Hamburger SV-Bayer Leverkusen betting preview

Hamburger SV-Bayer Leverkusen betting preview

The seemingly easy, early fixture against Hamburger offers Bayer Leverkusen another chance to come out of their prolonged slump. The team has stopped its freefall in the league with a win and a draw towards the end of March. Their 10 games in February and March have produced just 11 points. As a result, they lost their second position in the league and are struggling to keep even the current fourth position.

 

The good news for them is Hamburger’s form. If there are any worst strugglers than them in the league, it would be the Hamburg outfit, which is fighting an increasingly difficult-looking relegation battle.

 

The fourth position in the Bundesliga offers the team a chance to play in the Champions League qualifying stage. That is why Wolfsburg, Borussia Monchengladbach and Mainz too eagerly eye the fourth position currently held by Leverkusen. It would be disastrous for Bayer Leverkusen, who for most of the season appeared to have been settled for the second place in the league, if they cannot manage a European league berth. Wolfsburg are just a point behind, while Borussia Monchengladbach and Mainz are three and four points behind, respectively.

 

Hamburger are second from last. Unless the team does something miraculous, such as beating Leverkusen, they will find themselves relegated at the end of the season. Defence is their pressing issue. They have conceded 59 goals, the second most by any team in the league.

 

And the recent H2H history is against them too. They could not win against Leverkusen in the last nine games, spread over five years.

 

Leverkusen’s attacking lynchpins Stefan Kießling and Heung-Min Son have shown signs of coming back into form in the last two games. The team would want them in full flow against the porous Hamburg defence.

 

Scoring goals has not been a problem for Hamburg. Pierre-Michel Lasogga and Rafael Van der Vaart have combined well in the season. The problem usually is that they concede more goals than they score.

Hamburger SV-Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

Leverkusen will win unless they have a real off day.

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