Balanced ball game between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and SC Freiburg expected

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: BayArena (30210 seats)

This should be quite a game, with Bayer 04 Leverkusen at 3rd and SC Freiburg in 4th. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 3rd place whatever happens now. Freiburg are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have managed 9 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 16 games.

It's back home for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hoffenheim away with the result 4-2. Schick (2), Diaby and Alario found the net in that victory. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Schick, having bagged a goal in three matches in a row. Schick, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best player for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 9.41 (out of 10). Schick scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match, Bayer 04 Leverkusen won a home game hosting Eintracht Frankfurt (2-0).

The Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager Seoane has got the team scoring with 37 from 16 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 22 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.

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SC Freiburg form and stats

7-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SC Freiburg in their Bundesliga matches away. Freiburg has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The manager Streich was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Europa Park Stadium. SC Freiburg suffered a 1-4 loss to FC Union Berlin (placed 6th). Attacker Höler got a player rating of 8.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Höler scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-3 at Hoffenheim.

SC Freiburg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 16 games. Freiburg have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head game ended SC Freiburg - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Bayer 04 Leverkusen victories, four draws and two SC Freiburg wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bayer 04 LeverkusenP. Schick
P. Schick
24 goals
LeverkusenM. Diaby
M. Diaby
13 goals
SC FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
9 goals

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

SC Freiburg missing players

Bayer 04 Leverkusen SC Freiburg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
18 9 0 Won W 0 7 15
7 2 1 Drew D 2 5 10
8 5 3 Lost L 2 4 8
78 37 6 Scored S 3 25 57
46 22 12 Conceded C 8 19 44
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 88%
85% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 85%
67% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 64%
55% 50% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 30%
33% 31% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 24%
67% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 56% 64%
24% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 30%
12% 19% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 18%
 
5.7 6.6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 5 5.2
4.1 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.2 5.1
1.9 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 0.9 0.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.9 15.5 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 12.1 13.4
5.9 6.5 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.7
40% 36% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 37%
 
13.4 12.2 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 18.8 15.7 14
4.9 4.9 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.8 4.3
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 32 24 3 5 93 33 16 13 1 2 46 13 16 11 2 3 47 20 60 75
2 Borussia Dortmund 33 21 3 9 83 51 16 12 0 4 50 27 17 9 3 5 33 24 32 66
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 33 18 7 8 78 46 16 9 2 5 37 22 17 9 5 3 41 24 32 61
4 SC Freiburg 33 15 10 8 57 44 17 8 5 4 32 25 16 7 5 4 25 19 13 55
5 RB Leipzig 32 16 6 10 67 36 16 10 2 4 39 17 16 6 4 6 28 19 31 54
6 FC Union Berlin 33 15 9 9 47 42 16 9 5 2 22 15 17 6 4 7 25 27 5 54
7 Köln 33 14 10 9 51 47 17 9 4 4 27 21 16 5 6 5 24 26 4 52
8 Hoffenheim 33 13 7 13 57 55 17 8 4 5 34 24 16 5 3 8 23 31 2 46
9 Mainz 05 33 13 6 14 48 43 16 10 4 2 31 9 17 3 2 12 17 34 5 45
10 VfL Bochum 1848 33 12 6 15 36 49 17 8 4 5 21 17 16 4 2 10 15 32 -13 42
11 Borussia M'gladbach 32 11 8 13 48 59 16 7 4 5 28 26 16 4 4 8 20 33 -11 41
12 Wolfsburg 33 12 5 16 41 52 16 7 2 7 23 19 17 5 3 9 18 33 -11 41
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 10 10 12 42 46 16 4 6 6 19 21 16 6 4 6 23 25 -4 40
14 Augsburg 32 9 8 15 37 51 16 6 4 6 23 25 16 3 4 9 14 26 -14 35
15 Hertha BSC 33 9 6 18 36 69 17 6 3 8 24 33 16 3 3 10 12 36 -33 33
16 Stuttgart 32 6 11 15 37 56 16 5 4 7 26 31 16 1 7 8 11 25 -19 29
17 Arminia Bielefeld 33 5 12 16 26 52 16 2 9 5 14 22 17 3 3 11 12 30 -26 27
18 Greuther Furth 33 3 9 21 27 80 17 3 5 9 15 33 16 0 4 12 12 47 -53 18

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