It's advantage Bayer Leverkusen so far with their 6th position in the Bundesliga table, welcoming Union Berlin who are placed 8th.
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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.
Berlin are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Bayer Leverkusen have collected 28 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 8-4-4. Leverkusen are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
An away draw last time out for Leverkusen, facing Werder Bremen in a game that ended 0-0. Before that, Leverkusen had a home game versus Eintracht Frankfurt which ended with a victory 3-1.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Leverkusen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won four matches, drawn one and lost two.
Goals decide football matches and Leverkusen are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 16 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Union Berlin form and stats
As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Union Berlin have produced an overall stat of 4-5-7 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Berlin have lost on their last two travels.
Berlin play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Wolfsburg (placed 3rd). A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Werder Bremen.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Union Berlin playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, zero draws and one home win.
The visiting Berlin have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Union Berlin struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Union Berlin - Leverkusen 1-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Leverkusen victories, zero draws and one Union Berlin win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 11 goals |   M. Kruse 10 goals |  L. Bailey Butler 9 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Union Berlin missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 51 | 33 | 16 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 47 |
| 35 | 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | 41 |
| 88% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 72% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | 81% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | 50% |
| 25% | 38% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 31% |
| 12% | 19% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 6% | 9% |
| 56% | 81% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | 66% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 22% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 31% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 14.4 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.1 | 11.2 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 39% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | 38% |
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 92 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 52 | 74 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 29 | 64 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 60 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 69 | 44 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 58 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 62 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 56 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 51 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 46 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 46 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 42 |
| 10 | Freiburg | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -1 | 41 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -16 | 35 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | -17 | 33 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -17 | 31 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 30 |
| 17 | Köln | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 29 | -24 | 29 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 80 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 51 | -60 | 13 |
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