Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke 04 Preview

 Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke 04 

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – BayArena

Date: 28th April 2017

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT+1

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This game sees two underperforming German giants lock horns together.

In recent past a game between these two teams would have been a big one, but this meeting would be between 12th placed vs 11th placed teams.

Bayer have won only 1 of their last 6 league games, losing 3 and drawing the rest.

They have not won a home game in all competitions since February 11 – during that period they played 5 games losing 2 and drawing 3 – they are currently on a run of 3 home draws.

They currently have 36 points from 30 league games this season.

Schalke are 2 points better than Bayer in the league table with 38 points after 30 games.

They have won 2, lost 2 and drawn 2 of their last 6 games.

Their inconsistency has seen them fall 6 points behind Freiburg who currently occupy the last European spot in the League table.

They need to win all of their remaining games if they want to have a chance of getting into Europe next season.

They have won one of their last 3 away games in the League, and they are currently on a run of 2 straight losses away from home.

Leverkusen: Leno – Hilbert, Tah, Toprak, Henrichs – Baumgartlinger, Kampl – Brandt, Volland, Mehmedi – Chicharito

Coach: Tayfun Korkut

Absentees: Calhanoglu (CAS suspension). Bender (ankle)

Schalke: Fährmann – Coke, Höwedes, Badstuber, Kolasinac – Stambouli, Bentaleb – Schöpf, Goretzka, Caligiuri – Burgstaller

Coach: Markus Weinzierl

Absentees: Baba (knee), Kehrer (suspended), Naldo (groin), Choupo-Moting (knee), Embolo (light training)

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

 
Bayer 04 Leverkusen last 5 matches (most recent first):
23/04/17 (a)SC Freiburg 2-1 L
15/04/17 (h)Bayern Munich 0-0 D
08/04/17 (a)RB Leipzig 1-0 L
05/04/17 (a)Darmstadt 98 0-2 W
02/04/17 (h)VfL Wolfsburg 3-3 D
 
FC Schalke 04 last 5 matches (most recent first):
23/04/17 (h)RB Leipzig 1-1 D
20/04/17 (h)Ajax 3-2 W
16/04/17 (a)Darmstadt 98 2-1 L
13/04/17 (a)Ajax 2-0 L
08/04/17 (h)VfL Wolfsburg 4-1 W

Last time they met: FC Schalke 04 0-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

November 22, 2024
Bayern Munich 20:30 Augsburg 1907
November 23, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15:30 RB Leipzig
Wolfsburg 15:30 Union Berlin
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15:30 Heidenheim
Borussia Dortmund 15:30 SC Freiburg
Stuttgart 15:30 VFL Bochum
Eintracht Frankfurt 18:30 Werder Bremen
November 24, 2024
Holstein Kiel 15:30 Mainz
Borussia Mönchengladbach 17:30 FC St. Pauli
November 29, 2024
FC St. Pauli 20:30 Holstein Kiel
November 30, 2024
RB Leipzig 15:30 Wolfsburg
Werder Bremen 15:30 Stuttgart
SC Freiburg 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Augsburg 1907 15:30 VFL Bochum
Union Berlin 15:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund 18:30 Bayern Munich
December 1, 2024
Mainz 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Heidenheim 17:30 Eintracht Frankfurt
December 6, 2024
Stuttgart 20:30 Union Berlin

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayern Munich 10 8 2 0 33 7 +26 26
2 RB Leipzig 10 6 3 1 15 5 +10 21
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 6 2 2 26 16 +10 20
4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 4 5 1 21 16 +5 17
5 SC Freiburg 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17
6 Union Berlin 10 4 4 2 9 8 +1 16
7 Borussia Dortmund 10 5 1 4 18 18 +0 16
8 Werder Bremen 10 4 3 3 17 21 -4 15
9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 10 4 2 4 15 14 +1 14
10 Mainz 10 3 4 3 15 14 +1 13
11 Stuttgart 10 3 4 3 19 19 +0 13
12 Wolfsburg 10 3 3 4 19 18 +1 12
13 Augsburg 1907 10 3 3 4 13 20 -7 12
14 Heidenheim 10 3 1 6 13 15 -2 10
15 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 10 2 3 5 13 19 -6 9
16 FC St. Pauli 10 2 2 6 7 12 -5 8
17 Holstein Kiel 10 1 2 7 12 25 -13 5
18 VFL Bochum 10 0 2 8 10 30 -20 2

German Bundesliga Results

November 10, 2024
Heidenheim 1 - 3 Wolfsburg
Stuttgart 2 - 3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Augsburg 1907 0 - 0 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
November 9, 2024
RB Leipzig 0 - 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC St. Pauli 0 - 1 Bayern Munich
VFL Bochum 1 - 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Mainz 3 - 1 Borussia Dortmund
Werder Bremen 2 - 1 Holstein Kiel
November 8, 2024
Union Berlin 0 - 0 SC Freiburg
November 3, 2024
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 - 1 Werder Bremen
SC Freiburg 0 - 0 Mainz
November 2, 2024
Borussia Dortmund 2 - 1 RB Leipzig
Holstein Kiel 1 - 0 Heidenheim
Wolfsburg 1 - 1 Augsburg 1907
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0 - 2 FC St. Pauli
Eintracht Frankfurt 7 - 2 VFL Bochum
Bayern Munich 3 - 0 Union Berlin
November 1, 2024
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 - 0 Stuttgart

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