Bayern vs Bayer Leverkusen: Betting tips, predictions, odds & match preview

Bayern Munich host Bayer Leverkusen in a Bundesliga showdown on Saturday afternoon.

Bayern vs Bayer Leverkusen: Betting Tips

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Bayern vs Bayer Leverkusen: Predictions

Bayern vs Bayer Leverkusen: Predictions
Bet	Prediction	Best odds
BTTS?	Yes	6/3 with SBK
Correct score	3-1	10/1 with SBK
First Goalscorer	Kingsley Coman	12/1 with Sky Bet

Bayern Munich are eight points clear of Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga table, such a lead has never been squandered by a leader this late into a Bundesliga season since the introduction of the three-point rule. Bayern won their last match 1-0 at Deutsche Bank Park against Eintracht Frankfurt. Leroy Sane came off the bench to net the games only goal. Julian Nagelsmann’s men have been formidable on home soil this season with 10 wins and just two losses across 12 top-flight contests.

As for Bayer, last time out they claimed a 3-0 success over Arminia Bielefeld at home, subsequently placing them in third on 44 points with 10 matches remaining. Leverkusen trail first-placed Bayern by 14 points and lead fifth-placed Freiburg by four for a spot in next season’s Champions League group phase. In league matches away from BayArena this season, Leverkusen have six wins, three draws, and three losses.

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Bayern vs Bayer Leverkusen: Match Stats

After previously suffering two defeats in a row, Bayern have won each of their last four Bundesliga matches against Bayer Leverkusen – the only previous time the Munich side achieved a winning run of 4+ games against the Werkself came between 2005 to 2009 (nine victories at that time). Bayern have also scored in each of their past 31 Bundesliga home games against Bayer (the last time they failed to do so was in a 0-1 loss in October 1989) – only against Hamburg have they managed a longer scoring run at home in their Bundesliga history (39 games since 1979).

Bayer Leverkusen have taken 44 points from their 24 games in this Bundesliga season (same as 2019/20 and 2013/14), the last time they had more at this stage was in 2012/13 (45). Since returning from the winter break, only RB Leipzig have picked up more points (18) than Bayer (16, same as Dortmund, Bayern are on 15 points). Bayer forward Moussa Diaby has been directly involved in at least one goal (seven goals and one assist) across five successive Bundesliga games for the first time in his career. His seven Bundesliga goals in the second half of the season is bettered only by Bayern’s lethal marksman Robert Lewandowski (9).

Bayern vs Bayer Leverkusen: Squawka Says

Scoreline prediction: Bayern 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern vs Bayer Leverkusen: Odds

Bayern vs Bayer Leverkusen: Head to Head

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Bayern have got the better of Leverkusen of late with wins in four straight matches, dating to June 2020. Bayern have outscored Leverkusen 13-4 during their winning streak. When the two sides last met in Bundesliga action, Bayern won 5-1 at BayArena in October. Robert Lewandowski, Serge Gnabry and Thomas Müller all got on the scoresheet for the visitors with Patrik Schick netting the only goal for Leverkusen in the second half.

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