Bayer Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-03-29 14:30.
[p]Bayer Leverkusenâs fairytale season keeps getting better, with records tumbling left, right and centre. The latest came just before the international break where they recorded their 22nd victory of this Bundesliga campaign, a 3-2 triumph over Freiburg, which set a new club record for top-flight wins in a single season despite there being eight matches left![/p]
[p]That victory extended the German record for consecutive competitive games without a loss to 38 matches (W33, D5), and with 26 of those coming in the league, theyâre fast approaching Bayern Munichâs record of going 28 games at the start of a Bundesliga campaign without defeat. Their exploits until now make lifting their first-ever Meisterschale seem inevitable, especially given that they currently have a ten-point lead over Bayern, a buffer never before overcome at this stage of a season since the âthree-points-for-a-winâ era. [/p]
[p]Despite world footballâs attention being on the home side, there are two teams in every football match and Hoffenheim wonât be heading to the daunting BayArena just to make up the numbers. Pellegrino Matarazzoâs men do arrive a wounded animal though, having lost their last two games while conceding three times in both encounters. [/p]
[p]That forms the tail end of a worrying 22-match run without a clean sheet for Die Kraichgauer (W5, D6, L11), which includes their 3-2 defeat to Leverkusen in November – Matarazzoâs seventh winless meeting with them as a manager (D1, L6). His sideâs form on the road will only add to his worries here, as six losses in their last nine away games (W1, D2) means they could be in for a long afternoon at the league leaders.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Alejandro Grimaldo scored a matchwinning brace in the reverse fixture, the second goal of which has contributed to four of his last five strikes arriving on or after the 50th-minute mark. Also on the scoresheet that day was Hoffenheimâs Wout Weghorst, who could once again be a threat since his four other goals this term have all come on his travels. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Ten of the last 13 H2Hs saw both teams score.[/p]