Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-03-16 14:30.
[p]Freiburg were unceremoniously dumped out of Europe in midweek as they suffered a heavy 5-0 defeat in London against West Ham. Christian Streich’s men must now use the bitter taste of that set back to spur their pursuit of a European return through their league position, although they entered this round seven points adrift of the top-six.[/p]
[p]A visit from rampant league leaders Bayer Leverkusen is sure to get the pulses racing in the Black Forest, and a return of eight unbeaten games across the last ten home H2Hs suggests that Streich’s men can hold their own (W3, D5). Even so, their current three-game winless run of home league games is their worst in one season since a five-game sequence between September and December 2020. [/p]
[p]After a club record 36 unbeaten competitive games across 2023/24, it looked for all the money that Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen were going to be toppled by Qarabağ in midweek. That is until they scored twice in stoppage time to win 3-2 to secure a place in the Europa League quarter finals. After that drama, attention swiftly turns back to the matter of the Meisterschale, with Leverkusen acutely aware that 15 points from the final nine games will be enough to break Bayern’s 11-year stranglehold on the division.[/p]
[p]From those 37 unbeaten competitive fixtures so far this season, 25 have come in the Bundesliga, helping them accumulate a 67-point haul that can only be bettered by the Bayern side of 2013/14 (71). Playing away from home shouldn’t be an issue for Leverkusen either, who head here on the back of five straight away league wins, one more of which will set a new club record. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Freiburg’s Vincenzo Grifo often plays a huge part in any success against Leverkusen, with an impressive return of ten goal contributions across his 13 league meetings against them (G3, A7). As for Leverkusen, Jeremie Frimpong scored his third consecutive team opener in their midweek European effort, with his last two in the league coming away from home. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Leverkusen’s opponents have received a red card in four of their last five competitive matches. [/p]