Bayer Leverkusen vs St. Pauli Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th December 2024

Bayer Leverkusen are highly favoured to claim a win against St. Pauli, whom they face on Saturday. In their current shape, a win at BayArena seems to be the obvious outcome.

Bayer Leverkusen are number 3 in the table on 23 points after 12 matches. St. Pauli rank as number 15 with 11 points after 12 matches played.

Bayer Leverkusen took down St. Pauli in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Saturday.

Bayer Leverkusen scored 2.3 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 23 times. They conceded 14 goals, an average of 1.4 and pulled off one clean sheets.

St. Pauli scored ten goals, conceded 12 and kept their opponents from scoring four times in ten matches.

Bayer Leverkusen had a good reading on St. Pauli in their last two meetings, which they won by 1-0 and 2-1, respectively.

Bayer Leverkusen vs St. Pauli Prediction

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 5-0 against Salzburg. They went on to defeat Union Berlin 1-2 and made it three on the spin against Bayern Munich in a 0-1 victory. Bayer Leverkusen claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga. They also drew two and lost one, as they scored 15 and conceded 11 goals.

St. Pauli Form

St. Pauli collected one win from their last three matches, as Bayern Munich won by 0-1. Borussia Moenchengladbach were too strong as well, winning 2-0, before St. Pauli won 3-1 against Holstein Kiel. St. Pauli won twice, while also recording zero draws, and four defeats in their last six away matches in the Bundesliga. The scoreline from these matches says eight goals conceded and seven scored.

Anything but a home win would be a stunning result, and we back Bayer Leverkusen not to be stunned, just like we back numerous goals to be scored when they face St. Pauli.

Bayer Leverkusen took 15 points from their last seven encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to four wins after scoring 19 times and conceding 11. St. Pauli won one and claimed four points in their four most recent games against teams inside the top six. They scored four conceded three goals. Bayer Leverkusen lost just once so far this season in the Bundesliga and after 12 games played they recorded six wins and five draws St. Pauli are looking at three wins, two draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga.

Bayer Leverkusen vs St. Pauli Squads

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Xabi Alonso will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against St. Pauli from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Lukas Hradecky (0/11), Matej Kovar (0/1), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Alejandro Grimaldo (1/12), Arthur (0/3), Edmond Tapsoba (0/12), Jeanuel Belocian (0/2), Jeremie Frimpong (2/12), Jonathan Tah (1/12), Nordi Mukiele (0/4), Piero Hincapie (1/12), Sadik Fofana (0/0), Aleix Garcia (0/10), Exequiel Palacios (1/6), Florian Wirtz (4/12), Granit Xhaka (2/12), Jonas Hofmann (1/4), Matija Marsenic (0/0), Nathan Tella (0/8), Robert Andrich (2/10), Amine Adli (0/7), Ken Izekor (0/0), Martin Terrier (1/9), Patrik Schick (5/10), Victor Okoh Boniface (6/10).

St. Pauli Squad

Here is the full team squad of St. Pauli. The 51 year-old Alexander Blessin will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ben Alexander Voll (0/0), Eric Oelschlaegel (0/0), Nikola Vasilj (0/12), Sascha Burchert (0/0), Soeren Ahlers (0/0), Conor Metcalfe (0/4), David Nemeth (0/2), Emil Staugaard (0/0), Eric Smith (1/12), Fin Stevens (0/0), Julien Yanda (0/0), Karol Mets (0/10), Lars Ritzka (0/7), Luca Guenther (0/0), Philipp Treu (0/11), Adam Dzwigala (0/7), Carlo Boukhalfa (1/10), Erik Ahlstrand (0/2), Hauke Wahl (0/12), Jackson Irvine (0/12), Manolis Saliakas (1/11), Robert Wagner (0/8), Scott Banks (0/5), Andreas Albers (1/9), Danel Sinani (0/7), Elias Saad (2/6), Johannes Eggestein (1/12), Maurides (0/0), Morgan Guilavogui (1/11), Oladapo Afolayan (2/12), Simon Zoller (0/0).

Bayer Leverkusen vs St. Pauli Team News

Bayer Leverkusen are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces St. Pauli.

Sidelined with an injury, Bayer Leverkusen can't field Victor Okoh Boniface this coming Saturday against St. Pauli.

Bayer Leverkusen vs St. Pauli Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen vs St. Pauli H2H

Bayer Leverkusen had a good reading on St. Pauli in their last two meetings, which they won by 1-0 and 2-1, respectively. Bayer Leverkusen have a 75% win rate against St. Pauli, who won zero of these matches. The total record reads 3-1-0, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Bayer Leverkusen vs St. Pauli Results

In three of the previous four matches between Bayer Leverkusen and St. Pauli both teams scored.

Bayer Leverkusen vs St. Pauli Betting Tips

Patrik Schick is showing good form for Bayer Leverkusen, scoring five goals in their last six matches. Andreas Albers scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Bayer Leverkusen claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. St. Pauli won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing six in this series of matches. Goals are usually flowing for Bayer Leverkusen on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for St. Pauli in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past four encounters between Bayer Leverkusen and St. Pauli, with Bayer Leverkusen scoring two goals on average per game. St. Pauli averaged one goal, while both teams scored three times. Bayer Leverkusen saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of two goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for St. Pauli, who managed to score 1.1 times in those matches.