Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st February 2026

Union Berlin enjoy home advantage, when visitors Bayer Leverkusen swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Placed tenth in the table Union Berlin have amassed 25 points after 22 matches. On 39 points, Bayer Leverkusen rank sixth with 22 matches played this season.

Union Berlin are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Bayer Leverkusen but odds don't favour them to pull it off.

Union Berlin only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded 18 for an average of 1.8 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Bayer Leverkusen travel to their next away match on Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 16 goals, whilst shipping 12 goals against. An average of 1.2 goals against a game. They hung on to three clean sheets in this streak.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Bayer Leverkusen came away as 2-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Saturday.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

Union Berlin Form

Only a single draw prevents Union Berlin from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 3-1 defeat against Hoffenheim, before drawing 1-1 with Eintracht Frankfurt. They came up empty-handed once again when Hamburger SV ran out as 3-2 winners. Union Berlin just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Bundesliga matches at the Alte Foersterei. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded 11 goals.

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen look well suited to take on any opponent as their last three matches ended with a draw and two wins. They started off drawing 1-1 with Borussia Moenchengladbach, before downing first St. Pauli by 4-0, then Olympiacos in a 0-2 win. Bayer Leverkusen won half their previous six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored ten goals whilst conceding seven.

Bookmakers rate the match more or less equal, but Union Berlin have looked a little shaky recently. We believe, it could be optimal time for Bayer Leverkusen to visit Alte Foersterei, and we back them for a good result.

Union Berlin won three matches, scored 18 goals and conceded 27 in their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. This earned them 14 points. Bayer Leverkusen won four of their last nine matches against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table, scoring 14 and conceding 15 goals. They collected 12 points from these. Union Berlin have a record of six wins, seven draws and nine defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayer Leverkusen enjoy a record of 12 wins, three draws and six defeats in the Bundesliga.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Squads

Union Berlin Squad

Baumgart will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Bayer Leverkusen from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Carl Klaus (0/0), Frederik Roennow (0/22), Matheo Raab (0/0), Andrik Markgraf (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/19), Danilho Doekhi (4/22), Derrick Koehn (0/20), Diogo Leite (0/16), Stanley N'Soki (1/7), Tom Rothe (1/12), Alex Kral (0/13), Aljoscha Kemlein (0/20), Andras Schafer (1/18), Janik Haberer (0/19), Josip Juranovic (0/5), Leopold Querfeld (2/22), Oliver Burke (4/20), Rani Khedira (4/21), Robert Skov (0/3), Tim Skarke (1/13), Woo-Yeong Jeong (2/20), Andrej Ilic (1/21), David Preu (0/0), Dmytro Bogdanov (0/0), Ilyas Ansah (5/22), Livan Burcu (0/9).

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Here is the full team squad of Bayer Leverkusen. The 53 year-old Kasper Hjulmand will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Janis Blaswich (0/5), Jesper Schlich (0/0), Jonas Omlin (0/0), Mark Flekken (0/17), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Alejandro Grimaldo (5/17), Arthur (1/14), Axel Tape-Kobrissa (0/5), Edmond Tapsoba (4/17), Issa Traore (0/0), Jarell Quansah (2/18), Loic Bade (0/18), Lucas Vazquez (1/8), Tim Oermann (0/0), Aleix Garcia (1/21), Equi Fernandez (0/11), Exequiel Palacios (0/6), Ibrahim Maza (2/15), Jonas Hofmann (2/18), Malik Tillman (4/17), Nathan Tella (0/10), Robert Andrich (1/20), Christian Kofane (3/18), Eliesse Ben Seghir (0/7), Ernest Poku (5/19), Martin Terrier (3/12), Montrell Culbreath (1/1), Patrik Schick (7/17).

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Team News

Union Berlin are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Bayer Leverkusen. There is no need for Tom Rothe to show up in the Union Berlin dressing room, as he is suspended.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen H2H

The last time the pair played each other Bayer Leverkusen came away as 2-0 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind on Saturday. All in all, Bayer Leverkusen have a fine reading on Union Berlin in previous seasons with a 5-5-0 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Bayer Leverkusen to win this match at best price odds of 16/11.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Results

Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Bayer Leverkusen come visiting Union Berlin. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 21/20 with the bookies.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Leopold Querfeld is showing good form for Union Berlin, scoring two goals in their last six matches. Alejandro Grimaldo scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Union Berlin claimed three wins, drew four and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Bayer Leverkusen won six, drew one and lost three of their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Union Berlin on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in eight of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened four times for Bayer Leverkusen in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between Union Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Union Berlin scored an average of 0.5 goals a game, with Bayer Leverkusen averaging 1.8 goals in this run. Union Berlin saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Bayer Leverkusen, who managed to score 1.8 times in those matches.