Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg: Preview and Prediction

Bayer Leverkusen host Wolfsburg at Bay Arena in their bid to boost their chances for next season’s Champions League competition.

Bayer Leverkusen are 6th in the Bundesliga table with 42 points, and are just 2 points below 4th placed Schalke 04. Wolfsburg are having a fluctuating form this season and they are 8th in league table, they are still hopeful of a spot in next season’s Europa League by finishing strong in remainder of their matches.

Form Comparison

Leverkusen have seen three defeats in their last six games, won two and drew one while Wolfsburg have lost two of their last six games, won two and drew two.

Both teams have scored same amount of goals, 39 in this Bundesliga season, but Wolfsburg have conceded a goal (34) more than Leverkusen (33).

Bayer Leverkusen: Team News

Hakan Calhanoglu should be fit to play this game whereas Charles Aranguiz, Serbastian Boenisch Kevin Kampl, Papadopoulos and Omar Toprak are ruled due to injury.

Bayer Leverkusen: Expected Starting Line-up (4-4-2)

Leno – Henrichs, Tah, Ramalho, Wendell – Bellarabi, Kramar, Yurchenko, Brandt- Chicharito,Kiessling

Wolfsburg: Team News

Ricardo Rodriguez has abdominal issues while Daniel Caligiuri, Naldo, Paul Seguin, Diego Benaglio, Bas Dost and Sebastian Jung will miss the match due to injury.

Wolfsburg: Expected Starting Line-up (4-3-1-2)

Casteels – Dante, Knoche, Schafer, Vieininha – Gustavo, Gilavogui, Caligiuri – Arnold, Schurrle, Kruse.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg: Head-To-Head Stats

• Bayern Leverkusen have lost only 1 home game against Wolfsburg at Bay Arena, with 13 wins out of 18 matches played at their home ground.
• Wolfsburg have won their last 4 matches against Leverkusen in all competitions and they have scored at least 2 goals in those 4 matches.
• There has been over 2.5 goals in 14 of their last 15 encounters regardless of the venue and tournament.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg: Prediction

The game could go either way given that the two teams involved were  form. (Best bet; any side wins)

The game is expected to witness over 2.5 goals as games between this two sides recently have always witnessed lots of goals.


Bundesliga 2015-2016: Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg, Preview, Prediction & Predicted Lineup

Champions League hopeful teams Bayer 04 Leverkusen (12-9-6, 42 points) and VfL Wolfsburg (10-9-8, 38 points) are scheduled to meet in a 2015-2016 Bundesliga season contest at the BayArena on Friday, April 1st.

Bayer is currently on a two-game winning streak and settling in the sixth spot of the league table, only two points behind fourth-running FC Schalke 04, who is temporarily holding the fourth and last UEFA Champions League berth for next season's premier continental competitions.

If Roger Schmidt's boys could pull off a victory against Wolfsburg and Schalke drops their game against Ingolstadt on Saturday, then Bayer will overtake Die Knappen for fourth place.

The Leverkusen residents are coming off a 2-0 blanking of middling club VfB Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on March 20th to pull off their second consecutive win and third straight unbeaten game, as per Four Four Two.

Teenage winger Julian Brandt opened the scoring at the 11th minute of the match and then followed-up by a goal from midfielder Karim Bellarabi four minutes into the second half to complete Bayer's two-goal performance against Die Schwaben.

Meanwhile, Wolfsburg settled to a 1-1 draw with newly-promoted side SV Darmstadt 98 at the Volkswagen Arena on March 19th, as reported by ESPN.

The two teams went scoreless for much of the game until Die Lilien forward Sandro Wagner broke the deadlock eight minutes before the full time whistle with a left-footed shot from the center box off an assist by midfielder Marcel Heller.

Die Wölfe was able to equalize the count during stoppage time when forward Andre Schurrle also made a left-footed strike from outside the box from a cross by striker Max Kruse.

The tie gave the two squads a point in the overall standings, which is a crucial one for both sides as Dieter Hecking's team drew closer to a chance at a Champions League berth while Darmstadt was able to avoid the bottom three relegation zone, climbing one point above it.

The predicted result is a 2-0 win for Bayer Leverkusen.

Bayer Leverkusen starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Leno; Henrichs, Tah, Ramalho, Wendell; Bellarabi, Kramer, Yurchenko, Brandt; Hernandez, Kiessling

Wolfsburg starting lineup (4-3-1-2 formation): Casteels; Vieirinha, Knoche, Dante, Schafer; Guilavogui, Gustavo, Caligiuri; Arnold; Schurrle, Kruse