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Köln Bayer Leverkusen betting prediction


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Two teams looking without major problems the three points in this match, but with different goals. Cologne is looking to win to leave the last position of the championship, already Bayer Leverkusen wants to continue to add points in the championship, arriving completely motivated at this journey. In this way, the match has a great tendency to be open, making a bet on the goals to be full of value.
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Preview
Köln and Bayer Leverkusen meet at RheinEnergieStadion, in a match for the 27th round of the Bundesliga. Bayer Leverkusen got a home win by (2‑1), in the last league head‑to‑head, played in 28‑10‑2017. The head‑to‑head record at this stadium favours the away team, since in the last 3 head‑to‑heads they won 1 and tied 2. Nevertheless, in the last head‑to‑head played at this stadium, for the Bundesliga, played on 21‑12‑2016, they tied (1‑1). A. Modeste (21' ) scored for Köln and Wendell (44' ) for Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer Leverkusen registers significant differences between home and away results, so special attention is due to the home/away factor.

Analysis Köln

After 4 wins, 5 draws and 17 losses, the home team is in the 18th position, havinf won 17 points so far. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Werder Bremen by (3‑1), after in the previous match they have lost (2‑3) at home, against Stuttgart. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses in away matches, with 14 goals scored and 25 conceded; against 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses at their stadium, with 19 goals scored and 24 conceded. In the last 10 home league matches Köln has a record of 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 9 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑1 (5 out of 13 matches). They haven't been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in all of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 26 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 16 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Cologne have gone through a lot of difficulties in the German championship and in the last match again added another defeat, this time at Bremen ground by 3-1. It’s important to emphasize that the home team is desperate in the last position of the league table. In this match in front of their fans, the coach Stefan Ruthenbeck should play in 3-4-3 with Terodde being the most offensive reference of the team: this player is the top scorer with 5 scored goals. One of the serious problems of Colony this season is in the finishing, defensive dead balls and defensive transition. For this match, the coach won’t count on the contribution of Ozcan, punished, neither on Guirassy, this due to injury.

Confirmed Lineup: Timo Horn, Dominique Heintz, Jorge Meré, Dominic Maroh, Marcel Risse, Jonas Hector, Marco Höger, Vincent Koziello, Leonardo Bittencourt, Yuya Osako, Simon Zoller.
Coach: S. Baumgart.

Analysis Leverkusen

The away team is currently in the 4th position of the league, with 44 points won, after 12 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Wolfsburg, by (1‑2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Borussia M'gladbach, by (2‑0). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in away matches, with 26 goals scored and 18 conceded; against 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 24 goals scored and 21 conceded.

In this competition, they haven’t lost any of the last 10 away matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 26 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 9 times and have only turned the score around in 2.

Bayer Leverkusen comes for this match after a 2-0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach, adding to their second win in the German championship. Note that the visiting team is 2 points behind the second Schalke 04. Heiko Herrlich usually plays in a very offensive tactical system, aligned in 4-2-3-1, with Alario the man responsible for tormenting the opponent's defensive line. On the other hand, it’s inevitable to highlight the quality of the right winger Kevin Volland: the German has 10 goals and 2 assists. For this match, the visiting team’s coach can count on all his players.

Confirmed Lineup: Bernd Leno, Tin Jedvaj, Wendell, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Charles Aránguiz, Julian Baumgartlinger, Kai Havertz, Julian Brandt, Lucas Alario, Leon Bailey.
Coach: G. Seoane.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Köln vs Leverkusen match, on 18 March 2018, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Over 2,5 goals ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Köln vs Leverkusen on 18 March 2018 will be played at Cologne, RheinEnergieStadion.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Köln Leverkusen match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Leverkusen at with 85% of the tips.

 

Bundesliga - 2017/2018

  • 100% 306 / 306 Games

  • Home team wins 45.42%
  • Draws 27.12%
  • Away team wins 27.45%
  • Over 1.5 78.76%
  • Over 2.5 51.96%
  • Over 3.5 30.72%
  • Goals 855
  • Goals /match 2.79
  • Goals /match home 1.6
  • Goals /match away 1.19
  • Both teams score 54.9%
  • Goals after 80' 15.09%
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