Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich Prediction, Lineups & Odds

By Richard Clarke, Football Analyst | Published: 1 month ago | Last Updated: Mar 12, 02:00 | 4 min read

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Football UEFA Champions League BayArena Wed 12 Mar 03:00

FC Bayern Munich

  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Expect Goals Between Leverkusen and Bayern

Bayer Leverkusen suffered a 3-0 first leg defeat and will aim to bounce back when hosting Bayern Munich in the second leg of this Champions League round of 16 tie.

Leverkusen and Bayern are capable of scoring a combined three goals or more. Therefore, our betting prediction is to back the odds 1.73 when it comes to Over 2.5 Goals in this encounter.

Match Preview & H2H

Bayer Leverkusen lost 2-0 at home to Werder Bremen in their last game. The Werkself boasted 74% possession and had four shots on target in the Bundesliga defeat at BayArena.

Bayern Munich were beaten 3-2 when hosting Bochum in their previous match. Vincent Kompany's team recorded 73% possession and had 5 shots on goal in the Bundesliga match, with Raphael Guerreiro scoring twice for Bayern at Allianz Arena.

Bayern beat Leverkusen 3-0 at home in the first leg, with Bayern enjoying 60% possession and winning the shots on target 6-1. The past 10 H2H matches have witnessed four draws along with three wins each.

Bayer Leverkusen – Last 10 League Games

Leverkusen have 6 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws, averaging 1.8 goals from 5.5 shots on goal and 13.9 attempts. Xabi Alonso's side have averaged 54.5% possession, 532.0 passes and 6.4 corners per match, with their opponents getting 0.9 goals from 4.5 shots on goal, 8.7 attempts and 3.9 corners.

Top goalscorer Patrik Schick has found the net 7 times, with Aleix Garcia, Nathan Tella and Florian Wirtz scoring 2 each. Florian Wirtz is top assists maker with 3, while goalies Lukas Hradecky and Matej Kovar have kept 4 clean sheets between them.

Bayern Munich – Last 10 League Games

Bayern have won 8, lost 1 and drawn 1, with an average of 2.7 goals from 17.4 attempts and 8.0 shots on goal. There’s been an average of 64.2% possession, 675.8 passes, 6.9 corners awarded and 2.6 corners against them, while the Bavarians have conceded 1.0 goals from 7.5 attempts and 2.6 shots on goal.

Harry Kane is top of the team’s scoring charts with 7, while Raphael Guerreiro, Leon Goretzka, Michael Olise and Serge Gnabry have 3. Leroy Sane is top assists provider with 3, while Manuel Neuer has kept 5 clean sheets in the previous 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen confirmed lineup (4-5-1): Lukas Hradecky (GK), Arthur, Jonathan Tah, Mario Hermoso, Piero Hincapie, Jeremie Frimpong, Exequiel Palacios, Granit Xhaka, Aleix Garcia, Alejandro Grimaldo, Patrik Schick.

Bayern Munich confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Jonas Urbig (GK), Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano, Min-Jae Kim, Alphonso Davies, Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich, Michael Olise, Jamal Musiala, Kingsley Coman, Harry Kane.

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Expert Champions League Analysis

We’re keen to follow the latest form and understand any patterns that emerge. The same applies to injuries that could affect key players. Combined with the best stats, there is plenty of information to make a verdict.

Key Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich stats:

  • Leverkusen have scored 2 or more goals in 18 of their 25 Bundesliga matches this season
  • Bayern have scored 2 or more goals in 8 of their past 10 away matches
  • In 16 of the last 20 Bayern matches, there have been Over 2.5 Goals

Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich Prediction

Head to the Total Goals market when it comes to this Champions League clash. Our prediction is Over 2.5 Goals, with the two teams clearly having the potential to score three or more.

Those feeling confident of a goalfest might be interested in the bigger odds about Over 3.5 Goals which means you need four or more being scored.

Our Pick

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Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich Odds

This Champions League match sees Bayer Leverkusen available at 3.00 and Bayern Munich priced at 2.25 for the victory. The bookies have betting odds of 3.60 about the draw.

The Total Goals market reveals that Over 2.5 Goals is the current betting favourite. BTTS Yes is available at 1.62 for anyone expecting Both Teams to Score.

You can find hundreds of markets for every Champions League match, with the leading football betting sites creating lots of different options. Check out the pre-game and In-Play selections before placing your bets.

