Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th November 2023

The Bundesliga game at PreZero Arena this coming Saturday sees visitors Bayer Leverkusen facing home side Hoffenheim.

Sitting top of the table, Bayer Leverkusen claimed 25 points after nine rounds, while Hoffenheim have amassed 18 points. This ranks the latter as number six in the Bundesliga before the next round.

Hoffenheim enter the match against Bayer Leverkusen hoping to gain some ground on the latter in Bundesliga standings. A positive result could prove pivotal to their upcoming challenges this season.

Hoffenheim scored 21 goals, conceded 17, and pulled off one clean sheet in their past ten matches.

Bayer Leverkusen average 2.7 goals per game, scoring 27 times, while conceding 11. That makes an average of 1.1 per game, with clean sheet in three as well in their previous ten matches.

Hoffenheim lost to 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 3-0 win, which Hoffenheim dished out the match before that.

Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

Hoffenheim Form

Showing inconsistent form, Hoffenheim lost two of their past three matches, going down 1-3 against Eintracht, before beating VfB Stuttgart 2-3. The joy was short-lived, as B. Dortmund proved too strong in a 1-0 defeat. Hoffenheim won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga, while also drawing zero. They suffered three defeats, while they scored 13 and conceded 12 goals.

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Qarabag FK got left behind in a 5-1 win, before Freiburg got hammered in a 2-1 victory. Sandhausen was the most recent victim in a 2-5 win for Bayer Leverkusen. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, Bayer Leverkusen have three wins, they've drawn two and lost one one. They scored 11 while also conceding seven times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.

Bookmakers have Bayer Leverkusen down as rather big favourites for the win against Hoffenheim. While the hosts will obviously come out fighting, we still think the visitors will prevail in the end.

Hoffenheim won two matches, scored nine goals and conceded 11 in their last five games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. This earned them six points. Hoffenheim are yet to play a draw this season, in stead recording six wins and three defeats in the Bundesliga. Bayer Leverkusen put eight wins, one draw and zero defeats on the board in the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Squads

Hoffenheim Squad

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

Luca Philipp (0/0), Nahuel Noll (0/0), Oliver Baumann (0/9), Attila Szalai (0/3), John Anthony Brooks (1/9), Joshua Quarshie (0/0), Kasim Adams (0/0), Kevin Akpoguma (0/5), Kevin Vogt (0/9), Ozan Kabak (1/6), Pavel Kaderabek (1/7), Stanley N'Soki (0/1), Anton Stach (0/8), Bambase Conte (0/0), Dennis Geiger (0/0), Diadie Samassekou (0/0), Finn Becker (0/6), Florian Grillitsch (1/8), Grischa Proemel (2/9), Marco John (0/0), Robert Skov (2/8), Tom Bischof (0/5), Umut Tohumcu (0/1), Andrej Kramaric (4/6), Ihlas Bebou (0/7), Julian Justvan (0/2), Marius Buelter (1/9), Maximilian Beier (6/9), Mergim Berisha (0/7), Wout Weghorst (1/7).

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Below is the full team squad of Bayer Leverkusen. The manager Alonso will pick his starting XI against Hoffenheim from these players:

Lukas Hradecky (0/9), Matej Kovar (0/0), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Alex Grimaldo (3/9), Arthur (0/2), Edmond Tapsoba (0/9), Jeremie Frimpong (3/9), Jonathan Tah (2/9), Josip Stanisic (0/4), Noah Mbamba (0/1), Odilon Kossounou (0/9), Piero Hincapie (0/4), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (0/0), Ayman Aourir (0/0), Exequiel Palacios (2/9), Florian Wirtz (2/9), Granit Xhaka (0/9), Gustavo Puerta (0/2), Jonas Hofmann (5/9), Nadiem Amiri (0/4), Nathan Tella (0/5), Robert Andrich (0/6), Adam Hlozek (1/8), Amine Adli (1/6), Patrik Schick (0/1), Victor Okoh Boniface (7/9).

Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Team News

Hoffenheim could have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their match at home with Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.

Robert Skov, Pavel Kaderabek, Florian Grillitsch, Marco John, Florian Grillitsch and Dennis Geiger are missing from the squad, Hoffenheim will field against Bayer Leverkusenthis coming Saturday.

Before their next match against Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen have four players on their list of injured and absent on Saturday.

Names like Edmond Tapsoba, Patrik Schick, Ayman Aourir and Arthur most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen H2H

Hoffenheim lost to 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 3-0 win, which Hoffenheim dished out the match before that. Despite a 3-1 win to Bayer Leverkusen in their recent match, the last ten encounters have seen the two teams equally paired with Hoffenheim winning four and Bayer Leverkusen taking three wins. The bookies best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 8/13.

Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Results

In seven of the previous ten matches between Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen both teams scored.

Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Jonas Hofmann scored four goals in six Bundesliga games for Bayer Leverkusen. This took his total for the season up to five goals scored in Bundesliga. Maximilian Beier is the man to point out for the home side, scoring four times in six Bundesliga outings.

PreZero Arena witnessed Hoffenheim winning four times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing one and losing five as well. Bayer Leverkusen claimed seven wins, one draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away. Bayer Leverkusen should be able to score at least once on Saturday, as Hoffenheim failed in keeping a single clean sheet in the last 10 outings at PreZero Arena. The visitors managed three clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in the ten encounters most recent outings between Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen. More than three goals came out eight times, as Hoffenheim scored 1.9 goals on average, with Bayer Leverkusen pulling off 1.6 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals paid out in eight of Hoffenheim’s ten most recent home matches across the tournaments, and they scored an two goals on average in the process. Over 2.5 goals happened in ten of the last ten games for Bayer Leverkusen, who managed to hit the net 3.2 times on average in these games.