Elversberg vs Bayern München prediction, odds and how to watch

Schalke 04 host Elversberg on Sunday looking to avoid back-to-back Bundesliga defeats, but the visitors come in off a stunning win over Bayer Leverkusen and have never lost to their hosts in two meetings.

Bayern München have not kept a clean sheet in their last four Champions League matches and Bodø/Glimt arrive in Munich on the back of three straight wins.

Viking arrive at this Champions League fixture unbeaten in their two completed matches, but Tuesday night brings a different order of problem entirely. Bayern München come to Stavanger and the basics of European survival will be tested to their absolute limit.

Bayern München host Union Berlin on Friday evening carrying one of the most dominant home records in recent Bundesliga memory. The structural mismatch here is significant, and it points in one clear direction.

Elversberg have built something real at home this season, but Bayern München arrive on Sunday carrying a level of attacking structure that few sides in Europe can match. This is a tactical mismatch that rewards careful examination.

Schalke 04 carry extraordinary home momentum into the new Bundesliga season, but Bayern München arrive as champions of almost incomprehensible authority. Something will have to give on Saturday evening.

Borussia Mönchengladbach have been formidable at home but fragile everywhere else. Elversberg come to town as newly promoted underdogs with nothing to lose and goals to spare.

Elversberg welcome Bayer Leverkusen to the Saarland on 29 August in what promises to be one of the more intriguing early-season Bundesliga encounters. The hosts are formidable at home. The visitors are capable of something special. Rafael Mbeki considers what the form tells us, and what it does not.