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Bayer Leverkusen

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Bayer Leverkusen, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-0 Europa League success over West Ham United.

In that match, Bayer Leverkusen managed 73% possession and 33 shots at goal with 13 on target. For Bayer Leverkusen, the goals were scored by Jonas Hofmann (83') and Victor Boniface (91'). West Ham United got 1 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Over their prior six fixtures, Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen have netted a combined total of 13 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match of 2.17.

A look at their previous results shows us that Bayer Leverkusen:

• haven't lost in the league to Werder Bremen in their last 7 games.
• are undefeated in their last 15 home league matches. It really has been a fortress.

Werder Bremen

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Previously, Werder Bremen drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga 1 tie with Eintracht Frankfurt.

In that match, Werder Bremen had 33% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The only player to score for Werder Bremen was Miloš Veljković (62'). Eintracht Frankfurt got 23 shots on goal with 5 on target. Tuta (77') was the scorer for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Werder Bremen have seen success in front of goal of late, having scored 5 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Werder Bremen have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same matches.

Analysis of their past results shows that Werder Bremen:

• have not won against Bayer Leverkusen when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• haven't been beaten by Bayer Leverkusen when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. An impressive run.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes going back to 18/05/2020 tells us that Bayer Leverkusen have won 3 of these and Werder Bremen 0, with the tally of draws being 3.

A sum of 17 goals were scored between them in these games, with 12 of them from Leverkusen and 5 being from Werder. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The last league match featuring the two was Bundesliga 1 match day 12 on 25/11/2023 when the final score was Werder Bremen 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen.

In that match, Werder Bremen had 40% possession and 2 attempts on goal with 1 on target. The scorer was Olivier Deman (9' Own goal).

At the other end, Bayer Leverkusen got 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. Jeremie Frimpong (42') and Álex Grimaldo (76') scored.

The referee was Martin Petersen.

📋 Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

The Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this game owing to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

It’s our opinion that Leverkusen will possibly kick off with a 3-4-2-1 formation for this game with Lukas Hradecky, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba, Nathan Tella, Piero Hincapie, Robert Andrich, Granit Xhaka, Jonas Hofmann, Amine Adli and Victor Okoh Boniface.

📰 Team News: Werder Bremen

Werder Bremen manager Ole Werner has not got a full squad to pick from. Skelly Alvero (Shoulder injury), Amos Pieper (Ankle injury), Justin Njinmah (Ankle injury), Jiri Pavlenka (muscular problems) and Niklas Stark (Inner ligament injury) will not be playing here. Players who are serving a ban and are therefore ineligible to play are Anthony Jung, Marco Friedl and Jens Stage.

It’s our belief that Werder seem most likely to play in a 3-5-2 formation, starting the game with Michael Zetterer, Julian Malatini, Christian Gross, Milos Veljkovic, Mitchell Weiser, Romano Schmid, Senne Lynen, Leonardo Bittencourt, Felix Agu, Nick Woltemade and Marvin Ducksch.

💭 Prediction

In this game, Werder Bremen have it within them to score a goal against this Bayer Leverkusen team, but that might not be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Bayer Leverkusen by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s just see how this one goes.

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

Andre Moura, 15:08 14/04/2024