German giants Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich will face off in their next game in the Bundesliga, with Leverkusen hosting the clash at the BayArena. Going into this game, Bayer Leverkusen have 34 points and are in ninth place while Bayern Munich have 52 points at the top of the league standings. Bayer Leverkusen are coming from a winning away outing in Hungary against Ferencvaros in the Europa League. The 2-0 win was their fourth straight victory and they come here unbeaten in their last six matches. In the last 10 matches, they have scored two or more goals in eight, and only failed to score in one. Six of Bayer Leverkusen’s last 10 matches have produced over 2.5 goals and both teams have scored in three of their last five matches. In their last nine home matches in the league, Bayer Leverkusen have two losses but they’ve scored two or more in four of their last five league games at home.
Bayern Munich are also coming from a good run, winning all of their last four matches. The champions are coming from a 5-3 win over Augsburg at home. That was the fifth straight game in which they scored at least two goals and four of their last five matches have produced over 2.5 goals. Bayern Munich have managed two clean sheets in their last five matches and they’ve conceded at least two goals in two. In Bundesliga action, Bayern Munich have three straight wins coming into this game but they have registered just one clean sheet in their last four league games. Both sides have scored in Bayern Munich’s last four away matches in the Bundesliga. In the last meeting between these two sides, Bayern Munich won 4-0 for their seventh unbeaten game against Bayer Leverkusen.
Looking at the last five matches, Bayer Leverkusen are coming into this game with a better run than Bayern Munich, which doesn’t happen so often, and thus they will be seeking to extend it. Bayern Munich have however dominated matches against Bayer Leverkusen and in their form, they will target extending that. These two sides have had high scoring games, a trend we expect to continue here. In the Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich game we will back the away team to win and both teams to score.