Leverkusen – Freiburg

The visitors will not be "whipping boys" in Leverkusen

Leverkusen club, which failed at the start of last season, made the right conclusions at the beginning of the current Bundesliga draw. Not only Bayer has not lost a single official meeting in the German championship, only victories "pharmacists" pleased their fans in the German Cup and Europa League. The first place in the elite German division is a natural outcome of the confident game of Alonso's wards in August-October 2023. Freiburg played very honourably last season, playing on three football fronts, only at the end of the championship missed a ticket to the Champions League. The team started the current year worse, but so far has lost only to strong teams both in the national and European arenas. Bookmakers have identified the home team as the favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.28 on their victory. In the off-season Bayer spent quite an active transfer campaign. Grimaldo, Boniface, Dzaka, Hofmann and Arthur were added to the squad. Moussa Diaby, who moved to London West Ham for 55 million euros, as well as Demirbay, Bakker and Paulinho left the "pharmacists". The transfer policy proved successful and turned out to be three wins over Leipzig, Borussia Gladbach and Darmstadt 98. In the fourth game of the Bundesliga, the players of Leverkusen shone with their willpower in Munich and got back in extra time with a draw against Bayern. It turned out that the draw with the champion was the only loss of points for the Pharmacists by the end of October. The game in Munich was followed by seven consecutive victories for Bayer in the Bundesliga and Europa League. Bookmakers offered odds on Freiburg before the game, as if it was a clear outsider in the Bundesliga. However, out of twelve official matches this season, Streich's team have won seven, losing only to Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, West Ham United and Stuttgart. Freiburg lost 0-5 to the latter at a time when it was still unclear what kind of power Ghirassi and company represented. There is logic in another defeat to the favourite, but the visitors can perform quite well.