Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich Preview

Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich

Competition – DFB Pokal (Semi-final)

Stadium – BayArena

Date: 17th April 2018

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

Bayer Leverkusen come into this DFB Pokal semifinal game with hopes of reaching their first final since 2009 and they would be looking to take their good league form into this game.

They currently have a 4 points cushion on fourth position and that would see them play in the Champions League football next season if they can keep their position.

They are coming up against a strong Bayern side that are looking for yet another treble after clinching the Bundesliga title last week.

Leverkusen can call on Lucas Alario here as his suspension only applies to the Bundesliga and they would hope his partnership with the in-form Kevin Volland who netted a hattrick against Eintracht Frankfurt will fire them to victory here.

Bayer Leverkusen lost both of their league meetings with Bayern Munich this season.

Bayern Munich rested most of their biggest stars in their weekend 5-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.

Sandro Wagner helped himself to a brace but he should give way for Robert Lewandoski here.

James Rodriguez scored a stunner of a free kick last time these teams met and he should be in the starting line up here.

However, Arturo Vidal pulled up in training after suffering a reoccurrence of a knee injury and he will not be involved in this game.

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

Bayer Leverkusen

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W RB Leipzig 1-4 Bayer Leverkusen 9 Apr, 2018 German Bundesliga
D Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 FC Augsburg 31 Mar, 2018 German Bundesliga
L FC Cologne 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen 18 Mar, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Borussia Monchengladbach 10 Mar, 2018 German Bundesliga
W VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen 3 Mar, 2018 German Bundesliga

Bayern Munich

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W FC Augsburg 1-4 Bayern Munich 7 Apr, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Sevilla FC 1-2 Bayern Munich 3 Apr, 2018 UEFA Champions League
W Bayern Munich 6-0 Borussia Dortmund 31 Mar, 2018 German Bundesliga
L RB Leipzig 2-1 Bayern Munich 18 Mar, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Besiktas 1-3 Bayern Munich 14 Mar, 2018 UEFA Champions League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 Bayern Munich 12 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen 18 Aug, 2017 German Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Bayern Munich 15 Apr, 2017 German Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen 26 Nov, 2016 German Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Bayern Munich 6 Feb, 2016 German Bundesliga


Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

March 30, 2024
RB Leipzig 15:30 Mainz
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt 15:30 Union Berlin
Borussia Mönchengladbach 15:30 SC Freiburg
Werder Bremen 15:30 Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich 18:30 Borussia Dortmund
March 31, 2024
Augsburg 1907 13:30 FC Cologne
Stuttgart 15:30 Heidenheim
VFL Bochum 17:30 Darmstadt
April 5, 2024
Eintracht Frankfurt 18:30 Werder Bremen
April 6, 2024
Union Berlin 13:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
SC Freiburg 13:30 RB Leipzig
Mainz 13:30 Darmstadt
FC Cologne 13:30 VFL Bochum
Heidenheim 13:30 Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund 16:30 Stuttgart
April 7, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 13:30 Augsburg 1907
Wolfsburg 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
April 12, 2024
Augsburg 1907 18:30 Union Berlin

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 26 22 4 0 66 18 +48 70
2 Bayern Munich 26 19 3 4 78 31 +47 60
3 Stuttgart 26 18 2 6 60 31 +29 56
4 Borussia Dortmund 26 14 8 4 53 32 +21 50
5 RB Leipzig 26 15 4 7 60 32 +28 49
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 26 10 10 6 42 35 +7 40
7 Augsburg 1907 26 9 8 9 43 42 +1 35
8 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 26 9 6 11 44 50 -6 33
9 SC Freiburg 26 9 6 11 36 48 -12 33
10 Werder Bremen 26 8 6 12 35 41 -6 30
11 Heidenheim 26 7 8 11 35 44 -9 29
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 26 6 10 10 46 50 -4 28
13 Union Berlin 26 8 4 14 25 42 -17 28
14 Wolfsburg 26 6 7 13 31 44 -13 25
15 VFL Bochum 26 5 10 11 30 54 -24 25
16 Mainz 26 3 10 13 22 46 -24 19
17 FC Cologne 26 3 9 14 20 47 -27 18
18 Darmstadt 26 2 7 17 26 65 -39 13

German Bundesliga Results

March 17, 2024
Borussia Dortmund 3 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
SC Freiburg 2 - 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
March 16, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0 - 3 Stuttgart
Darmstadt 2 - 5 Bayern Munich
Heidenheim 1 - 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Mainz 2 - 0 VFL Bochum
Wolfsburg 1 - 3 Augsburg 1907
Union Berlin 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
March 15, 2024
FC Cologne 1 - 5 RB Leipzig
March 10, 2024
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 - 0 Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 - 1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
VFL Bochum 1 - 2 SC Freiburg
March 9, 2024
Werder Bremen 1 - 2 Borussia Dortmund
Augsburg 1907 1 - 0 Heidenheim
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 - 3 FC Cologne
RB Leipzig 2 - 0 Darmstadt
Bayern Munich 8 - 1 Mainz
March 8, 2024
Stuttgart 2 - 0 Union Berlin
March 3, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
FC Cologne 0 - 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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