Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-04-11 13:30.
[p]Just six games remain in this Bundesliga season and Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen may require near-perfection if they are to maintain hopes of overtaking Bayern Munich and defending their title. Keeping the gap to six points with a 91st-minute winner against Heidenheim last weekend, Die Werkself can provisionally halve the deficit to Bayern with a victory here. [/p]
[p]That will be the expectation for hot favourites Leverkusen, who have dropped just two points this season at home to teams beginning this round of Bundesliga fixtures 12th or lower, despite failing to keep a clean sheet in any of those games (W5, D1). Alonso also remains unbeaten in all of his managerial matches against Union Berlin (W4, D1), having only gone longer without losing against three other sides during his career to date. [/p]
[p]Taking a huge step towards guaranteed safety after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Wolfsburg stretched their unbeaten league run to four games (W3, D1) last weekend, Union arrive here 11 points clear of the bottom three. Boss Steffen Baumgart has a huge job on his hands here to improve on his largely unsuccessful managerial record against Leverkusen (W2, D1, L5), although he did win on two of his last three personal away H2Hs (L1).[/p]
[p]Baumgart may be quietly confident of earning another noteworthy win after turning Union’s away form around in his short time in charge, as they had endured a seven-game losing run on the road before posting victories in three of their last four trips (L1). Further fuelling the fire of belief may be the fact that Die Eisernen have avoided defeat on their travels against three of the Bundesliga’s top five this season, and only Mainz have won more often as betting outsiders in the division this term than Union (W5, D4, L8). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Emiliano BuendĂa got off the mark for Leverkusen with their winner last weekend, meaning that his last three senior goals have all come after the 80th minute. Benedict Hollerbach enters this match having scored Union’s only goal in two of their last three encounters, yet just two of his 13 strikes for the club have come away from home. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Leverkusen have scored four goals after the 85th minute across their last three Bundesliga games. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]