Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd September 2024

The new Bundesliga season continues this coming Sunday with Bayer Leverkusen taking on Wolfsburg at BayArena. The reigning champions look to make home advantage to help get their title defence off to a solid start.

Wolfsburg could be excused for feeling a little down on their luck, as they find themselves on the 12th place in the league table with meagre three points as three rounds of the season are behind us. The opponents Bayer Leverkusen have fought their way to six points which leaves them sitting 5th in the Bundesliga table.

Wolfsburg could be excused for feeling a little down on their luck, as they find themselves on the 12th place in the league table with meagre three points as three rounds of the season are behind us. The opponents Bayer Leverkusen have fought their way to six points which leaves them sitting 5th in the Bundesliga table.

The last time Bayer Leverkusen played Wolfsburg, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win this coming Sunday.

Bayer Leverkusen arrive at their next Bundesliga match, averaging a sensational three goals per game in their last ten matches in which, they scored a delicious total of 30 goals, while also conceding 11. That amounts to an average of 1.1 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Wolfsburg scored 13 goals, conceded 17 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Bayer Leverkusen go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-1 and 2-0 the last two times they played Wolfsburg.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg Prediction

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against RB Leipzig, they were left empty-handed in a 2-3 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Hoffenheim in a 1-4 win. They followed that up with a 0-4 win against Feyenoord in their most recent outing. Bayer Leverkusen won four of their previous six Bundesliga games at the BayArena. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded seven and scored 15 goals.

Bayer Leverkusen ran away with the title last season and naturally enter the new campaign as favourites to repeat the feat. A strong start to the season could lay the foundations.

Wolfsburg Form

In their previous three outings, Wolfsburg lost 2-3 against Bayern Munich, beat Holstein Kiel 0-2 and lost 1-2 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Wolfsburg won half their previous six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as seeing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored six goals whilst conceding eight.

A second place finish is the absolute minimum Bayer Leverkusen should achieve this coming season where the main target is of course the title.

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 Wolfsburg.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg Squads

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

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

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

Wolfsburg Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Wolfsburg players that the manager Ralph Hasenhuettl will choose from for the upcoming game:

Kamil Grabara (0/3), Marius Mueller (0/0), Niklas Klinger (0/0), Pavao Pervan (0/0), Cedric Zesiger (0/3), David Odogu (0/0), Denis Vavro (0/0), Joakim Maehle (0/0), Kilian Fischer (0/3), Konstantinos Koulierakis (0/1), Manuel Braun (0/0), Mathys Angely (0/0), Rogerio (0/0), Sebastiaan Bornauw (1/3), Aster Vranckx (0/1), Bence Dardai (0/1), Bennit Broeger (0/0), Jakub Kaminski (0/3), Kevin Paredes (0/0), Lovro Majer (2/2), Mattias Svanberg (0/3), Maximilian Arnold (1/3), Patrick Wimmer (0/3), Ridle Baku (1/3), Salih Oezcan (0/2), Yannick Gerhardt (0/2), Bartosz Bialek (0/0), Jonas Wind (0/3), Kevin Behrens (0/2), Lukas Nmecha (0/0), Mohamed Amoura (0/1), Tiago Tomas (0/3).

Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg Team News

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

Bayer Leverkusen are unable to field Victor Okoh Boniface on Sunday against Wolfsburg, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg H2H

Bayer Leverkusen won the last two meetings against Wolfsburg, as they followed up a 2-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-0 score. Bayer Leverkusen have a 40% win rate against Wolfsburg, who won three of these matches. The total record reads 4-3-3, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Bayer Leverkusen took on Wolfsburg. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 7/4 with the bookies.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg Betting Tips

It is the beginning of a new Bundesliga campaign, and both Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Bayer Leverkusen claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing four along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Wolfsburg won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four 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 seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened four times for Wolfsburg 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 Wolfsburg as under 2.5 goals happened three times. Bayer Leverkusen scored an average of 1.1 goals a game, with Wolfsburg averaging one goal in this run. Bayer Leverkusen saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Wolfsburg, who scored 1.6 times on average in these matches.