Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 4-2 Champions League triumph over Atlético Madrid.

In that game, Borussia Dortmund managed 52% possession and 19 shots on goal with 9 on target. For Borussia Dortmund, goals were scored by Julian Brandt (34'), Ian Maatsen (39'), Mats Hummels (49' Own goal), Niklas Füllkrug (71') and Marcel Sabitzer (74'). On the other side, Atletico Madrid got 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Ángel Correa (64') was the scorer for Atlético Madrid.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Borussia Dortmund have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Borussia Dortmund have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 7 goals during that time. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, though.

Coming into this fixture, Borussia Dortmund have not been beaten in the league by Bayer Leverkusen in their previous 3 matches.

Bayer Leverkusen

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In their previous game, Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 in the Europa League tie with West Ham United.

In that game, Bayer Leverkusen had 58% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Bayer Leverkusen was Jeremie Frimpong (89'). For their opponents, West Ham United got 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Michail Antonio (13') scored for West Ham United.

Showing their involvement in productive matches, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the prior six matches in which Bayer Leverkusen have played, yielding an average of 3.33 goals per clash. Their opponents have hit 3 from this total.

Heading into this fixture, Bayer Leverkusen are undefeated in their previous 14 away league matches. What a run it has been.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings dating back to 22/05/2021 tells us that Borussia Dortmund have won 4 of these games and Bayer Leverkusen 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was Bundesliga 1 match day 13 on 03/12/2023 when it ended Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Borussia Dortmund.

On that day, Bayer Leverkusen had 68% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Victor Boniface (79').

For their opponents, Borussia Dortmund got 6 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Julian Ryerson (5') was the scorer.

The referee was Daniel Siebert.

🗞️ Team News: Borussia Dortmund

Abdoulaye Kamara (unknown injury), Donyell Malen (Knee problems), Sébastien Haller (Ankle injury) and Ramy Bensebaini (Inner ligament injury) are not available for Borussia Dortmund gaffer Edin Terzić. Karim Adeyemi will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

It seems likely that Dortmund look set to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, handing starts to Gregor Kobel, Julian Ryerson, Mats Hummels, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ian Maatsen, Marcel Sabitzer, Emre Can, Jadon Sancho, Julian Brandt, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens and Niclas Füllkrug.

📋 Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

Owing to a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso does not have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game.

We are inclined to think that Leverkusen will likely utilise a 3-4-2-1 formation by sending out Lukas Hradecky, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapié, Nathan Tella, Robert Andrich, Granit Xhaka, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jonas Hofmann, Florian Wirtz and Victor Boniface.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund may well end up cancelling each other out here.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility but, again, we don’t expect it to end goalless. That is why we are leaning toward a high-scoring affair with a score draw when all is said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 18:02 19/04/2024