📏 Form Guide

Hamburg

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Hamburg will be looking for an improved result here after a 1-2 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against RB Leipzig.

In that game, Hamburg managed 42% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Hamburg was Vieira (22'). For their opponents, RB Leipzig had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Cardoso (36') and Yan Diomande (50') scored for RB Leipzig.

Merlin Polzin's Hamburg have netted 8 times in their preceding 6 outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 5.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Hamburg:

• are winless against Bayer Leverkusen in their last 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.

Bayer Leverkusen

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In the game prior to this, Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga tie with Mainz.

In that match, Bayer Leverkusen had 66% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Bayer Leverkusen was Jarell Quansah (88'). At the other end, Mainz 05 got 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Sheraldo Becker (67') was the scorer for Mainz.

A series of dependable displays by the Bayer Leverkusen defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their last 6 fixtures in total. In that period of time, their forwards have scored 8.

Going into this one, Bayer Leverkusen are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 17/10/2015 shows us that Hamburg have won 1 of these games & Bayer Leverkusen 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

An aggregate of 12 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 3 for Hamburg and 9 coming from Leverkusen. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league contest featuring the two was Bundesliga match day 23 on 17/02/2018 which finished with the scoreline of Hamburg 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen.

In that game, Hamburg had 48% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was André Hahn (70').

Bayer Leverkusen got 16 shots at goal with 5 on target. Leon Bailey (40') and Kai Havertz (50') scored.

The referee was Felix Brych.

🗞️ Team News: Hamburg

Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Nicolás Capaldo (Injury to abdominal muscles) and Albert Grønbaek (Hamstring injury) will not be able to play for Hamburg manager Merlin Polzin. Miro Muheim cannot play in this game through suspension.

We are thinking that Hamburg may well employ a 3-4-3 formation in the match, beginning the first half with D. Heuer Fernandes, Warmed Omari, Luka Vuskovic, Daniel Elfadli, Bakery Jatta, Fabio Vieira, Nicolai Remberg, G. Gocholeishvili, R. Koenigsdoerffer, Damion Downs and Rayan Philippe.

📰 Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

We are inclined to think that Leverkusen seem likely to make use of a 3-4-2-1 formation, choosing Janis Blaswich, Jarell Quansah, Robert Andrich, Edmond Tapsoba, Montrell Culbreath, Exequiel Palacios, Aleix Garcia, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ibrahim Maza, Martin Terrier and Christian Kofane.

✨ Prediction

We believe that Hamburg could find themselves struggling to get anything against this Bayer Leverkusen lineup who we think will likely be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We’re therefore anticipating a highly competitive game with a 0-1 victory for Bayer Leverkusen at the conclusion of the game.

It should be a good one.

Renata Leite, 19:05 04/03/2026