A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Bayer Leverkusen fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Arminia Bielefeld's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Bayer Leverkusen have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Bundesliga
- Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Bundesliga
The visiting Arminia Bielefeld played their last game only four days ago, a Bundesliga match.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.
A strong away win for Bayer Leverkusen against Borussia M'gladbach the last match, as Patrik Schick were on target. Preceding that match was a defeat to Freiburg (1-2).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Leverkusen home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Leverkusen are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 12 league matches. Leverkusen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
Arminia Bielefeld have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 1-3-7 (11 played).
C. Gebauer was the last player to score for the away team. Bielefeld haven't scored a league goal in the last 401 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Bielefeld in their previous game, as they lost their Bundesliga-match, hosting Werder Bremen, 0-2. A draw for Bielefeld before that, at their own venue hosting Union Berlin (0-0).
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Bielefeld played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arminia Bielefeld as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Bielefeld, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Arminia Bielefeld - Leverkusen 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Leverkusen-Arminia Bielefeld H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bayer Leverkusen four wins, Arminia Bielefeld four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 9 goals |  P. Schick 7 goals |  L. Bailey Butler 6 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 42 | 24 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 26 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | 43 |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 71% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 67% |
| 54% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 55% | 50% |
| 29% | 42% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 21% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 62% | 83% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 45% | 38% |
| 25% | 8% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 25% |
| 21% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 45% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 14.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.5 | 8.7 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 35% | 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 30% | 29% |
- Arminia Bielefeld have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Arminia Bielefeld have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Bundesliga
- Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bayer Leverkusen have scored more than double the goals of Arminia Bielefeld.
- Bayer Leverkusen have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Bundesliga
| 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 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 37 | 55 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 26 | 53 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 43 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 39 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 33 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 33 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 30 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 26 |
| 14 | Köln | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 22 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -15 | 21 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -25 | 19 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -21 | 18 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 35 | -45 | 10 |