Leverkusen vs Schalke: Preview and Predictions

Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke 04
German Bundesliga
Date: Friday, 28th April 2017
Kick-off at 19:30 UK/ 20:30 CET
Venue: BayArena.

Two vulnerable giants of the German football will take on each other in the opening game of the Matchday No 31 in Bundesliga on Friday evening at BayArena.

Bayer Leverkusen will be desperate to end the negative streak and pick up the victory. Every other scenario could likely get them involved in the relegation scrap in the final four rounds of the competition.

Bayer Leverkusen

The team led by Tayfun Korkut saw signs of better days when they took a 0-2 away win at the rock-bottomed Darmstadt 98, but Bayer struggled a lot to find the back of the net in the following fixtures.

The hosts notched only a single goal in last three league outings (in the last weekend’s away loss at Augsburg).

Bayer are thus now only four points away from the danger area.

Schalke 04

Die Konigsblauen are in a somewhat better position being two points above Leverkusen.

However, it has still been far from a solid season for the visitors who, truth be told, struggled a lot with the injury trouble since the very start of their Bundesliga campaign.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke 04: Head to head

Bayer have been much more successful of the two teams in head to head meetings as they lead the head to head tie by 13 victories ahead of their 67th meeting with Schalke.

The domination has been especially notable in the most recent period as Bayer took four wind and played a draw in last five encounters with Die Konigsblauen.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke 04: Prediction

The head to head stats would point out on the home win, but we just don’t want to risk our money on a side that has won only a single of their last 11 outings in all competitions.

We’ll rather chase the value and go for a draw, while BTTS does not look as a bad call either since both teams are desperate at the back.