Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The leading antagonists are Bayer 04 Leverkusen and RB Leipzig, a win is the main plot and 90 minutes the length.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RB Leipzig have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Bundesliga
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago. That game, against Atalanta, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for RB Leipzig.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
8 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Bayer 04 Leverkusen have to build on here at BayArena in the Bundesliga.
Leverkusen shared the glory with Bochum in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. A painful moment in the game against Bochum was the missed penalty kick from Diaby in the 65th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Tapsoba, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Tapsoba won 7 of 8 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hertha BSC in a game that was won 2-1.Goals decide football matches and Bayer 04 Leverkusen are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
RB Leipzig form and stats
As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, RB Leipzig have produced an overall stat of 5-4-5 so far. RB Leipzig has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Bayern München.
Two away matches in a row for RB Leipzig, whose manager Tedesco could celebrate last time after the Europa League win against Atalanta. Attacker Nkunku got a player rating of 9.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Nkunku scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
Before that, Leipzig secured a home win against Hoffenheim with the score 3-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FC Union Berlin in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy RB Leipzig's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, RB Leipzig have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
RB Leipzig - Leverkusen 1-3 was the end result in these sides' last H2H fixture, earlier this season. Bayer 04 Leverkusen-RB Leipzig H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bayer 04 Leverkusen two wins, RB Leipzig four wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Schick 20 goals |   C. Nkunku 17 goals |  M. Diaby 12 goals |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 68 | 35 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | 64 |
| 42 | 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 31 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 86% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 86% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 55% |
| 55% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 41% |
| 31% | 36% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 69% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 59% |
| 24% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 28% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 21% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 6.7 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | 3.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 15.9 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.3 | 13.6 |
| 5.9 | 6.9 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| 40% | 36% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | 40% |
| 14.1 | 12.9 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.2 | 13.3 | 10.3 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- RB Leipzig have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig 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 | Bayern München | 29 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 86 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 57 | 69 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 42 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 60 |
| 3 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 26 | 52 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 33 | 51 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 48 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 44 |
| 7 | FC Union Berlin | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | Köln | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 43 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -11 | 37 |
| 12 | Bochum | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 36 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -12 | 32 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 26 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 35 | -35 | 26 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 46 | -48 | 16 |
