Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction, Lineups & Odds

By Daniel Hughes, Football Analyst | Published: 1 month ago | Last Updated: Mar 6, 01:48 | 4 min read

FC Bayern Munich

Football UEFA Champions League Allianz Arena Thu 6 Mar 03:00

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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

Expect a Generous Number of Goals

Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen lock horns in the first leg of this Champions League round of 16 tie at Allianz Arena.

Our betting prediction is to bet on Over 2.5 Goals. This means we need Bayern and Leverkusen to score three or more goals combined, with this available at 1.80.

Match Preview & H2H

Bayern Munich´s previous match was a 3-1 away win against Stuttgart at MHPArena. Vincent Kompany's team had eight shots on target and 48% of possession in the Bundesliga encounter, with Michael Olise, Leon Goretzka and Kingsley Coman on the scoresheet for Bayern.

Bayer Leverkusen beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 on the road in their last game. The Werkself enjoyed 60% possession and recorded eight shots on target, with Nathan Tella, Nordi Mukiele, Patrik Schick and Aleix Garcia finding the net for Leverkusen in the Bundesliga match at Deutsche Bank Park.

In their most recent Champions League games, Bayern drew 1-1 at home with Celtic, while Leverkusen won 2-0 when hosting Sparta Prague.

Leverkusen haven’t lost to Bayern in their past six matches, with their last encounter finishing in a 0-0 Bundesliga draw. The past 10 H2H matches have witnessed four draws along with three wins each.

Bayern Munich – Last 10 League Games

9 wins and 1 draw, averaging 3.0 goals from 8.4 shots on goal and 18.2 attempts. Bayern have had 63.5% possession, 675.1 passes and 6.8 corners per game. On average, the Reds have conceded 0.8 goals from 2.2 shots on goal and 7.1 attempts, while the opposition have been awarded 2.4 corners.

Top goalscorer Harry Kane has found the net 7 times, Leroy Sane 4, with Leon Goretzka and two other players on 3. Leroy Sane, Michael Olise and Joshua Kimmich have the most assists with 3, while goalie Manuel Neuer has recorded 5 clean sheets.

Bayer Leverkusen – Last 10 League Games

Leverkusen have won 7 and drawn 3, with an average of 2.3 goals from 6.3 shots on goal and 14.6 attempts. The North Rhine-Westphalia club have averaged 53.7% possession, 531.5 passes, 5.8 corners awarded and 3.8 corners against, while they’ve conceded 0.8 goals from 4.0 shots on goal and 8.4 attempts.

Patrik Schick is the leading goalscorer with 11, Florian Wirtz has 3, with Aleix Garcia and Nathan Tella getting 2. Florian Wirtz is top assists provider with 6, while Lukas Hradecky and Matej Kovar have collectively recorded 3 clean sheets in the previous 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

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

Bayer Leverkusen confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Matej Kovar (GK), Nordi Mukiele, Jonathan Tah, Mario Hermoso, Piero Hincapie, Granit Xhaka, Exequiel Palacios, Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz, Alejandro Grimaldo, Amine Adli.

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Expert Champions League Analysis

Getting the lowdown on injuries and studying the form guide are important duties ahead of making football picks. We also place great emphasis on the stats and a data-led approach can be effective.

Key Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen stats:

  • In 8 of the last 10 Bayern home matches, there have been Over 2.5 Goals
  • Bayern have scored 2 or more goals in 18 of their 24 Bundesliga matches this season
  • Leverkusen have scored 2 or more goals in 18 of their 24 Bundesliga matches this season
  • In 16 of the 24 Leverkusen Bundesliga matches this season, there have been Over 2.5 Goals

Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

This Champions League clash could be high-scoring and that’s why our prediction is Over 2.5 Goals. Get the Total Goals odds of 1.80 that the two sides score at least three goals between them.

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Our Pick

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Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen Odds

Bayern Munich are the shortest price to win this Champions League game according to the bookies, with the gambling operators giving them a 58% probability due to their 1.73 betting odds. If you’re looking for an alternative angle, Bayer Leverkusen are trading at 4.50.

The Total Goals market reveals that Over 2.5 Goals is the current betting favourite. Punters expecting both teams to find the net can get 1.75 when it comes to BTTS Yes.

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.

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Full time Result

  • 15 wins, 2 defeats and 3 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 7 wins, 1 defeats and 2 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 14 wins, 2 defeats and 4 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 6 wins, 1 defeats and 3 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen

Goals / match
2 1.8
Conceded / match
0.6 0.6
Total / match
2.6 2.4

Corners

Corners

Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen

For / match
4.8 8.2
Against / match
3.6 2.2
Total / match
8.4 10.4

Possession

Possession

Top Scorers & Assists

Top Scorers & Assists

Team News

You’ve found the right place for Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen team news, with all the latest information available including lineups and injuries so you’re fully informed.

Getting the player information you need is easy thanks to the Champions League squads.

Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

Bayern Munich Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Bayer Leverkusen Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Bayern Munich Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

1 Manuel Neuer
27 Konrad Laimer 2 Dayot Upamecano 3 Min-Jae Kim 19 Alphonso Davies
6 Joshua Kimmich 8 Leon Goretzka
17 Michael Olise 42 Jamal Musiala 11 Kingsley Coman
9 Harry Kane
17 Matej Kovar
23 Nordi Mukiele 4 Jonathan Tah 5 Mario Hermoso 3 Piero Hincapie
34 Granit Xhaka 25 Exequiel Palacios
30 Jeremie Frimpong 10 Florian Wirtz 20 Alejandro Grimaldo
21 Amine Adli

Bayer Leverkusen Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Bayern Munich Substitutes

  • 7Serge Gnabry
  • 10Leroy Sane
  • 15Eric Dier
  • 16Joao Palhinha
  • 21Hiroki Ito
  • 22Raphael Guerreiro
  • 23Sacha Boey
  • 24Gabriel Vidovic
  • 25Thomas Mueller
  • 26Sven Ulreich
  • 40Jonas Urbig
  • 44Josip Stanisic

Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes

  • 1Lukas Hradecky
  • 7Jonas Hofmann
  • 12Edmond Tapsoba
  • 13Arthur
  • 14Patrik Schick
  • 16Emiliano Buendia
  • 19Nathan Tella
  • 22Victor Okoh Boniface
  • 24Aleix Garcia
  • 36Niklas Lomb

Previous Bayern Munich Lineups

01 Mar Bundesliga
Stuttgart 1-3 Bayern Munich
23 Feb Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 4-0 Frankfurt
19 Feb Champions League
Bayern Munich 1-1 Celtic

Previous Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

02 Mar Bundesliga
Frankfurt 1-4 Leverkusen
22 Feb Bundesliga
Holstein Kiel 0-2 Leverkusen
16 Feb Bundesliga
Leverkusen 0-0 Bayern Munich

The latest Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen lineups, including predicted lineups and confirmed starting 11s. Find out each team’s formation along with the substitutes.

Injuries & Suspensions

Bayern Munich Injury Table

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

Bayer Leverkusen Injury Table

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

Team Squads

Bayern Munich Squad

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Get the lowdown on player injuries and suspensions thanks to our injury news section. We have a list of players currently unavailable for their teams.

Every squad is covered in-depth so that you can get all the player info you need.

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

A great starting point for placing football bets is to check out the Champions League standings so that you can see where each team is placed in the table.

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