Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs RB Leipzig match preview: Even contest expected at BayArena

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: BayArena (30210 seats)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen and RB Leipzig are impatient to show off their new recruits and finesse: It's the premier fixture of the Bundesliga season.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen and RB Leipzig should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

Last season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen's league stats were 14 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, providing 6th place in the Bundesliga. From these 34 matches they scored {57 goals} and gave away 49. Playing as the host team in the last season Bayer 04 Leverkusen generated 8-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with {35 goals} and 23 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bayer 04 Leverkusen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 0 and lost 3.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Bayer 04 Leverkusen friendly games in pre-season: Bayer 04 Leverkusen played four friendlies, won 2, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored {7 goals} and conceded 4 in these four games.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

Let's have a look at how RB Leipzig performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 26/23 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, Leipzig have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 RB Leipzig wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bayer 04 Leverkusen two wins, three draws and RB Leipzig five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bayer 04 Leverkusen RB Leipzig
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Last season RB Leipzig
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
14 8   Won W   7 20
8 3   Drew D   4 6
12 6   Lost L   6 8
57 35   Scored S   26 64
49 23   Conceded C   23 41
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
88% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 85%
65% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 68%
41% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
21% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 15%
53% 59%   BTTS BTTS   53% 56%
26% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 29%
26% 12%   Failed to Score F T   29% 18%
 
4.1 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.9
3.9 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.2 3.5
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
7 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.1 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   15.9 14.7
5.1 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 5.8
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 33%
 
11.9 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.6 9.3
4.4 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Darmstadt 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 VfB Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 VfL Bochum 1848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Bayern München 34 21 8 5 92 38 17 11 5 1 53 17 17 10 3 4 39 21 54 71
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 83 44 17 14 2 1 55 17 17 8 3 6 28 27 39 71
3 RB Leipzig 34 20 6 8 64 41 17 13 2 2 38 18 17 7 4 6 26 23 23 66
4 Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 14 8 12 57 49 17 8 3 6 35 23 17 6 5 6 22 26 8 50
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 11 10 58 52 17 9 5 3 35 18 17 4 6 7 23 34 6 50
8 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 57 48 17 6 7 4 34 25 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 49
9 Mainz 05 34 12 10 12 54 55 17 6 6 5 31 25 17 6 4 7 23 30 -1 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 11 10 13 52 55 17 10 3 4 33 18 17 1 7 9 19 37 -3 43
11 Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 17 7 2 8 28 29 17 3 4 10 20 28 -9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 17 5 2 10 26 28 17 5 4 8 25 36 -13 36
14 VfL Bochum 1848 34 10 5 19 40 72 17 8 2 7 28 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -32 35
15 Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 3 11 26 39 -21 34
16 VfB Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 22 17 2 6 9 22 35 -12 33
17 Schalke 04 34 7 10 17 35 71 17 5 5 7 23 36 17 2 5 10 12 35 -36 31
18 Hertha BSC 34 7 8 19 42 69 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 2 2 13 18 42 -27 29

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Darmstadt 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 VfB Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 VfL Bochum 1848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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