Bayer Leverkusen vs Werder Bremen prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-03-07 14:30.
[p]After beginning to put the pressure back onto rivals and table-toppers Bayern Munich with back-to-back league wins, Bayer Leverkusen were then taught a lesson by their German counterparts in midweek UEFA Champions League action. A heavy 3-0 defeat at the Allianz Arena in the first leg of their Round of 16 clash has all but ended their hopes in that competition, so boss Xabi Alonso will be hoping to see a response here.[/p]
[p]Werder Bremen are the side tasked with preventing Leverkusen from bouncing back, and the hosts have some added motivation as they seek retribution after frustratingly dropping two points in October’s reverse H2H (2-2). An 11-game unbeaten home league run (W8, D3) suggests retribution is likely, but having dropped the Bundesliga’s third-highest number of points from winning positions this season pre-round (13), they may not be sitting comfortably at any stage of the game. [/p]
[p]To this point, 2025 has made for awful viewing for supporters of Werder Bremen as they’ve now witnessed their side win just one of their ten competitive matches in this calendar year (D2, L7). After crashing out of the DFB-Pokal at the quarter-final stage thanks to an embarrassing 2-1 defeat to third tier Arminia Bielefeld, matters got even worse last weekend as they were again beaten in the Bundesliga, this time 2-1 on home soil by Wolfsburg. [/p]
[p]Having now lost five successive games, manager Ole Werner is now under big pressure to remedy the situation, but doing so against Leverkusen will be tricky, and that’s largely due to the fact that Bremen have only won one of their last 15 competitive H2Hs (D7, L7). Things aren’t guaranteed to improve here, as only Heidenheim and Holstein Kiel have conceded more Bundesliga goals than Bremen this season heading into the weekend’s action (49).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz had one of the best matches of his career in this corresponding fixture last season, netting a hat-trick in a 5-0 victory. Bremen will hope that Jens Stage can regain his goalscoring form here, as each of his five goalscoring appearances this season have provided his side with positive results (W4, D1). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Werder Bremen’s Bundesliga away matches have averaged 3.59 goals in total this season – the second-highest tally in the competition. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans [/i][/p]