern Munich swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Placed threeth in the table RB Leipzig have amassed 32 points after 16 matches. On 47 points, Bayern Munich rank oneth with 16 matches played this season.

Although RB Leipzig trail Bayern Munich by double digits, beating the league leaders in the Bundesliga still holds a lot of prestige. Pulling off a surprise win against their upcoming opponent could provide a serious spark for future matches.

RB Leipzig are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Bundesliga, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.4 goals on average per match, or 24 goals in total, while allowing 11 goals against, for an average of 1.1 per outing. They managed five clean sheets along the way.

Bayern Munich show off whopping stats from their previous ten matches. They average 3.9 goals per game, scoring 39 times, while conceding nine. That makes an average of 0.9 per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in four of the matches.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 6-0 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Saturday?

RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich Prediction

RB Leipzig Form

RB Leipzig suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Union Berlin in a 3-1 defeat. Bayer Leverkusen also proved too hard to handle, as they won 1-3, before RB Leipzig were able to strike back last time out in a 2-0 win against Freiburg. RB Leipzig have been in potent form at Red Bull Arena Leipzig, winning no less than five of the past six Bundesliga matches here. They also hammered in 16 goals, while letting in five as they also lost once.

Standards are high at a club like RB Leipzig and as such the season is so far going according to plan.

Bayern Munich Form

Bayern Munich look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against FC Heidenheim, who were defeated by 0-4. Then, Wolfsburg got outclassed in a 8-1 win, before beating FC Koln by 1-3. Bayern Munich have been outstanding on their travels lately, winning five of their previous six away matches in the Bundesliga. They remained undefeated as they also drew once, while scoring 20 and conceding three goals.

Going into the season as a title candidate in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich are currently on track to fulfil the expectations.

With Bayern Munich looking strong, we expect them to get the better of RB Leipzig, and with goals flowing freely, the hosts could be in for a hammering.

RB Leipzig have taken ten points from their last eight games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They won three of these matches with a scoreline of 15 goals to 17. Bayern Munich won five matches, scored 20 goals and conceded two in their last five games against teams in the top six. They obtained 15 points in total, the best of any top six team this season in the Bundesliga. RB Leipzig claimed ten wins, two draws as well as four defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayern Munich enjoy a record of 15 wins, two draws and zero defeats in the Bundesliga.

RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich Squads

RB Leipzig Squad

Werner will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Bayern Munich from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Leopold Zingerle (0/0), Maarten Vandevoordt (0/0), Peter Gulacsi (0/16), Benjamin Henrichs (0/0), Castello Lukeba (1/15), David Raum (2/16), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/4), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/5), Lukas Klostermann (0/4), Max Finkgrafe (0/2), Willi Orban (1/16), Andrija Maksimovic (0/6), Antonio Nusa (1/13), Christoph Baumgartner (6/16), Ezechiel Banzuzi (0/13), Forzan Assan Ouedraogo (3/12), Kevin Kampl (0/0), Nicolas Seiwald (0/16), Ridle Baku (0/14), Viggo Gebel (0/0), Xaver Schlager (2/12), Conrad Harder (1/14), Johan Bakayoko (2/12), Romulo Cruz (5/12), Samba Konate (0/1), Sani Suleiman (0/0), Tidiam Gomis (1/8), Timo Werner (0/3), Yan Diomande (6/15).

Bayern Munich Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Bayern Munich players that the manager Vincent Kompany will choose from for the upcoming game:

Jonas Urbig (0/3), Leon Klanac (0/0), Manuel Neuer (0/14), Sven Ulreich (0/0), Alphonso Davies (0/2), Bara Ndiaye (0/0), Cassiano Kiala (0/0), Dayot Upamecano (1/14), Hiroki Ito (0/6), Jonathan Tah (1/14), Joshua Kimmich (1/13), Josip Stanisic (2/11), Min-Jae Kim (1/10), Raphael Guerreiro (3/11), Sacha Boey (0/9), Aleksandar Pavlovic (1/14), David Santos (0/1), Jamal Musiala (0/0), Konrad Laimer (2/16), Lennart Karl (4/15), Leon Goretzka (1/16), Tom Bischof (0/14), Harry Kane (20/17), Luis Diaz (9/16), Michael Olise (9/17), Nicolas Jackson (3/12), Serge Gnabry (5/13), Wisdom Mike (0/4).

RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich Team News

RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich Lineups

RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 6-0 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Saturday? Bayern Munich have five wins in their last ten meetings against RB Leipzig, winning 6-0 the last time they faced each other. The bookies best betting odds on an away win are at 11/23.

RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when RB Leipzig welcome Bayern Munich as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/3 with the bookies on Saturday.

RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich Betting Tips

It has been an excellent season for Harry Kane who managed to score an impressive 20 goals in total during the current campaign. He also seems on a good run currently, hitting the target six times in his last six outings. Bayern Munich are looking to him against RB Leipzig, hoping he keeps his momentum going.

Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments RB Leipzig won eight times and lost two as well. Bayern Munich won eight times, drew one and lost one of their last 10 games away from home. Goals are usually flowing for RB Leipzig on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Bayern Munich in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals came out seven times in the past ten encounters between RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich, with the former on an average of 1.4 goals a game. Bayern Munich scored 2.8 goals per game and both teams scored eight times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for RB Leipzig, who scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in ten of the last 10 matches Bayern Munich played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 3.7 goals themselves during this run.