Bundesliga: Saturday preview and tips for the final day of the German season

TV: BT Sport Extra, 2.30pm Saturday

The Bundesliga title race has gone to the final day for the first time in a decade with Bayern Munich needing a point at home to Eintracht Frankfurt to secure a seventh straight championship.

Bayern are 1-40 to retain the crown with Borussia Dortmund at 16-1. Dortmund need to win away to Borussia Monchengladbach - a difficult task on its own - and then hope for Munich to mess up with a defeat probably their only saviour given the 17-goal differential.

Fourth-placed Gladbach and sixth-placed Frankfurt are also involved in the fight for the last Champions League spot, although Bayer Leverkusen are seen as the team set to land a top-four spot at 3-10.

Leverkusen, locked together with Gladbach on 55 points with a goal difference that is two inferior, have by far the easiest remaining fixture against Hertha Berlin while their rivals take on the title challengers.

It could be possible for Leverkusen to sneak in with a draw or even a low-scoring defeat, although they will believe a victory will do it given Gladbach are outsiders against Dortmund and Frankfurt are huge underdogs in Munich.

However, Leverkusen look a little short at long odds-on to beat Hertha seeing as they flopped at even shorter odds in last week's 1-1 draw at home to Schalke.

That snapped a four-match winning sequence and Peter Bosz has plenty of talent in his side, most notably in outstanding youngsters Julian Brandt and Kai Havertz, but Leverkusen tend to struggle to get over the line when the pressure is on.

Neverkusen is the cruel nickname given to them for that reason and there could be doubts in their minds after they failed to secure maximum points last week.

Hertha have nothing to play for and it has been that way for much of the season, but the fans will want to give a decent sendoff to popular manager Pal Dardai in his final match.

Salomon Kalou grabbed two goals in last week's 4-3 win at Augsburg and he also hit the net in the last home encounter which finished in a 3-1 success against Stuttgart.

The week before that Hertha drew 0-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt, so they are clearly staying competitive and warrant a bet in receipt of a hefty start on the Asian handicap.

Only once this season have Hertha lost at home by more than one goal and Bayern were downed 2-0 in Berlin.

Seventh will be good enough for the Europa League, which means only Leipzig of the Bundesliga's top half have nothing riding on their final fixture, but it’s far less dramatic at the bottom.

Nuremberg and Hannover are already down and Stuttgart are in the relegation playoff against either Union Berlin or Paderborn.

Recommendation
Hertha Berlin +1.25 Asian handicap
1pt 99-100 bet365

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