The Bayer Leverkusen & Wolfsburg managers P. Bosz and O. Glasner are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Bundesliga league table.
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- All of Wolfsburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Bayer Leverkusen have collected 15 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 4-3-1.
Leverkusen's last game was hosting Borussia Dortmund (placed 4th) and winning 2-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Union Berlin.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bayer Leverkusen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost two.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Bayer Leverkusen's attacking play is working. 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.
Wolfsburg form and stats
2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Wolfsburg playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Wolfsburg, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Mainz 05 (placed 17th) in the Bundesliga last time out. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs RB Leipzig.
Wolfsburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.
Wolfsburg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Wolfsburg have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Leverkusen and Wolfsburg have met before this season: Wolfsburg - Bayer Leverkusen 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leverkusen five wins, three draws and Wolfsburg two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Weghorst 12 goals |   L. Alario 8 goals |  P. Schick 5 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Wolfsburg missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 59% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 47% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 24% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 65% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 65% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 11% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 13.4 | 13 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 36% | 36% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | 33% |
- All of Wolfsburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wolfsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 14 |
| 16 | Köln | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 12 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 29 | -29 | 7 |