Bundesliga Home Challenge: DFL Fifa20 tournament starts on Saturday
Werder Bremen competes with the German champion Megabit
Football free time? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that! The DFL tries to bridge the Bundesliga break and at least offer some entertainment to football fans. As part of the Bundesliga Home Challenge, 26 clubs from the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga meet in FIFA 20 online mode. In contrast to the Virtual Bundesliga, an official DFL eSports competition (since 2012), there is no official rating.
It is quite possible that the DFL eSports event will take place weekly until May. The Bundesliga will pause at least until April 30th. It is not really possible to predict when the football leagues will actually start again. The betting base has analyzed the potential restart of the European leagues and made corresponding predictions.
Until then, football fans around the world can enjoy the events in eSports. As with the FIFA Quaran Team Cup, some bookmakers are likely to include the Bundesliga Home Challenge, including betting odds and various betting options, in the betting program.
The betting base compiles the most important information, betting odds and a prediction for the Bundesliga Home Challenge. In addition, a summary of the participating teams and players, as well as the rules and the game mode for the Bundesliga Home Challenge.
TV & Livestream – When & where is the Bundesliga Home Challenge coming?
Date: Matchday 1
Saturday, March 28th, 2020
Sunday, March 29th, 2020
TV / livestream: YouTube (official channel: Virtual Bundesliga), Twitch, RAN, SkySport, eSports
The Bundesliga Home Challenge can be followed live on various channels. In addition to the Virtual Bundesliga YouTube channel, the DFL’s eSports event can be seen on Twitch, RAN and Sky Sport.
Bundesliga Home Challenge – Teams & Players
Participating teams & players:
1.Bundesliga
⚽ Borussia Dortmund (Achraf Hakimi / Erné Embeli)
⚽ Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Adrian Stanilewicz / Kai Wollin)
⚽ Eintracht Frankfurt (Nils Stendera / Andreas Gube)
⚽ FC Schalke 04 (Nassim Boujellab / Tim “Tim_Latka” Schwartmann)
⚽ FC Augsburg (Marco Richter / Yannic Bederke)
⚽ 1.FSV Mainz 05 (Daniel Brosinski / Julian Greis)
⚽ 1. FC Cologne (Rafael Czichos / Tim “The Strxnger” Katnawatos)
⚽ Hertha BSC (Maximilian Mittelstädt / Elias Nerlich)
⚽ RB Leipzig (Nordi Mukiele / Cihan Yasarlar)
⚽ SC Freiburg (Mark Flekken / Nico Schlotterbeck)
⚽ SC Paderborn (Rifet Kapic / Lucas Fiedler)
⚽ SV Werder Bremen (Maximilian Eggestein / Michael “MegaBit” Bittner)
⚽ TSG Hoffenheim (Munas Dabbur / Marcel Schwarz)
⚽ 1.FC Union Berlin (Keven Schlotterbeck / Julius Kade)
2.Bundesliga
⚽ 1.FC Nuremberg (Tim Handwerker / Felix Schimmel)
⚽ Arminia Bielefeld (Andreas Voglsammer / Marcel Hartel)
⚽ Dynamo Dresden (Baris Atik / Marco Schütze)
⚽ FC St. Pauli (Luca Zander / Marvin Knoll)
⚽ Hamburger SV (Sonny Kittel / Umut Gültekin)
⚽ Hanover 96 (Jannes Horn / Marcel Deutscher)
⚽ VfB Stuttgart (Atakan Karazor / Tisi Schubech)
⚽ Holstein Kiel (Dominik Schmidt / Bennet Rohwedder)
⚽ SpVgg Greuther Fürth (Timothy Tillman / Fabio Sabbagh)
⚽ SSV Jahn Regensburg (Tom Baack / Federico Palacios)
⚽ SV Darmstadt 98 (Felix Platte / Yannick de Groot)
⚽ SV Wehen Wiesbaden (Sascha “M_0cki” Mockenhaupt / Nico “Juice” Dernek)
A total of 26 teams from the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga take part in the DFL’s eSports event. The Bundesliga Home Challenge also includes teams that already have their own department for eSports. Certainly a great advantage and also crucial for betting-savvy spectators who want to bet at the Bundesliga Home Challenge and benefit from the odds.
