1899 Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: two contrasting runs

Leverkusen's last twenty matches, taken across the Bundesliga, cup competitions and pre-season friendlies, show thirteen wins against just five defeats, with plenty of goals scored and few conceded. That's a strong overall pattern, even accounting for the fact that some of those games were friendlies rather than competitive fixtures.

1899 Hoffenheim: 20 completed matches; Bayer Leverkusen: 20 completed matches.

1899 Hoffenheim

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

36

Conceded

41

Difference

-5

Bayer Leverkusen

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

48

Conceded

20

Difference

+28

Hoffenheim's equivalent sample paints a rockier picture. Nine defeats in twenty games, with more goals conceded than scored, points to a side that's been leaking chances more often than not. The most recent Bundesliga entries in both records are from mid-September, so this form is a decent recent snapshot rather than a guarantee of how either side will look by the time this fixture is played a month later.

Leverkusen's broader form reads considerably stronger, though the sample mixes competitions.

Comparative Team Statistics: 1899 Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen

A long and mixed head-to-head

These two have met plenty of times down the years, and the recent meetings haven't gone one way. Hoffenheim won at home in January, Leverkusen won away last August, and Leverkusen also won comfortably back in February 2025. Go back further and Leverkusen have had some big away wins too, alongside a run of draws in other seasons.

With meetings spanning multiple campaigns and different squads, this history says less about current form than the two form sections above. It's context rather than a strong pointer either way.

Where they sit in the table

Early in this Bundesliga season, Leverkusen are fifth with seven points from four games, having scored ten and conceded five. Hoffenheim, by contrast, are down in fourteenth with just three points from the same number of matches, and have conceded more than they've scored.

It's only a four-game sample, so there's room for either side to move a fair distance up or down before this fixture actually kicks off. Still, the early gap between them is notable.

Players to keep an eye on

Patrik Schick has been in excellent scoring form for Leverkusen, with four goals in his last four appearances, and Miguel Gutiérrez has been busy setting others up alongside him. For Hoffenheim, Adam Daghim has been their main source of goals and creativity in the same span, chipping in with goals and assists.

1899 Hoffenheim:

Best scorers:

A. Daghim - 2

Best assist providers:

A. Daghim - 2

B. Conté - 2

V. Coufal - 2

Penalty cards:

W. Burger x 3

O. Kabak x 2

A. Kramarić x 1

Bayer Leverkusen:

Best scorers:

P. Schick - 4

Christian Kofane - 2

Best assist providers:

Miguel Gutiérrez - 3

Penalty cards:

I. Maza x 2

On the discipline side, Hoffenheim's Wouter Burger has picked up three yellow cards in his last four matches, which is worth noting given how it can affect a player's involvement. These are partial snapshots rather than full squad pictures, so they shouldn't be read as confirmed line-ups for this fixture.