Both sides are in good shape, Bayer 04 Leverkusen enjoying a 3 point lead on RB Leipzig in the standings. Bring it on!
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have not yet lost a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for RB Leipzig and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
RB Leipzig form and stats
This stadium, Red Bull Arena, has been a fortress for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-0-1. RB Leipzig has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Red Bull Arena. We remember; it was Bayern München.
Leipzig are returning here after visiting Club Brugge in a Champions League game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Christopher Nkunku (2), Emil Forsberg (2) and André Silva scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, RB Leipzig played a great game against Club Brugge and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Emil Forsberg was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.72 (out of ten) in that game. Forsberg scored two goals, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Heartbreak before that as Leipzig lost 0-2 at Hoffenheim's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does RB Leipzig handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and zero defeats.
Leipzig always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Red Bull Arena with 20 goals in 6 league games. Leipzig's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. Two points from the last two away games for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Impressive finishing from Robert Andrich (2) and Moussa Diaby secured the home win 3-2 against Celtic in their previous game. Florian Wirtz, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.55. Wirtz hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Bochum.We have checked recent matches where Bayer 04 Leverkusen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 15 goals in 6 league games away this season. As opposed to that, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Leipzig won five games, four matches ended in a draw and Bayer 04 Leverkusen got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  P. Schick 8 goals |   C. Nkunku 5 goals |  E. Forsberg 4 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
| RB Leipzig | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 25 |
| 13 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 33% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 58% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.1 | 16.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.7 | 12.5 |
| 5.9 | 7.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 32% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 45% | 38% |
| 11.5 | 9.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14 | 15 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
- All of Bayer 04 Leverkusen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of RB Leipzig's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have not yet lost a game away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RB Leipzig have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- RB Leipzig have scored in all their home matches so far.
- RB Leipzig have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- RB Leipzig 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 | Bayern München | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | FC Union Berlin | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Hoffenheim | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Köln | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Bochum | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 24 | -25 | 1 |