Ahead of the new Bundesliga season starting this week, let's take a look at how the bookies are pricing the outright odds. Spoiler alert – Bayern Munich are the odds-on favourites.
Best Bundesliga outright winner odds
Bayern Munich – 2/7
At 2/7, Bayern Munich are heavy favourites to win the Bundesliga this season, and it's difficult to argue that these odds aren't entirely fair.
Vincent Kompany's men won the league by 13 points last season, and with Bayer Leverkusen being raided in the summer, there isn't a team, on paper at least, that should be able to live with the Bavarians this season.
Bayer Leverkusen – 7/1
After losing their manager, Xabi Alonso, and several key players, including Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Granit Xhaka, things could get ugly for Bayer Leverkusen this season, particularly if Erik ten Hag hasn't learned anything from his time at Manchester United.
Despite all that, Leverkusen are considered the second favourites this season, but they will need a quick start if they are to have any chance.
Borussia Dortmund – 10/1
Borussia Dortmund have historically been seen as the ‘best of the rest' in Germany, but last season, they spent much of the season around midtable before a late surge brought them back inside the top four.
The momentum they gathered at the end of last season could see them get off to a good start this season, and they have a far more settled squad than Bayer Leverkusen, which could see them become the second-best team in the land again.
RB Leipzig – 16/1
RB Leipzig looked like Bayern Munich's biggest challengers for the first half of the 2024/25 season, but a miserable second half of the campaign not only saw them drift away from the title race but also saw them plummet down the league table.
After finishing seventh in the end, Leipzig have spent more than £100m to try and bring about better results this time around. However, the loss of Benjamin Sesko is a big one, and it's difficult to see them adequately replacing the 22-year-old.
Who will win the Bundesliga? Here’s our prediction
It's hard to look past Bayern Munich. There is a reason that they have won 12 of the last 13 Bundesliga titles on offer, and there doesn't appear to be any teams in the league with the strength to oppose them this season. Better odds can be found on the ‘without Bayern Munich' market, where Borussia Dortmund at 7/4 is a snip.
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