📏 Form Guide
Bayer Leverkusen WLWWLW
Bayer Leverkusen will be looking for another win after the 0-1 Champions League victory versus Benfica.
In that match, Bayer Leverkusen had 47% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Bayer Leverkusen was Patrik Schick (65'). On the other side, Benfica had 21 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.
Fixtures involving Bayer Leverkusen have tended to be lively affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past six clashes alone, a grand total of 29 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 4.83 goals per game) with 14 of them accredited to Bayer Leverkusen.
Going into this one, Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.
Heidenheim WLDLLD
In the game prior to this, Heidenheim drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga match with Eintracht Frankfurt.
In that match, Heidenheim had 28% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Heidenheim was Budu Zivzivadze (32'). At the other end, Eintracht Frankfurt had 16 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Rasmus Kristensen (55') was the scorer for Eintracht Frankfurt.
The stats tell the story, and Heidenheim have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. At the back, Heidenheim have some weaknesses to address. We will have to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.
Coming into this clash, Heidenheim are without a win away from home in their last 4 league matches.
↔️ Head to head
The last league fixture featuring the two was Bundesliga match day 28 on 05/04/2025 and the score finished Heidenheim 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen.
On that day, Heidenheim managed 48% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
For their opponents, Bayer Leverkusen had 6 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Emiliano Buendía (91') scored.
The match was refereed by Tobias Stieler.
🗞️ Team News: Bayer Leverkusen
The Bayer Leverkusen manager Kasper Hjulmand will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from.
It seems likely that Leverkusen will possibly use the 3-4-2-1 formation for this one, utilising Mark Flekken, Jarell Quansah, Loic Bade, Edmond Tapsoba, Arthur, Robert Andrich, Aleix Garcia, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jonas Hofmann, Ernest Poku and Patrik Schick.
📰 Team News: Heidenheim
Thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go, the Heidenheim boss Frank Schmidt does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.
It’s our belief that Heidenheim seem most likely to make use of a 4-4-2 system by sending out Diant Ramaj, Omar Traore, Patrick Mainka, Tim Siersleben, Jonas Foehrenbach, Adrian Beck, Julian Niehues, Jan Schoeppner, Arijon Ibrahimovic, Stefan Schimmer and Budu Zivzivadze.
🧠 Prediction
In our opinion, Heidenheim will likely create enough chances to get a goal against this Bayer Leverkusen team, although it might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re tipping a close game with a 2-1 win for Bayer Leverkusen at the end of this one. There looks to be little in this one.