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Bayer Leverkusen and Hertha Berlin face BayArena in a 17-round Bundesliga match. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the home team, which in the last 4 matches won 3 and drew 1. Indeed, in the last match at this stage, for the Bundesliga on 30-04-2016, Bayer Leverkusen won by ( 2-1). The goals of the match were marked by J. Brandt (2 ‘) and L. Bender (16’) for Bayer Leverkusen and V. Ibišević (21 ‘) for Hertha Berlin.
Bayer Leverkusen
After 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, the home team is in 9th place, having won 21 points. In the last match, they drew 1-1 with Cologne (1-1), having lost at home in a game against Ingolstadt by (1-2). The team arrives at this meeting after a home win with Bochum by (2-1). For the championship, Bayer Leverkusen won 11 points in 24 chances, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 8 games he played in his stadium. In their home league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-1 (3 out of 8 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches in this competition. This is a team that scored few times first and they only managed to open the scoring in 4 of their last 16 Bundesliga matches, of those 4 reached the break in lead in 3 and won in the late 90 ‘in 3. In 16 games in this competition , Only got 3 turns on the board in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Bayer Leverkusen have been underperforming in the German Championship and are in the middle of the qualifying table with 44% of the points played and it is worth 6 points behind the qualifying zone for the next Europa League. The team scored 23 goals, being the seventh best attack of the competition, and conceded 24 goals, having the tenth defense less leaked and these figures demonstrate that it is necessary to adjust both the offensive and the defensive system to be able to fight in the upper part of the classification. Playing at home, as his match on Sunday, Bayer Leverkusen has 46% and averages of 1.50 goals scored and 1.50 goals conceded, which shows that fairly high scoreboards usually take place at his stadium. Overall, the team tends to score more often in the second half, as 16 of the 23 goals came in the second stage, especially in the 75-90 minutes with 9 goals.
Hertha Berlin
The visiting team is currently in 3rd place with 30 points, after 9 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, lost out to RB Leipzig by (2-0). In the last match, won at home to Darmstadt 98 by (2-0). In the last game that played, for the Friendly, won the Poblense away by (0-1). Hertha Berlin has won 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats in the last eight games, having won 9 points out of 24. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 1-0, which occurred in 3 of his 8 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their games away to this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 5 of the last 8 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 16 games for the Bundesliga, suffered the first goal 6 times but managed to turn the score in 2.
Hertha Berlin have been making a great German Championship and are among the first placed to take advantage of 63% of the points played so far and it is worth mentioning that it is in the zone of classification for the next Champions League of Europe. The team scored 24 goals, being the sixth best attack of the competition, and conceded 16 goals, having the fifth defense less leaked and these figures show good balance between the offensive and defensive sectors, but still it is necessary to evolve a little in both to maintain Among the first placed. Playing away from home, as her match on Sunday, Hertha Berlin has 38% and averages of 1.12 goals scored and 1.50 goals conceded. In general, the team usually scores more in the second half, with 16 of the 24 goals in the second stage, especially in the 60-75 minutes with 9 goals.
Prediction: Leverkusen Win @ 1.87