Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th September 2026

As the early season favourites, Bayer Leverkusen will look to justify their title credentials this coming Saturday when they take on Union Berlin for a round 2 match in the Bundesliga.

A glance at the Bundesliga table reveals that the current difference between the teams is one points and seven places.

Bayer Leverkusen will be hopeful of getting on the board after an unlucky opening game to the new Bundesliga campaign which left them empty-handed.

Nobody likes to be on the losing side, especially so early into a new season. Bayer Leverkusen and Union Berlin are no exception in this respect. Both teams are eager to improve from last term, leading us to expect an exciting affair at BayArena.

Bayer Leverkusen show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.2 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 22 goals, whilst they allowed 18 goals against, for an average of 1.8 per outing. They pulled off one clean sheets.

Union Berlin travel to their next away match this coming Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 17 goals, whilst shipping 19 goals against. An average of 1.9 goals against a game. They hung on to two clean sheets in this streak.

Bayer Leverkusen lost to 1-0 Union Berlin in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 2-0 win, which Bayer Leverkusen dished out the match before that.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin Prediction

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen went through their last three matches with a 1-1 draw against Hamburger SV, a 0-4 win against Wehen Wiesbaden and a 3-2 defeat against Elversberg. Bayer Leverkusen managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Bundesliga. In the remaining four, they drew three and lost one, as they scored 14 and conceded nine goals.

Union Berlin Form

Union Berlin recorded a draw and two wins, as the won by 4-0 and 2-4 against Augsburg and Eintracht Braunschweig, respectively. Last time out, Eintracht Frankfurt ended their streak as the match finished even 3-3. Union Berlin 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 12 goals conceded and six 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 Union Berlin.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin Squads

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Carles Martinez will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Union Berlin from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Janis Blaswich (0/0), Mark Flekken (0/1), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Arthur (0/0), Axel Tape (0/0), Edmond Tapsoba (0/1), Facundo Medina (0/1), Jarell Quansah (0/1), Jeanuel Belocian (0/0), Loic Bade (0/1), Lucas Vazquez (0/1), Miguel Gutierrez (0/1), Tim Oermann (0/0), Aleix Garcia (0/1), Equi Fernandez (0/1), Ibrahim Maza (0/1), Jonas Hofmann (0/1), Kennet Eichhorn (0/0), Malik Tillman (0/1), Naba Mensah (0/0), Nathan Tella (0/0), Robert Andrich (0/0), Afonso Moreira (0/1), Aleksa Damjanovic (0/0), Christian Kofane (1/1), Eliesse Ben Seghir (0/0), Martin Terrier (0/0), Montrell Culbreath (0/0), Ndjicoura Bomba (0/0), Patrik Schick (1/1), Victor Okoh Boniface (0/1).

Union Berlin Squad

Here is the full team squad of Union Berlin. The 50 year-old Mauro Lustrinelli will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Carl Klaus (0/0), Frederik Roennow (0/0), Matheo Raab (0/1), Andrik Markgraf (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/0), Derrick Koehn (0/1), Felix Uduokhai (0/0), Marvin Friedrich (0/0), Oluwaseun Ogbemudia (0/0), Stanley N'Soki (0/0), Tom Rothe (0/1), Zeno Van Den Bosch (0/1), Aljoscha Kemlein (0/1), Andras Schafer (0/1), Janik Haberer (0/1), Josip Juranovic (0/1), Julien Friedrich (0/0), Leopold Querfeld (1/1), Linus Guether (0/0), Michel Aebischer (0/1), Oliver Burke (0/0), Rani Khedira (0/1), Robert Skov (0/0), Tim Skarke (1/1), Woo-Yeong Jeong (0/1), Andrej Ilic (0/0), Emmanuel Latte Lath (1/1), Ilyas Ansah (0/0), Livan Burcu (0/1), Marin Ljubicic (0/1), Mekhi Gray (0/0).

Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin Team News

Bayer Leverkusen have an almost full squad available against Union Berlin at BayArena with only one player possibly missing.

Sidelined with an injury, Bayer Leverkusen can't field Victor Okoh Boniface on Saturday against Union Berlin.

Union Berlin seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to BayArena to face Bayer Leverkusen. Tom Rothe is ineligible for selection in the Union Berlin squad, as he is suspended.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin H2H

Bayer Leverkusen lost to 1-0 Union Berlin in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 2-0 win, which Bayer Leverkusen dished out the match before that. Bayer Leverkusen tend to have the upper hand against Union Berlin, grabbing all three points five times in ten matches. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 11/23.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin Results

Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Union Berlin come visiting Bayer Leverkusen. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet seven times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 5/4 with the bookies.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin Betting Tips

Patrik Schick has seven strikes in six Bundesliga matches for Bayer Leverkusen, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Union Berlin. The visitors are looking to Andrej Ilic, who has provided his team with three Bundesliga goals.

In their last 10 matches at BayArena across all tournaments Bayer Leverkusen won five times, drew three and lost two times. Union Berlin claimed four wins, two draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. 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 seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened eight times for Union Berlin in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between Bayer Leverkusen and Union Berlin as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Bayer Leverkusen scored an average of 1.7 goals a game, with Union Berlin averaging 0.5 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of Bayer Leverkusen’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.9 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Union Berlin, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.8 times goals per game themselves.