Leverkusen vs Hannover Prediction and Football Tips
Bundesliga football tips – Leverkusen vs Hannover.
Tin Jedvaj, Roberto Hilbert and Bernd Leno are all doubts for the match with Leverkusen manager Roger Schmidt saying all three will be evaluated after their final training session of the week.
Artur Sobiech and Andre Hoffmann will miss this fixture through injury where Salif Sané is absent through suspension.
Probable Line-ups
Leverkusen: 4-2-3-1 Formation: Leno – Hilbert, Papadopoulos , Toprak, Wendell – Castro, Bender – Bellarabi, Calhanoglu, Son – Kießling
Hannover: 4-1-4-1 Formation: Zieler – Sakai, Marcelo, Felipe, Schulz – Schmiedebach – Briand, Stindl, Kiyotake, Prib – Joselu
- Leverkusen have won 7, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Hannover have won 1, drawn 4 and lost 5 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Leverkusen have scored an average of 1.8 goals and conceded an average of 0.4
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Hannover have scored an average of 1.3 goals and conceded an average of 1.7
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Leverkusen’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Hannover’s previous 10 matches
- Hannover are without a win in their last twelve Bundesliga matches against Leverkusen
Leverkusen know that a win in this game will take them level on points with 3rd place Gladbach for the Champions League group qualification spot. This will be a key target for Leverkusen as 4th place gets entered to the qualification rounds prior to the group stages. Roger Schmidt has admitted finishing third is Leverkusen’s key priority in the league currently.
Hannover boss Tayfun Korkut has challenged his Hannover side to take the game to Leverkusen and cause a shock in their fight to stay in the Bundesliga. Hannover are currently one place and two points above Paderborn who occupy the relegation playoff spot and know that all of their remaining six fixtures are vital for the clubs top flight status.
Leverkusen are strong favourites for this fixture and it is easy to see why. There is a big gap in quality between the two teams and this is backed up by Leverkusen being unbeaten against Hannover in twelve Bundesliga fixtures. I feel this will be a fairly comfortable game for Leverkusen and struggle to see what areas of the field Hannover will cause problems in.
We say: Leverkusen win with -1 handicap at 10/11 with Bet365
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Written by Harry Watkins