Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 Bayern Munich (Women’s Bundesliga): Half-time observations

Bayern Munich is one match away from the winter break however the final one can be a stiff street check within the Frauen-Bundesliga towards sixth-placed Bayer Leverkusen.

It has been a busy interval for the Frauen, however Champions League success — qualifying straight to the quarterfinals — and a powerful league place ought to make for a festive vacation season. The Bavarians are nonetheless six factors atop the league, with common challengers VfL Wolfsburg trying in raggedly inconsistent kind regardless of not being all that far behind.

Leverkusen have put in a strong marketing campaign with seven wins and 5 losses to 1 draw, however are up and down as properly. If Bayern brings its A-game, this needs to be a win to spherical off the 12 months.

Prediction: Bayern wins 3-2. It will get just a bit bit nippy on the finish of what has been an actual gauntlet, however not sufficient for the Bavarians to drop factors.

Location: Leverkusen, Germany

Half-time: Leverkusen 0 – 1 FC Bayern

Full of life show from the hosts up to now with nothing to indicate for it. Fraziska Kett scores the sport’s solely objective with a beautiful hit teed up by Jovana Damnjanović and later contributed to making a hazard state of affairs within the field that resulted in a Bayern penalty. Pernille Tougher, nonetheless, who received the penalty couldn’t step up and convert. Nonetheless anybody’s recreation — it’s Leverkusen with the larger variety of pictures (6-4) in addition to on course (3-2) regardless of Bayern dominating most different statistical classes, from ball possession to duels received. So long as the Bavarians let the hosts hold round, they might nonetheless drop factors.

However when Bayern have the ball they transfer it with reassuring crispness, particularly by means of Momoko Tanikawa. Seems likelier for Bayern to be doubling the benefit early within the second half than an equalizer.

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