Bayer Leverkusen vs Eintracht Frankfurt prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-04-07 13:30.
The international break didn’t slow Bayer Leverkusen’s hot pursuit of the European placings down as they posted a fourth successive league win at Schalke to go just one point behind fifth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt. That’s a stunning resurgence for a side that sat in the relegation zone when Xabi Alonso took charge of the club back in October 2022.
Maintaining momentum with another win will be crucial ahead of Leverkusen’s crunch UEFA Europa League quarter-final match next week, but first on the agenda is to avenge their 5-1 defeat in the reverse fixture. Beyond their fine form, perhaps another sign that Leverkusen can achieve revenge is the fact that their longest current winning home H2H streak versus any opponent is against none other than Frankfurt (W8)!
That’s unsurprisingly also Frankfurt’s longest current away losing run against any opponent and their current five-game winless run of Bundesliga games doesn’t inspire much confidence in them ending that here (D3, L2). The Eagles will at least be buoyed by reaching their first DFB-Pokal semi-final since 2020 with a 2-0 win over Union Berlin in midweek, but anything short of another victory could see them ousted from the top-six.
Achieving such a feat away from home will be especially difficult as Oliver Glasner’s men are currently enduring their longest wait for an away league win (D4, L3) since another seven-game run ending in 2018. A porous backline has played no small part in that rotten travelling record, as no current Bundesliga side has posted a longer active run without an away clean sheet than Frankfurt’s 16 games ahead of this round.
Players to watch: Leverkusen’s dynamic duo of Moussa Diaby and Jeremie Frimpong have combined for eight league goals this season, more than any other two players in the division. As for Frankfurt, Daichi Kamada will hope to end his ten-game scoring drought of competitive club games after hitting two in their 5-1 rout of Leverkusen earlier this season.
Hot stat: Leverkusen have failed to win seven of their nine league games against sides beginning the day above them in the table (W2, D1, L6).