The visiting Bayer Leverkusen side should be favourites in this visit to Arminia Bielefeld, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their seven league games this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
Arminia Bielefeld have played three Bundesliga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. It's trouble wherever Bielefeld are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Arminia Bielefeld, their manager U. Neuhaus and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Bielefeld haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 190 minutes ago. S. Schipplock scored that one.
The fans are hoping that Bielefeld will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the Bundesliga game against Union Berlin (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the home game against Borussia Dortmund that was lost 0-2.
Bielefeld were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bielefeld here at SchücoArena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Arminia Bielefeld with 6 goals conceded in these matches.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga. The fact that Leverkusen have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Leverkusen has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Leverkusen go into this game after a win, the home game against Borussia M'gladbach that ended 4-3. Prior to that result Leverkusen won their away game at Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Europa League. The scoreline was 4-2.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Borussia M'gladbach was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
The travelling fans enjoy Bayer Leverkusen's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Bayer Leverkusen are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Bielefeld victories, three draws and three Bayer Leverkusen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 7 goals |   J. Edmundsson 1 goals |  C. Soukou 1 goals |
Arminia Bielefeld missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 71% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | 23 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 52 | 94 |
| 21 | 11 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 21 | 37 |
| 19% | 18% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 29% | 38% |
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest scored goals (4) in Bundesliga
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Bundesliga
- Arminia Bielefeld have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bayer Leverkusen has the most points from losing position (7) in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen have not yet lost a game.
- Bayer Leverkusen have scored more than double the goals of Arminia Bielefeld.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 18 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Stuttgart | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 4 |
| 16 | Köln | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | -17 | 3 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 1 |