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Team Stats

Latest Champions League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Bayer Leverkusen logo Bayer Leverkusen Betting Stats

Bayern Munich logo Bayern Munich Betting Stats

Full time Result

  • 14 wins, 3 defeats and 3 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 4 wins, 3 defeats and 3 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 14 wins, 3 defeats and 3 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 7 wins, 1 defeats and 2 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich

Goals / match
1.2 2.6
Conceded / match
1.2 1
Total / match
2.4 3.6

Corners

Corners

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich

For / match
6.8 6.2
Against / match
3 1.8
Total / match
9.8 8

Possession

Possession

Top Scorers & Assists

Top Scorers & Assists

Team News

It’s great to get the latest lineups for the match, with injuries being flagged up thanks to our up-to-date Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich team news.

The Champions League squad information is a great asset when it comes to making your bets.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen Confirmed Lineup 4-5-1

Bayern Munich Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Bayer Leverkusen Confirmed Lineup 4-5-1

1 Lukas Hradecky
13 Arthur 4 Jonathan Tah 5 Mario Hermoso 3 Piero Hincapie
30 Jeremie Frimpong 25 Exequiel Palacios 34 Granit Xhaka 24 Aleix Garcia 20 Alejandro Grimaldo
14 Patrik Schick
40 Jonas Urbig
27 Konrad Laimer 2 Dayot Upamecano 3 Min-Jae Kim 19 Alphonso Davies
8 Leon Goretzka 6 Joshua Kimmich
17 Michael Olise 42 Jamal Musiala 11 Kingsley Coman
9 Harry Kane

Bayern Munich Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes

  • 7Jonas Hofmann
  • 8Robert Andrich
  • 12Edmond Tapsoba
  • 16Emiliano Buendia
  • 17Matej Kovar
  • 19Nathan Tella
  • 21Amine Adli
  • 22Victor Okoh Boniface
  • 36Niklas Lomb

Bayern Munich Substitutes

  • 7Serge Gnabry
  • 10Leroy Sane
  • 15Eric Dier
  • 16Joao Palhinha
  • 18Daniel Peretz
  • 21Hiroki Ito
  • 22Raphael Guerreiro
  • 23Sacha Boey
  • 24Gabriel Vidovic
  • 25Thomas Mueller
  • 26Sven Ulreich
  • 44Josip Stanisic

Previous Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

08 Mar Bundesliga
Leverkusen 0-2 Werder Bremen
06 Mar Champions League
Bayern Munich 3-0 Leverkusen
02 Mar Bundesliga
Frankfurt 1-4 Leverkusen

Previous Bayern Munich Lineups

08 Mar Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 2-3 Bochum
06 Mar Champions League
Bayern Munich 3-0 Leverkusen
01 Mar Bundesliga
Stuttgart 1-3 Bayern Munich

We aim to bring you predicted lineups before the confirmed teams are announced. Get formations and substitutes as part of our Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich lineups service.

Injuries & Suspensions

Bayer Leverkusen Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Martin Terrier Achilles tendon
Jeanuel Belocian ACL injury

Bayern Munich Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Daniel Peretz Abdominal

Team Squads

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Bayern Munich Squad

Before the latest matches, get up-to-date injuries and suspensions news. We have the latest injury news and you can scroll through each list of players.

Get the important stats for every player thanks to our team-by-team squad information.

