The league table in Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Bayer Leverkusen leading Fortuna Dusseldorf by 16 points. Match preview to follow:
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.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Overall Bundesliga stats at home this season for Bayer Leverkusen are 3-4-2 (wins-draw-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Bayer Leverkusen, who won 4-1 against Paderborn (placed 18th). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Mainz 05.
Lukáš Hrádecký loved the game against Paderborn. With a stunning 6 saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-1 victory.
Bayer Leverkusen are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W3-D2-L1.
Bayer Leverkusen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Bayer Leverkusen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fortuna Düsseldorf so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Fortuna Düsseldorf have lost on their last two travels.
Fortuna Düsseldorf failed to get anything from their last game, a Bundesliga home match vs Werder Bremen (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Union Berlin.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Fortuna Düsseldorf played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.
Fortuna Düsseldorf find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. For Fortuna Düsseldorf, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Fortuna Düsseldorf - Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Bayer Leverkusen-Fortuna Düsseldorf H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Bayer Leverkusen 5 wins, Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 wins, 0 draws. 4 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Hennings 11 goals |   K. Volland 7 goals |  L. Alario 5 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 27 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 37 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 56% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 28% | 22% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 33% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 22% | 11% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 28% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 6.4 | 9.7 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 284 | 172 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 101 | 228 |
| 101 | 52 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 33 | 67 |
| 27% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 30% | 27% |
- All of Fortuna Düsseldorf's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayer Leverkusen has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Bayer Leverkusen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bayer Leverkusen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the fewest scored goals (18)
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 40 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 28 | 36 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 36 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 27 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | Köln | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -15 | 20 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -15 | 18 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 17 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -19 | 15 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 12 |