Werder Bremen is the top favorite at the eSports tournament with the German FIFA individual champion Michael “MegaBit” Bittner. The “Effzeh” should not be underestimated either: With Tim “TheStrxngeR” Katnawatos, the Cologne team will also start with an eSports professional.
Why doesn’t Bayern take part in the Bundesliga Home Challenge?
The German record champion will not be able to take part in the DFL event. The sponsorship contract with Konami (PES 2020) prohibits FC Bayern Munich from participating in the FIFA20 event.
Germany game mode & rules
The Bundesliga Home Challenge matches will be played on PlayStation 4 in FIFA20 online mode. The 85 mode is activated so that every team has the same chance of victory. Regardless of the usual player strength at FIFA20, each team or player is given strength 85. This means that statistics cannot be used to determine a favorite during the game.
Bundesliga Home Challenge key facts
Equal opportunities through 85er mode at FIFA20
Each encounter has two individual games of 25 minutes each
Each team must have at least one professional soccer player
Each match is decided after two individual games. As a result, even draws are possible as an overall result. A game lasts 25 minutes – a total of 50 minutes per match after two games. Each team must have at least one professional soccer player. The second participant in the team can come from the club or its surroundings.
Bundesliga Home Challenge betting odds
⚽ Fürth v Hoffenheim
1: 2.40 X: 6.00 2: 1.90
⚽ Hertha – Paderborn
1: 1.60 X: 6.00 2: 3.10
⚽ Mainz – Dortmund
1: 3.30 X: 6.00 2: 1.55
⚽ St. Pauli – Schalke
1: 10.00 X: 11.00 2: 1.08
⚽ Cologne v Stuttgart
1: 1.25 X: 8.00 2: 5.50
⚽ Dresden v Frankfurt
1: 6.50 X: 9.00 2: 1.18
⚽ Augsburg v Hannover
1: 2.30 X: 5.50 2: 2.00
⚽ Werder Bremen v Nuremberg
1: 1.25 X: 8.00 2: 5.50
⚽ RB Leipzig – HSV
1: 3.30 X: 6.00 2: 1.55
⚽ Union Berlin v Regensburg
1: 2.15 X: 5.50 2: 2.15
⚽ Bielefeld – Kiel
1: 9.00 X: 11.00 2: 1.10
⚽ Freiburg vs Wiesbaden
1: 13.99 X: 12.00 2: 1.05
⚽ Darmstadt vs Leverkusen
1: 3.80 X: 6.50 2: 1.44
Virtual Fifa20 Bundesliga Home Challenge – Betting Tips & Odds
Curtain clear for the virtual challenge. While there are clear favorites in some pairings, the starting position in other games is quite balanced. This includes the match between Union Berlin vs. Regensburg. There are betting odds of 2.15 for the winner. For the Berliners, Schlotterbeck and Kade will compete – two players we can do a lot on the console.
Top 3 bets for the Bundesliga Home Challenge
Beting Tips: Werder Bremen wins against Nuremberg
Odds: 1.25
Union Berlin wins against Regensburg
Odds: 2.15
Betting Tips: Leverkusen wins against Darmstadt
Odds: 1.44
The offered Bundesliga Home Challenge betting odds for a victory by Union Berlin are certainly worth a tip. A bet on Bayer Leverkusen is also recommended. In addition to Adrian Stanilewicz, ex-FIFA world champion Kai Wollin will also compete there. The eSportler on the Leverkusen side became world champion on the console in 2011, 2012 and 2017, but has had to cope with some setbacks in the recent past.
In order to boost the overall odds of the betting combination a bit, we ultimately decide for a victory from Werder Bremen over Nuremberg.
Bundesliga Home Challenge – Matchday 1 overview
28.03.2020 Fürth – Hoffenheim 1.
28.03.2020 Hertha – Paderborn 1.
28.03.2020 Mainz – Dortmund 1.
28.03.2020 St. Pauli – Schalke 1.
28.03.2020 Cologne – Stuttgart 1.
28.03.2020 Dresden – Frankfurt 1.
28.03.2020 Augsburg – Hanover 1.
29.03.2020 Werder Bremen – Nuremberg 1.
29.03.2020 RB Leipzig – HSV 1.
29.03.2020 Union Berlin – Regensburg 1.
29.03.2020 Bielefeld – Kiel 1.
29.03.2020 Freiburg – Wiesbaden 1.
29.03.2020 Darmstadt – Leverkusen 1.
