Leverkusen – Union Berlin

The rivals will exchange goals in Leverkusen

Last season, the rivals for the match in Leverkusen played at different levels. Union Berlin spent the entire championship in the lead and managed to secure a place in the Champions League in very honourable company with Bayern, Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund. Bayer started that championship abysmally and had to equalise the situation in the second half of the season, eventually securing a Europa League spot. In the current Bundesliga season, the teams seem to have swapped places. Union Berlin won two starting rounds, then lost the next eight, which now puts them on the border of the relegation zone. In turn, Bayer scored 28 out of a possible 30 points, taking the rightful place at the head of the standings. Not surprisingly, bookmakers have identified the home team as total favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.27 on their victory. 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-November 2023. Two full days after the European Cup match in Baku, the leader of the German championship will take home Union Berlin, which after eight consecutive defeats in the Bundesliga will snatch points from Bayer with all parts of the body. In addition, the capital club in the middle of the week broke its losing streak in official matches, successfully travelling to Naples. After twelve consecutive defeats, a draw with the Italian champions looks like a victory. It will probably give Union Berlin players confidence in their abilities. Well, and the proximity to the relegation zone for the wards of Urs Fischer will be an additional motivator not to sit in defence in Leverkusen. The rivals have met each other eight times since 2020. On five occasions during this period they have exchanged goals, but the last two duels have seen the opposite results: 5:0 и 0:0. Given the current challenges and the conditions in which the rivals are in for the match in Leverkusen, it is worth betting that the mutual efficiency will return to their relationship.