This match involves two teams living in the cellar of the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen holding 16th position and VfL Wolfsburg sitting at 13th. A good opportunity for one of the squads to upgrade their situation.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Bundesliga
- VfL Wolfsburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
VfL Wolfsburg could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a DFB Pokal game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Eintracht Braunschweig. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
Leverkusen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Eintracht Frankfurt (1-5). As you see from the result above, Bayer 04 Leverkusen suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The striker Diaby was announced as "man of the match" for Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the rating of 6.85/10. Diaby hit one key pass.
Before that result, a home defeat in the Champions League against Porto. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Leverkusen matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 6 games).
Goal fest? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this club has contained at least three goals.
There will be little rest for Bayer 04 Leverkusen after this match as they are travelling to Atletico Madrid for a Champions League game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Bayer 04 Leverkusen in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of VfL Wolfsburg playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
Two travels in a row for Wolfsburg, whose manager Kovač could celebrate last time after the DFB Pokal win against Eintracht Braunschweig. Midfielder Svanberg was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Svanberg scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.There's been a serious shortage of goals from VfL Wolfsburg's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded by VfL Wolfsburg in these games.
Head 2 Head
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfL Wolfsburg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bayer 04 Leverkusen four wins, VfL Wolfsburg four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Frimpong 4 goals |  K. Demirbay 3 goals |   Y. Gerhardt 3 goals |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 80% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 4.5 | 6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 5.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.2 | 6.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.9 | 16.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.8 | 11.9 |
| 5.6 | 7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 25% | 23% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 27% |
| 13.5 | 8.6 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16.6 | 14.8 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
- All of Bayer 04 Leverkusen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as VfL Wolfsburg have scored away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Bundesliga
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Bundesliga
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VfL Wolfsburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- VfL Wolfsburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VfL Wolfsburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- VfL Wolfsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 19 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Köln | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Bochum | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
