Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-05-03 15:30.
[p]With just three games left to play, Freiburg sit in prime position and on the precipice of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. It would be the first time ever that the Black Forest club have appeared in the competition and their prospects were only enhanced further last weekend as they battled to a slender 1-0 victory away to Wolfsburg.[/p]
[p]That win made it three in succession in the Bundesliga, just the second time they’ve strung together 3+ league wins this term. They’ll now look to win successive games at Europa-Park Stadion for the first time since February and beat Bayer Leverkusen in a home fixture for just the second time across their last seven attempts (W1, D3, L3). [/p]
[p]The visitors arrive here looking to deny them that opportunity, and thanks to a routine 2-0 victory over Augsburg last weekend, remain unbeaten across their last six Bundesliga outings (W4, D2). Three clean sheets from the last four of those outings have certainly helped Xabi Alonso’s side, but it’s too little too late as far as their title defence goes, as this weekend is likely to be the one in which Bayern Munich take the Meisterschale back off Leverkusen.[/p]
[p]An indifferent title defence reportedly hasn’t put Real Madrid off Alonso, who has been tipped to take the hot seat once Carlo Ancelotti leaves, but his focus for now will be on finishing the season strongly. Freiburg are perhaps an ideal opponent in that sense then given Alonso boasts a personal unbeaten H2H record (W3, D1) against them since taking the reins at BayArena. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Four of Ritsu Doan’s five Bundesliga home goals for Freiburg this season arrived after half-time, although he netted in the first half of this corresponding fixture last season. Florian Wirtz has remarkably recorded seven goal contributions across his last three H2Hs (G3, A4), including four in the reverse fixture which Leverkusen won 5-1. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Freiburg have committed a league-low 261 fouls in the Bundesliga this campaign. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans[/i][/p]