Hiram Moreno
A new soccer season is about to begin in Germany, and the first matchday of the 2022/23 Bundesliga is scheduled for August 5. The challenge in this new campaign will be the same as every year: to dethrone Bayern Munich, who have been ruling the league with an iron fist in recent years.
However, will any team be up to the challenge? We’ll find it out below with JefeBet‘s analysis of the favorites to win this Bundesliga 2022/23.
Candidates to Win the Bundesliga 2022/23 According to Betting Odds and Predictions
Favorites
Bayern Munich (Odds -500)
There is no doubt that Bayern are favorites to retain their crown once again. After all, the Bavarians have won the Bundesliga title for ten consecutive seasons, although the most recent ones proved that the team is not as invincible as it used to be in the past.
In addition, Robert Lewandowski’s absence, who was the Bundesliga’s top scorer in the last five seasons, could be a handicap to winning the title this season and could make the battle more even than anticipated.
Borussia Dortmund (Odds +800)
Since 2010, only Borussia Dortmund has been able to stop Bayern Munich’s hegemony in the Bundesliga, and it is expected that in this Bundesliga 2022-23 they will be one of the candidates to break that streak of consecutive titles again.
However, BVB also lost its goalscorer, Erling Haaland, but will look to Donyell Malen, Marco Reus and co. to lead the attack to claim their first league title since 2011/12, although this will entail fixing the defensive problems that plagued the team last season, as it was the second club in the top half of the table to concede the most goals (57).
RB Leipzig (Odds +1200)
Leipzig is a fairly young club that has emerged as one of the dominant forces in Germany, and has been in the top four consistently since the 2018/19 season.Even 2019/20 saw them come close to winning the league title, and 2021/22 saw them crowned Pokal champions.
They will be hoping to take advantage of the fact that their rivals are not as strong as in the past to make an impact. However, it is fair to say that Leipzig themselves have also undergone many changes, but they will surely rely for this Bundesliga 2022/23 on Christopher Nkunku’s magic and the security in goal of Peter Gulacsi, who helped Leipzig tie as the lowest-scoring team in the previous Bundesliga season.
Sleeper Picks
Bayer Leverkusen (Odds +2500)
The 2020/21 Bundesliga season saw Bayer Leverkusen go into the winter break as league leaders, only to have a second half of the campaign to forget. Furthermore, the 2021/22 season saw them finish outside the top four in just four of the 32 matchdays of the competition, showing that Leverkusen could make that leap in quality at any time.
It should also be noted that in Lewandowski’s and Haaland’s absences in the league, Leverkusen has taken over what is now the Bundesliga’s best striker,Patrik Schick, and the Czech could play a key role in Leverkusen’s bid to spring a surprise in the 2022/23 Bundesliga.
Eintracht Frankfurt (Odds +10000)
One step below the aforementioned teams is Eintracht Frankfurt, who already showed on the continental stage what they are capable of by winning the last edition of the UEFA Europa League, although this success came at the cost of an eleventh place finish in the league table.
If Frankfurt can put their efforts into the 2022-23 Bundesliga, they could be a team to fight for the top places as they have proven quality. However, having to face multiple competitions as the UEFA Champions League in the first half of the campaign could take its toll on the title race considering their short squad.
Dark Horse
Union Berlin (Odds +50000)
To dream is free, they say, and if there is one team that is allowed to dream in the Bundesliga, that’s Union Berlin. The club founded in 1920 did not play their first season in Germany’s top flight since reunification until their promotion in 2019/20, and since then, they have done nothing but surprise and improve year after year.
In 2019/20 they remained comfortably in mid-table, in 2020/21 they managed to reach the UEFA Europa Conference League, and last season they gained access to the Europa League via fifth place in the standings. By that rule of three, we could expect a Champions League spot for Union in this Bundesliga 2022/23, or perhaps something else? We will find out soon enough.
