Bayer Leverkusen will take on Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga 2022/23 season 3rd round match. The game will be played at BayArena and will kick off at 15:30 CET on Saturday, August 20th. Check out team news, predicted lineups, where to watch and our Bayer Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim prediction for the same.
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Bookmaker ratings: Prediction one: Both to score – Yes – 1.47
Bookmaker ratings: Prediction two: Bayer Leverkusen not to lose and Total goals over 2.5 – 1.82
Leverkusen players are unlikely to want to repeat their Bundesliga 2018/19 season “record” when they kicked off a season with three consecutive competitive defeats.
Meanwhile, in 8 of the previous ten matches between Bayer and Hoffenheim, more than 2.5 goals were scored.
Bayer Leverkusen had never started a new campaign so badly since they were promoted to the Bundesliga in 1979.
Last week Gerardo Seoane’s side recorded their second loss in the league, as they lost 2:1 to Augsburg.
This is the first time in the club’s history that they’ve opened a new campaign with three consecutive competitive defeats, knocked out of the German cup, losing to Borussia Dortmund and Augsburg.
On the other hand, after falling to Borussia M’Gladbach on the Bundesliga’s opening day, Hoffenheim roared back from two goals down to beat Bochum 3-2 and pick up their first win in the new campaign.
Manager Andre Breitenreiter celebrated a successful home start, earning his first points with Hoffenheim.
However, Breitenreiter is yet to win against Bayer Leverkusen, as his seven personal meetings with them with three different teams were unsuccessful (D4, L3).
The hosts will miss Florian Wirtz due to an ACL injury. Karim Bellarabi is out with a muscle injury and Amine Adli has a shoulder problem. Goalkeeper Andrey Lunev will be out for several weeks with a thigh injury. Timothy Fosu-Mensah is still doubtful.
Meanwhile, Benjamin Hubner has an ankle injury, Ihlas Bebou and Ermin Bicakcic both have knee injuries, while goalkeeper Philipp Pentke needs an operation. He is not available for this match.
Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky; Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapie, Frimpong, Azmoun, Andrich, Aranguiz, Hlozek, Schick, Diaby
Hoffenheim: Baumann; Kabak, Vogt, Nsoki, Samassekou, Kaderabek, Geiger, Promel, Angelino, Rutter, Kramaric
Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last 3 games against Hoffenheim at BayArena stadium. If you are looking for safe bets, you can try “Bayer double chance” outcome. This bet has odds of 1.24 at 22Bet.
The last match between these teams ended in a 4:2 win for Bayer in May 2022.
This fixture will be played at BayArena
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