Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th April 2023

by Bob Maplewood at 11:55am on Fri 2nd February 2024

Wolfsburg go up against Bayer Leverkusen at Volkswagen Arena on Sunday in a thrilling Bundesliga match.

On the back of their current form, Bayer Leverkusen are favoured to keep their momentum going against Wolfsburg. They have been able to string together a series of good results and will be eager not to let that slip away.

Wolfsburg are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 11 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.1 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 16 goals, or an average of 1.6 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Bayer Leverkusen scored 21 goals, conceded 13 and held on for a clean sheet in one of their last ten matches.

It finished 2-2 when Wolfsburg last played Bayer Leverkusen and the best betting odds on yet another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 13/5.

Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

Wolfsburg Form

Judging by their last three matches, we can expect a bit of everything from Wolfsburg at the moment. Against VfB Stuttgart, they came out on top in a 0-1 win, before drawing 2-2 against Augsburg. Most recently, they were left reeling in a 2-0 defeat against B. M'gladbach. Wolfsburg just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Bundesliga matches at the Volkswagen Arena. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored 13 and conceded 12 goals.

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen claimed seven points from their last nine available, as the won by 0-3 and 3-1 against Schalke 04 and Eintracht, respectively. Last time out, Union St.Gilloise ended up stealing a point in a 1-1 draw. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, Bayer Leverkusen won four, as they've also drawn and lost once, scoring 13 while also conceding seven times.

Both Wolfsburg and visitors Bayer Leverkusen seem to struggle just a wee bit much right now, with keeping a clean sheet. We go out on a limb here and suggest that, both teams will find the back of the net.

Wolfsburg have taken 15 points from their last 12 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They won four of these matches with a scoreline of 19 goals to 18. Bayer Leverkusen took 14 points from their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They won four, scored 21 goals and conceded 25. Wolfsburg show off a record of ten wins, nine draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayer Leverkusen put 13 wins, four draws and ten defeats on the board in the Bundesliga.

Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Stats

Wolfsburg have not lost 11 of the last 13 home matches
Wolfsburg have scored in 11 of the last 12 home matches
In 6 of the last 7 Wolfsburg home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
In 6 of the last 8 home matches Wolfsburg played, both teams scored
Wolfsburg have not won 9 of the last 11 matches

Bayer Leverkusen have scored in the last 12 matches in a row
Bayer Leverkusen have won the last 7 matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
Bayer Leverkusen have won the last 7 matches in a row
Bayer Leverkusen have not lost the last 9 matches in a row
Bayer Leverkusen have won 5 of the last 6 away matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals

Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Squads

Wolfsburg Squad

Kovac 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):

Koen Casteels (0/27), Lino Kasten (0/0), Niklas Klinger (0/0), Pavao Pervan (0/0), Philipp Schulze (0/0), Kilian Fischer (0/7), Maxence Lacroix (1/21), Micky van de Ven (1/27), Nicolas Cozza (0/1), Paulo Silva (0/24), Sebastiaan Bornauw (0/19), Bartol Franjic (0/5), Felix Nmecha (3/23), Jakub Kaminski (1/24), Josuha Guilavogui (1/16), Kevin Paredes (1/18), Leandro Putaro (0/0), Lukas Ambros (0/1), Mattias Svanberg (2/25), Maximilian Arnold (5/26), Patrick Wimmer (3/19), Ridle Baku (5/26), Yannick Gerhardt (6/22), Dzenan Pejcinovic (0/0), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (2/13), Jonas Wind (4/17), Lukas Nmecha (4/16), Omar Marmoush (5/26).

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 41 year-old Bayer Leverkusen manager Alonso will select his starting XI from these players:

Andrey Lunev (0/1), Lukas Hradecky (0/26), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Patrick Pentz (0/0), Daley Sinkgraven (0/12), Edmond Tapsoba (1/27), Jeremie Frimpong (8/27), Jonathan Tah (1/26), Mitchel Bakker (3/22), Noah Mbamba (0/0), Odilon Kossounou (0/21), Piero Hincapie (1/24), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (0/10), Ayman Azhil (0/0), Exequiel Palacios (3/21), Florian Wirtz (1/11), Joshua Eze (0/0), Kerem Demirbay (3/21), Nadiem Amiri (3/19), Robert Andrich (2/25), Adam Hlozek (4/22), Amine Adli (3/19), Callum Hudson-Odoi (0/14), Karim Bellarabi (0/6), Moussa Diaby (9/26), Patrik Schick (3/14), Sardar Azmoun (4/16).

Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Team News

Wolfsburg are as close to an entire squad as they can with only one player unavailable for the side which faces Bayer Leverkusen.

Wolfsburg are unable to field Lukas Nmecha on Sunday against Bayer Leverkusen, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Bayer Leverkusen face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Sunday against Wolfsburg.

Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Joshua Eze and Patrik Schick all face a spell on the sidelines for Bayer Leverkusen due to various injuries.

Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Sunday. Wolfsburg have a 40% win rate in the against Bayer Leverkusen, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 4-2-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Results

Both teams found the back of the net four times in the last ten matches between Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen.

Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Yannick Gerhardt found the back of the net two times in the previous six Bundesliga games for Wolfsburg, who won't mind him striking again on Sunday. Punters will also be looking for Sardar Azmoun to keep his current streak of four goals in his last six Bundesliga games going for Bayer Leverkusen.

Wolfsburg claimed all three points four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing four along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Bayer Leverkusen won seven of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing two in this series of matches. Of the last 10 times Wolfsburg stepped out in front of their home crowd, "both teams to score" happened six times. Both teams also scored in five of the last 10 away games for Bayer Leverkusen.

Wolfsburg managed an average of 1.3 goals in the past ten encounters against Bayer Leverkusen, who scored 1.3 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened five times, while both teams scored four times. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Wolfsburg, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Bayer Leverkusen's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.4 goals in these matches.

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Tips

BTTS: Yes

It seems both Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg have some issues concerning their defence, as they seem to find themselves on the receiving end a bit too often lately. We believe the trend continues this coming Sunday, and we are rooting for goals.

Bayer Leverkusen to win

Form favours Bayer Leverkusen for the win a little more than prices with the bookmakers suggests. Even playing on home soil, the bookmakers have placed a little too much faith in Wolfsburg, and we aim for the away win.