Bundesliga (Germany) WON 2–1
Sun, Oct 18 · 15:30 · BayArena
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Bayer Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg — Bundesliga
Tipster's pick Under 4.5 Goals
Confidence Low
Odds 1.28 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Bayer Leverkusen Host Top Placed Freiburg

Bayer Leverkusen sit fourth after five games while SC Freiburg lead the table on thirteen points. Both sides remain unbeaten with four wins and one draw each from their opening fixtures. Leverkusen average three goals scored at the BayArena yet have kept a clean sheet in every home match so far. Freiburg score at a rate of one point five goals on the road and concede just one per away game. Head to head meetings have produced three or more goals in eight of the last ten encounters but rarely climb beyond four. Leverkusen will look to press high against Freiburg’s organised midfield three while the visitors aim to hit on quick transitions. The main risk lies in whether either attack finds an extra gear late on.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
2–1 WON

Our pick “Under 4.5 Goals” at odds 1.28 won — final score 2–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Derry Lionel Scherhant assist Philipp Treu 14'
  3. Ibrahim Maza assist Patrik Schick 19'
  4. Philipp Treu 39'
  5. Second half
  6. Nathan Tella ↓ Afonso Moreira 59'
  7. Lukas Kübler ↓ Philipp Treu 64'
  8. Lucas Höler ↓ Keisuke Goto 65'
  9. Malik Tillman ↓ Moussa Diaby 73'
  10. Patrik Schick assist Ibrahim Maza 76'
  11. Patrick Osterhage ↓ Yannick Engelhardt 77'
  12. Cyriaque Irié ↓ Jan-Niklas Beste 77'
  13. Jonas Hofmann ↓ Ibrahim Maza 84'
  14. Vincenzo Grifo ↓ Derry Lionel Scherhant 89'
This season
Bayer Leverkusen SC Freiburg
Over 2.5 goals 80% 80%
Clean sheet 40% 40%
Failed to score 0% 0%
Scored per game 2.8 2.8
Conceded per game 1.6 0.8
Scored home / away 3.0 / 2.7 3.7 / 1.5

Across 5 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 SCF SC Freiburg ▲ 5 4 1 0 13
2 BOR Borussia Dortmund 5 4 1 0 13
3 BAY Bayern München 5 3 2 0 11
4 BAY Bayer Leverkusen ▲ 5 3 1 1 10
5 RBL RB Leipzig 5 3 0 2 9
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Bayer Leverkusen WDWWW
W vs Union Berlin 4–0 Sep 5
D @ FC Augsburg 2–2 Sep 12
W vs Celje 2–0 Sep 16
W vs RB Leipzig 2–0 Sep 20
W @ FSV Mainz 05 4–3 Oct 10
SC Freiburg WWDWW
W @ SC Paderborn 07 1–0 Sep 5
W vs Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–0 Sep 12
D @ Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Sep 19
W vs FC Luzern 4–2 Oct 3
W vs FC Schalke 04 2–1 Oct 11
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Bayer Leverkusen
Scored 2.8 avg
4 2 2 2 4
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 2 0 0 3
SC Freiburg
Scored 2.8 avg
1 5 2 4 2
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 0 2 2 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
5 Bayer Leverkusen
3 Draws
2 SC Freiburg
Mar 2026 SC Freiburg 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen Draw
Oct 2025 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 SC Freiburg Bayer Leverkusen
May 2025 SC Freiburg 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen Draw
Dec 2024 Bayer Leverkusen 5–1 SC Freiburg Bayer Leverkusen
Mar 2024 SC Freiburg 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen

Over 2.5 goals in 8 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Bayer Leverkusen 4-2-3-1
  • 1 M. Flekken G
  • 4 J. Quansah D
  • 12 E. Tapsoba D
  • 2 F. Medina D
  • 3 Miguel Gutiérrez D
  • 24 Aleix García M
  • 6 E. Fernández M
  • 19 M. Diaby F
  • 30 I. Maza M
  • 9 Afonso Moreira F
  • 14 P. Schick F
Bench R. Andrich, J. Blaswich, V. Boniface, J. Hofmann, L. Badé, Lucas Vázquez, T. Oermann, N. Tella, M. Tillman

Carles Martínez

SC Freiburg 4-2-3-1
  • 1 M. Backhaus G
  • 29 P. Treu D
  • 28 M. Ginter D
  • 3 P. Lienhart D
  • 33 J. Makengo D
  • 8 M. Eggestein M
  • 16 Y. Engelhardt M
  • 19 J. Beste D
  • 42 K. Goto F
  • 7 D. Scherhant F
  • 31 I. Matanović F
Bench C. Günter, L. Höler, Cyriaque Kalou Irié, L. Kübler, F. Müller, P. Osterhage, M. Rosenfelder, R. Yamamoto, V. Grifo

J. Schuster

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Bayer Leverkusen
  • OUT E. Ben Seghir Muscle Injury
  • OUT G. Doue Calf Injury
  • OUT K. Eichhorn Illness
  • OUT C. Kofane Muscle Injury
  • OUT M. Terrier Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT M. Culbreath Foot Injury
  • OUT E. Ben Seghir Muscle Injury
  • OUT G. Doue Calf Injury
  • OUT K. Eichhorn Illness
  • OUT C. Kofane Muscle Injury
  • OUT M. Terrier Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT M. Culbreath Foot Injury
SC Freiburg
  • OUT Y. Suzuki Red Card
  • DOUBT B. Yilmaz Lacking Match Fitness
  • OUT Y. Suzuki Red Card
  • DOUBT B. Yilmaz Lacking Match Fitness