Bayer Leverkusen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Freiburg.
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!
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
Happy days for Bayer Leverkusen in their previous game, a Bundesliga match away at Wolfsburg (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Atletico Madrid.
Bayer Leverkusen are traveling soon after this match as the Champions League match at Lokomotiv Moskva awaits in three days.
Bayer Leverkusen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BayArena with 9 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Bayer Leverkusen have conceded 7 goals.
Freiburg form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Freiburg playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
Freiburg won their last game, 1-0 versus Eintracht Frankfurt played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Werder Bremen that ended 2-2.
Goalkeeper Mark Flekken was absolutely vital in the Freiburg victory against Eintracht Frankfurt, making 6 saves.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Freiburg are regular goalscorers on their travels. 6 goals have been conceded by Freiburg in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bayer Leverkusen won 4 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Freiburg has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6Top Goalscorers
  N. Petersen 6 goals |   K. Volland 5 goals |  L. Waldschmidt 4 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Freiburg missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 91% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 73% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 27% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 9% |
| 6.5 | 10 | 12 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- All of Freiburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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.
- Freiburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Freiburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Freiburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Freiburg 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 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 21 | -18 | 9 |
| 17 | Köln | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 4 |