Bayer Leverkusen take on the visitors Hoffenheim at “BayArena” in the round two of the German Bundesliga. The game will be played in Leverkusen on Saturday, August 26th.
In summer Bayer Leverkusen appointed Heiko Herrlich to the position of the head-coach, however, “Die Werkself” lost more players than engaged. Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Omer Toprak, Hakan Calhanoglu and Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez who have been last season’s leaders departed from Leverkusen. After the summer break “Die Werkself” do not impress as the side has laboured 3:0 victory in extra time over Karlsruher in the DFB Pokal while in the Bundesliga they were predictably and expectedly beaten by Bayern Munich with 1:3 scoreline. The upcoming clash will be the first one for Bayer Leverkusen in face of their supporters in the new season and “Die Werkself” come up to it with seven-match no-win run at the home ground. Last time the team managed to pick up three points at home was on the 11th of February.
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This season Hoffenheim have debuted in the UEFA Champions League and they have failed there: the Germans faced Liverpool and lost to the Brits 1:2, 2:4, resulting in the club’s relegation to the UEFA Europe League. While having been broken in the Eurocups, Julian Nagelsmann’s side won both its encounters in domestic competitions: 1:0 vs. Erfurt in the DFB Pokal and 1:0 vs. SV Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. Alike to the forthcoming rival, Hoffenheim have become weaker during the summer pause as Sebastian Rudy and Niklas Sule quitted the club for Bayern Munich, still, the visitors are better-knit and more balanced team.
Hoffenheim were not defeated by Bayer Leverkusen in their three recent head-to-heads, having got 1:1 draw and 3:0, 1:0 wins in last season’s battles. I believe that this time as well “Die Kraichgauer” will manage to gain points as in 2017 Bayer Leverkusen demonstrate extremely weak performance.
Prediction for the match: Hoffenheim to win with +0.5 Asian handicap (X2).
