Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th August 2022

Bayer Leverkusen face a daunting first assignment in the Bundesliga when they visit the title favourites Borussia Dortmund on the opening day of the new campaign.

They finished up last season as number 2, and Borussia Dortmund now prepares to take on Bayer Leverkusen. The latter finished as number 3 in the Bundesliga.

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

Borussia Dortmund scored 21 goals, conceded 15, and pulled off three clean sheets in their past ten matches.

Bayer Leverkusen travel to their next away match on Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 17 goals, whilst shipping eight goals against. An average of 0.8 goals against a game. They hung on to three clean sheets in this streak.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen Preview

In their last three outings, Borussia Dortmund won 1-3 against Greuther Fuerth, beat Hertha Berlin by 2-1 and hammered 1860 Munich 0-3. Borussia Dortmund managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga. They drew none though, while losing twice in this series. They scored 19 goals and conceded ten times.

The big goal of the season for Borussia Dortmund is naturally winning the title, and a place inside the top two at least should be possible in the upcoming Bundesliga season.

Bayer Leverkusen won three of a possible six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 13 while also conceding seven times.

Succes in the Bundesliga has always been Bayer Leverkusen's priority and it will once again this season where minimum medals is expected by the supporters

We've thought long and hard which bet offers the best price at the bookies, as the match against Bayer Leverkusen could turn out a bit slippery for Borussia Dortmund. Considering form and strength in squad, we nevertheless ended up siding with the latter on Saturday.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen Stats

Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen Team News

Borussia Dortmund are sweating on the fitness of no less than ten players before their match on Saturday.

Niklas Suele, Tom Rothe, Felix Passlack, Salih Oezcan, Sebastien Haller, Donyell Malen, Giovanni Reyna, Giovanni Reyna, Marius Wolf and Thomas Meunier are missing from the squad, Borussia Dortmund will field against Bayer Leverkusenthis coming Saturday.

Bayer Leverkusen have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match this coming Saturday against Borussia Dortmund.

Amine Adli, Florian Wirtz, Karim Bellarabi, Jonathan Tah, Odilon Kossounou and Sardar Azmoun all face a spell on the sidelines for Bayer Leverkusen due to various injuries.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen H2H

Borussia Dortmund were a little more successful than Bayer Leverkusen in recent meetings, and go into their next encounter with a 6-1-3 advantage. Naturally, betting on Borussia Dortmund has more often than not proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 2.05.

As both teams found their way to the goal eight times in their previous ten matches, betting on BTTS naturally would have been profitable. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 1.36 with the bookies.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Erling Braut Haaland has six strikes in six Bundesliga matches for Borussia Dortmund, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Bayer Leverkusen. The visitors are looking to Patrik Schick, who has provided his team with four Bundesliga goals.

In their last 10 matches at Signal Iduna Park across all tournaments Borussia Dortmund won four times, drew one and lost five times. Bayer Leverkusen claimed four wins, two draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Borussia Dortmund managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the games at Signal Iduna Park, Bayer Leverkusen kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 away games.

Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened eight times. Borussia Dortmund managed an average of 2.9 goals, while Bayer Leverkusen averaged two goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the ten matches across the tournaments for Borussia Dortmund, who scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 2.3 times in those matches.