As it stands, both Freiburg and Bayer Leverkusen are fighting their own battles, which coincidentally involve two of Germany’s top teams – Bayern and Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund’s win yesterday puts extra pressure on Freiburg to get a result here if they are to keep their UCL spot. Bayer’s draw against Leipzig has postponed their title celebrations and Leverkusen could make a last-ditch effort for the title here.
SC Freiburg Team News
Dortmund’s 4-0 Saturday win over Wolfsburg has placed the Black-Yellows at 4th for the time being. That win puts extra pressure on Freiburg to achieve a result against Bayer Leverkusen as the team might slip outside of the Bundesliga’s top 4. To Freiburg’s credit, they are in good form, winning their last 3 Bundesliga matches. Their games generally tend to produce a high number of goals, as 4 of their last 5 fixtures passed the 2.5 mark. At Europa-Park Stadion, however, Freiburg has experienced some issues, as evidenced by their neutral statistics here in their last 5 home matches – 2 wins, 2 losses and a draw. Although the tendency for high-scoring games remains here as well.
Bayer Leverkusen Team News
Leverkusen might make a last-ditch effort for the Bundesliga title, although their fate is out of their hands. Even if they do manage to win, it would require that Bayer make wrong turns everywhere in the remaining Bundesliga games. Xabi Alonso’s men are comfortably second and have already secured UCL football next season. Although their form in the Bundesliga is good, Leverkusen’s two recent stalemates with Union Berlin and St. Pauli further distanced them from the title. Interestingly enough, Bayer’s last 4 league matches failed to produce over 2.5 goals, although the team did manage to keep 3 clean sheets out of those fixtures.
Head-to-Head-Games
Bayer Leverkusen have won the last 3 meetings with Freiburg. Four of the last 5 H2H encounters between these two produced games with over 2.5 goals with 3 of those 4 even seeing over 3.5 goals. The last 4 games at Europa-Park Stadion have also been goal-rich with all of them featuring at least 3 goals.
| Rank | Teams | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goal difference | Points | Current form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 55 | WWDWL |
| Rank | Teams | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goal difference | Points | Current form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 69 | DWDLD |
SC Freiburg – Bayer Leverkusen Betting Prediction
I am going with over 2.5 goals here. H2H statistics between Freiburg and Leverkusen heavily point to such an outcome. Moreover, Freiburg’s recent results have frequently featured games with at least 3 goals scored. While the same does not stand true for Leverkusen, I believe that Freiburg’s predicament to look for the 3 points to keep their UCL spot will open up the game quite a bit, and we will see a fixture with plenty of goals.
Betting Tip: Over 2.5 Goals
Bookmaker: Stake
Odds: 1.72
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