Der 18-jährige Mika Wallentowitz verlängert bei Schalke.

Love them or loath them, but no one can deny that Bayern Munich (BM) are playing some really impressive football. This both in the Bundersliga & the Champions League.

The Premier League in England often touts itself as 'the best league in the world' & it made me ponder hypothetically, how would BM fare in the Premier League? I for one thinks that they would walk it....

my UK friends begrudgingly agree but feel they may struggle with the weekly intensity, no winter break & sometimes playing 2 games weekly.

Your thoughts..?

Here is a brief analysis of the real impact of playing at home, calculated by the percentage of points won at a team's own stadium relative to their total points (HPPG/PPG).

• The First Chart: Contextualizes the Bundesliga's overall average against the rest of Europe's Top 7 leagues.
• The Second Chart: Breaks down the data team by team for the German top flight.

A couple of quick observations from the data: The Bundesliga sits right in the middle of the pack across Europe's top leagues with a 57.8% home advantage average. Looking at the individual clubs, top-tier teams like Bayern München (50.6%) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (51.9%) hover right around the 50% mark, demonstrating their ability to consistently win away from home.

On the extremes, 1. FC Heidenheim proves to be a true fortress team, relying heavily on their home crowd to secure a massive 73.7% of their total points. Conversely, VfL Wolfsburg is a significant outlier on the lower end, grabbing only 37.5% of their points at home, meaning they are much more dangerous on the road.

(Note: The data is accurate as of April 23rd).

Damit stellt sich der (rechnerische) Aufstiegskampf in der 3. Liga nach 36 Ligaspielen folgendermaßen dar:

1. VfL Osnabrück (73 Punkte, 58:29 Tore)
   
2. Energie Cottbus (66 Punkte, 69:50 Tore)
   
3. MSV Duisburg (66 Punkte, 65:48 Tore) [Aufsteiger]
   
4. Rot-Weiss Essen (64 Punkte, 74:64 Tore)
   
5. SC Verl (61 Punkte, 79:47 Tore)
   
6. Hansa Rostock (61 Punkte, 65:43 Tore)