RB Leipzig vs Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Bayer 04 Leverkusen are without a win in five Bundesliga games against RB Leipzig (D3, L2), their longest ongoing wait against any current BL side. However, each of the last three meetings have ended 1-1.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have only won one of their nine Bundesliga games against RB Leipzig. Their win percentage (11%) and points per game average (0.78) against Leipzig are both lower then versus any other side in the BL.
Even though Leipzig (3-2 in Mainz) and Leverkusen (1-0 in Wolfsburg) both lost last time out, the sides are going into a Bundesliga meeting both in the top three for the first time ever.
RB Leipzig have conceded eight goals in their last four Bundesliga games, which is only one goal fewer than they let in across the opening 14 matchdays this season. Nevertheless, Leipzig have only conceded a league-low 17 goals, closely followed by Leverkusen (18).
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have taken just four points from their last six games (W1, D1, L4). They last had a such a low return from a six-game run inside one season at the end of 2016/17 (3 points).
After the 3-2 defeat in Mainz, Leipzig could now lose two consecutive Bundesliga games for the first time since April 2017. In the games straight after a defeat since then, they’ve recorded eight wins and four draws.
Leipzig are currently top of the home form table with 22 points from their nine matches at the Red Bull Arena so far this season. On the other hand, only Bayern (19 points from 9 games) have a better away record than Leverkusen (17 points from 9 games, same as Stuttgart).
RB Leipzig have only won one of their last 11 Bundesliga games against sides that went into that matchday in the top three. The only exception was the 2-0 win over Augsburg on matchday 4 of this season (otherwise D7, L3).
Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz has only failed to beat two of the 23 sides he has faced as a coach in the Bundesliga: Bayer 04 Leverkusen (D1) and RB Leipzig (D3, L2).
RB Leipzig’s Emil Forsberg scored his side’s only goal of the game last time out against Leverkusen. Overall, he’s netted four times against Bayer 04 – more than versus any other team.
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