Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th November 2024

When Bayer Leverkusen come to Alte Foersterei for the Bundesliga match this coming Saturday, Union Berlin will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Placed tenth in the table Union Berlin have amassed 16 points after 11 matches. On 20 points, Bayer Leverkusen rank fourth with 11 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 are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net eight times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.8 goals per game, as they conceded eight goals. They managed four clean sheets in these matches.

Bayer Leverkusen scored 23 goals, conceded 16 and held on for a clean sheet in one of their last ten matches.

Bayer Leverkusen beat Union Berlin twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 1-0 and 4-0, respectively.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

Union Berlin Form

In their last three matches, Union Berlin lost 3-0 against Bayern Munich, drew 0-0 with Freiburg, before losing to Wolfsburg by 1-0. Union Berlin won four of their past six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga, where they also drew twice and went undefeated. They scored eight goals and conceded four times.

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 Bochum, before downing first FC Heidenheim by 5-2, then Salzburg in a 5-0 win. Bayer Leverkusen managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Bundesliga away matches, in which they scored 16 while also conceding seven times. They also experienced three draws and zero defeats.

Bayer Leverkusen could find it tough to break down the defensive barriers put up by Union Berlin at Alte Foersterei this coming Saturday. The home side doesn't score much themselves, though, and we aim for the under 2.5 goals betting market.

Union Berlin fought their way to one wins and five points from their last five games against teams inside the top six. They were on target three times in these matches, but also let in six goals. Bayer Leverkusen earned two wins and eight points in their last seven games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They scored eight and conceded seven goals in these. Union Berlin are looking at a record of four wins, four draws and three defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayer Leverkusen are looking at five wins, five draws and one defeat in the Bundesliga.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Squads

Union Berlin Squad

Svensson 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):

Alexander Schwolow (0/0), Carl Klaus (0/0), Frederik Roennow (0/11), Yannic Stein (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/9), Danilho Doekhi (0/11), Diogo Leite (0/11), Jerome Roussillon (0/1), Kevin Vogt (1/11), Oluwaseun Ogbemudia (0/0), Tom Rothe (2/8), Aljoscha Kemlein (1/7), Andras Schafer (0/9), Janik Haberer (0/10), Josip Juranovic (0/0), Laszlo Benes (1/8), Leopold Querfeld (0/9), Lucas Tousart (0/2), Rani Khedira (0/11), Robert Skov (0/4), Tim Skarke (0/10), Woo-Yeong Jeong (1/10), Andrej Ilic (0/0), Benedict Hollerbach (2/11), David Preu (0/0), Ivan Prtajin (0/0), Jordan Pefok (0/11), Kevin Volland (0/0), Yorbe Vertessen (1/11).

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Bayer Leverkusen players that the manager Xabi Alonso will choose from for the upcoming game:

Lukas Hradecky (0/10), Matej Kovar (0/1), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Alejandro Grimaldo (1/11), Arthur (0/2), Edmond Tapsoba (0/11), Jeanuel Belocian (0/2), Jeremie Frimpong (1/11), Jonathan Tah (1/11), Nordi Mukiele (0/3), Piero Hincapie (1/11), Sadik Fofana (0/0), Aleix Garcia (0/9), Exequiel Palacios (1/5), Florian Wirtz (4/11), Granit Xhaka (2/11), Jonas Hofmann (1/4), Matija Marsenic (0/0), Nathan Tella (0/7), Robert Andrich (2/9), Amine Adli (0/7), Ken Izekor (0/0), Martin Terrier (1/9), Patrik Schick (4/9), Victor Okoh Boniface (6/10).

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. Kevin Volland gets a day off from the Union Berlin squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Bayer Leverkusen just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Union Berlin at the Alte Foersterei.

Victor Okoh Boniface is too injured to face Bayer Leverkusen.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen H2H

Bayer Leverkusen got the better of Union Berlin in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 1-0 and 4-0, respectively. Bayer Leverkusen seem to have a bit of a love affair with Union Berlin, as they have beaten them five times in last ten encounters. The bookies have Bayer Leverkusen to win this match at best price odds of 3/4.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Results

At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in the last ten matches between Bayer Leverkusen and Union Berlin. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 1/1 with the bookies.

Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Bundesliga, Kevin Vogt will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Bayer Leverkusen hope Patrik Schick can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of four Bundesliga goals in his last six Bundesliga games.

Union Berlin claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in five of the games, whilst losing two. Bayer Leverkusen won four of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost two of the games in this run. Goals are flowing freely for Union Berlin on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Bayer Leverkusen''s last 10 league games away from home.

Under 2.5 goals happened four times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Union Berlin managed an average of 0.7 goals, with Bayer Leverkusen averaging 1.9 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Union Berlin’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Bayer Leverkusen, who scored 2.1 times on average in these matches.