Bayer Leverkusen vs Werder Bremen

BayArena forms the backdrop for a tasty-looking Bundesliga encounter between Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen.

Back-to-back league victories have kept Bayer Leverkusen within an eight-point distance from table-topping Bayern Munich before a 3-0 defeat in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie curtailed their momentum. Keen to bounce back immediately, Xabi Alonso’s men return home, where they haven’t lost a league fixture since August, winning eight of their last 11 such games (D3). However, taking the lead wouldn’t necessarily mean three points for ‘Die Werkself,’ considering they’ve dropped the division’s third-most 13 points from winning positions this season. Moreover, they had drawn consecutive home league meetings with Werder before a 5-0 victory in last season’s corresponding fixture.

After a goal-glutted 2-2 draw in this season’s reverse fixture, Werder Bremen may be confident of pulling off an upset at the BayArena, where they’ve suffered just one defeat across their last five top-flight visits (W1, D3). However, the visitors have hit a rough patch, losing five consecutive matches in domestic action, including a 2-1 DFB-Pokal defeat to third-tier Arminia Bielefeld. Four league losses on the bounce mark Werder’s worst spell of form in 2024/25 and threatens to rule them out of contention for a coveted European finish. Halting that streak with a win looks unlikely, considering they’ve emerged victorious from just one of their last 15 H2Hs (D7, L7).