UEFA FlagTables & Standings

Champions League

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Liverpool 8 7 0 1 17:5 21
2 Barcelona 8 6 1 1 28:13 19
3 Arsenal 8 6 1 1 16:3 19
4 Inter Milan 8 6 1 1 11:1 19
5 Atlético Madrid 8 6 0 2 20:12 18
6 Leverkusen 8 5 1 2 15:7 16
7 Lille 8 5 1 2 17:10 16
8 Aston Villa 8 5 1 2 13:6 16
9 Atalanta 8 4 3 1 20:6 15
10 Dortmund 8 5 0 3 22:12 15
11 Real Madrid 8 5 0 3 20:12 15
12 Bayern Munich 8 5 0 3 20:12 15
13 AC Milan 8 5 0 3 14:11 15
14 PSV 8 4 2 2 16:12 14
15 PSG 8 4 1 3 14:9 13
16 Benfica 8 4 1 3 16:12 13
17 Monaco 8 4 1 3 13:13 13
18 Brest 8 4 1 3 10:11 13
19 Feyenoord 8 4 1 3 18:21 13
20 Juventus 8 3 3 2 9:7 12
21 Celtic 8 3 3 2 13:14 12
22 Man City 8 3 2 3 18:14 11
23 Sporting 8 3 2 3 13:12 11
24 Club Brugge 8 3 2 3 7:11 11
25 Dinamo Zagreb 8 3 2 3 12:19 11
26 Stuttgart 8 3 1 4 13:17 10
27 Sh. Donetsk 8 2 1 5 8:16 7
28 Bologna 8 1 3 4 4:9 6
29 Crvena Zvezda 8 2 0 6 13:22 6
30 Sturm Graz 8 2 0 6 5:14 6
31 Sparta Prague 8 1 1 6 7:21 4
32 RB Leipzig 8 1 0 7 8:15 3
33 Girona 8 1 0 7 5:13 3
34 RB Salzburg 8 1 0 7 5:27 3
35 Slovan Bratislava 8 0 0 8 7:27 0
36 Young Boys 8 0 0 8 3:24 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bayern Munich 4 4 0 0 14:3 12
2 Liverpool 4 4 0 0 10:1 12
3 Arsenal 4 4 0 0 9:0 12
4 Inter Milan 4 4 0 0 9:0 12
5 Leverkusen 4 4 0 0 9:0 12
6 Barcelona 4 3 1 0 14:3 10
7 Lille 4 3 1 0 11:4 10
8 Celtic 4 3 1 0 10:3 10
9 PSV 4 3 1 0 11:5 10
10 Aston Villa 4 3 1 0 7:2 10
11 Dortmund 4 3 0 1 13:5 9
12 Real Madrid 4 3 0 1 14:7 9
13 Monaco 4 3 0 1 10:5 9
14 Atlético Madrid 4 3 0 1 8:6 9
15 AC Milan 4 3 0 1 7:5 9
16 Man City 4 2 2 0 11:4 8
17 PSG 4 2 1 1 7:5 7
18 Sporting 4 2 1 1 8:7 7
19 Brest 4 2 1 1 4:5 7
20 Club Brugge 4 2 1 1 3:4 7
21 Juventus 4 2 0 2 5:4 6
22 Feyenoord 4 2 0 2 8:9 6
23 Sturm Graz 4 2 0 2 2:3 6
24 Sh. Donetsk 4 2 0 2 5:9 6
25 Atalanta 4 1 2 1 7:3 5
26 Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 2 1 4:6 5
27 Benfica 4 1 1 2 9:8 4
28 Stuttgart 4 1 1 2 7:8 4
29 Bologna 4 1 1 2 3:4 4
30 Crvena Zvezda 4 1 0 3 10:11 3
31 Girona 4 1 0 3 5:6 3
32 RB Leipzig 4 1 0 3 6:8 3
33 Sparta Prague 4 1 0 3 4:9 3
34 Slovan Bratislava 4 0 0 4 4:14 0
35 Young Boys 4 0 0 4 1:11 0
36 RB Salzburg 4 0 0 4 1:13 0

2024/2025 Season

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bayern Munich 30 22 6 2 87:29 72
2 Leverkusen 30 18 10 2 64:35 64
3 Frankfurt 30 15 7 8 58:42 52
4 RB Leipzig 30 13 10 7 48:38 49
5 Freiburg 30 14 6 10 43:47 48
6 Mainz 05 30 13 8 9 48:36 47
7 Dortmund 30 13 6 11 57:47 45
8 Werder Bremen 30 13 6 11 48:54 45
9 B. M'gladbach 30 13 5 12 48:46 44
10 Augsburg 30 11 10 9 33:40 43
11 Stuttgart 30 11 8 11 56:50 41
12 Wolfsburg 30 10 9 11 53:47 39
13 Union Berlin 30 9 8 13 30:44 35
14 St. Pauli 30 8 6 16 26:36 30
15 Hoffenheim 30 7 9 14 38:55 30
16 Heidenheim 30 6 4 20 32:60 22
17 Bochum 30 5 5 20 29:62 20
18 Holstein Kiel 30 4 7 19 41:71 19
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bayern Munich 15 12 2 1 48:16 38
2 Leverkusen 15 9 4 2 32:18 31
3 Dortmund 15 9 3 3 37:19 30
4 Frankfurt 15 9 3 3 35:20 30
5 RB Leipzig 15 8 5 2 28:17 29
6 Freiburg 15 9 2 4 29:21 29
7 Mainz 05 15 6 6 3 21:15 24
8 B. M'gladbach 15 7 2 6 25:21 23
9 Augsburg 15 6 5 4 16:15 23
10 Stuttgart 15 6 2 7 31:26 20
11 Union Berlin 15 5 5 5 16:18 20
12 Werder Bremen 15 5 4 6 21:26 19
13 Hoffenheim 15 4 5 6 23:29 17
14 Wolfsburg 15 3 6 6 25:27 15
15 St. Pauli 15 3 5 7 10:16 14
16 Bochum 15 3 3 9 14:28 12
17 Holstein Kiel 15 3 2 10 19:36 11
18 Heidenheim 15 3 1 11 12:29 10

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