Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen Live Stream, Predictions

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Werder Bremen

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Werder Bremen won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-1 Bundesliga 1 defeat last time out to Augsburg.

In that match, Werder Bremen managed 62% possession and 20 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Werder Bremen was Jens Stage (16'). Augsburg had 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Dion Drena Beljo (5') and Arne Maier (46') scored for Augsburg.

Over their past six games, Ole Werner's Werder Bremen have hit the back of the net a total of 8 times which gives them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.33.

Leading up to this clash, Werder Bremen:

• have not lost a league tie with Bayer Leverkusen in their last 3 matches.
• have not won against Bayer Leverkusen in their last 5 league matches.

Bayer Leverkusen

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Bayer Leverkusen will go into the game following a 2-0 Europa League win as they beat Ferencvárosi TC in their most recent outing.

In that match, Bayer Leverkusen managed 66% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. For Bayer Leverkusen, the goalscorers were Kerem Demirbay (10') and Edmond Tapsoba (86'). At the other end, Ferencváros got 8 shots at goal with 1 on target.

Proving their partiality to eventful matches, we’ve seen goals 24 times in the prior 6 matches in which Bayer Leverkusen have taken to the pitch, giving an average of 4 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have got 10 of this grand total. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see if such a trend shall persist in this next match.

Analysis of their past results shows that Bayer Leverkusen:

• remain undefeated by Werder Bremen when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. A very good record, indeed.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 17/03/2019, neither club has come out on top overall with Werder Bremen winning 1 of those games, Bayer Leverkusen 1 and 4 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 17 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from Werder and 9 being from Leverkusen. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The last league contest between these clubs was Bundesliga 1 match day 7 on 17/09/2022 which ended up with the score at Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Werder Bremen.

That day, Bayer Leverkusen had 54% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Kerem Demirbay (57').

On the other side, Werder Bremen got 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Miloš Veljković (82') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Tobias Welz.

ℹ️ Team News: Werder Bremen

Dudu (Ill), Jean Manuel Mbom (Fitness), Christian Groß (Ill), Felix Agu (Fitness), Romano Schmid (Ill) and Marco Friedl (Ill) aren’t available for Werder Bremen manager Ole Werner.

It looks as if Werder look set to kick off with a 3-5-2 formation in the match and select Jiri Pavlenka, Amos Pieper, Niklas Stark, Milos Veljkovic, Mitchell Weiser, Niklas Schmidt, Ilia Gruev, Jens Stage, Anthony Jung, Niclas Fuellkrug and Marvin Ducksch.

🗞️ Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

Owing to a fully healthy group ready to go, the Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso does not have any fitness worries whatsoever before this game.

We are inclined to think that Leverkusen will likely play in a 3-4-3 lineup using Lukas Hradecky, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapie, Jeremie Frimpong, Exequiel Palacios, Robert Andrich, Mitchel Bakker, Moussa Diaby, Adam Hlozek and Amine Adli.

💡 Prediction

In this game, Werder Bremen will surely be able to put one past this Bayer Leverkusen team, however a single goal is unlikely to be good enough.

We can see a very close game with a 1-2 win for Bayer Leverkusen at full-time. Expecting it to be very competitive.

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

Peter Guest, 02:32 08/03/2023