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Bayer Leverkusen

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Bayer Leverkusen will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-0 Champions League victory versus AC Milan.

In that match, Bayer Leverkusen managed 50% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 9 on target. The scorer for Bayer Leverkusen was Victor Boniface (51'). At the other end, AC Milan had 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

Fixtures with Bayer Leverkusen have tended to be absorbing ones recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum total of 24 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 16 of these belonging to Bayer Leverkusen. Such a trend won’t necessarily be continued into this match, though.

Holstein Kiel

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga competition, Holstein Kiel will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Holstein Kiel had 47% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Holstein Kiel was Shuto Machino (30', 50'). Eintracht Frankfurt got 20 shots at goal with 10 on target. Omar Marmoush (25', 65'), Igor Matanović (47') and Tuta (74') scored for Eintracht Frankfurt.

A run of pretty feeble efforts from the Holstein Kiel defensive unit has resulted in a record of 19 goals being fired past them in just their last six fixtures. They certainly could do with sorting out this disappointing component of their play.

Coming into this meeting, Holstein Kiel are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

🗞️ Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

We are thinking that Leverkusen should opt for a 3-4-2-1 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Lukas Hradecky, Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapie, Jeremie Frimpong, Alejandro Grimaldo, Exequiel Palacios, Granit Xhaka, Martin Terrier, Florian Wirtz and Victor Okoh Boniface.

ℹ️ Team News: Holstein Kiel

Due to a mostly healthy group of players, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Holstein Kiel manager Marcel Rapp to be concerned about. Colin Kleine-Bekel (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be in action.

There’s a good chance that Holstein Kiel appear most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 system, starting the game with Timon Weiner, Timo Becker, Patrick Erras, Carl Johansson, Max Geschwill, Magnus Knudsen, Lewis Holtby, Nicolai Remberg, Finn Porath, Benedikt Pichler and Shuto Machino.

⚡ Prediction

In this game, Bayer Leverkusen will most probably get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

In contrast, Holstein Kiel are also probably going to find it difficult getting goals although we do see them hitting back at some stage.

We’re tipping a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory for Bayer Leverkusen when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 13:03 05/10/2024