Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg: Bayer Leverkusen looks to keep the pressure mounting when they face Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Match Details:
Teams: Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg
Venue: BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany
Date: Saturday 30th October, 2021
Time: 07:00 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Leverkusen heads into this after a 2-1 home loss against Karlsruher in the DFB Pokal Round 2 match, which ensured elimination from the competition.
Prior to that, they drew 2-2 against Koln away from home to salvage a point on Sunday.
Schick and Bellarabi scored for Leverkusen while Modeste’s second half brace ensured a point a piece.
This still kept Leverkusen in a comfortable space with 17 points from 9 matches in 4th place on the table.
On the other hand, Wolfsburg drastic drop in the season continued with 2-0 loss to Freiburg in the DFB Pokal, which saw them get eliminated.
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This was their 3rd successive loss after a loss to Union Berlin in the Bundesliga and Salzburg in the UCL.
Against Union Berlin; second half goals from Awoniyi and Becker ensured a 4th loss of the season.
The Wolves have since dropped to 10th in the table with 13 points.
With 4 losses in their last 5 matches across competitions, things look grim for the Men in Green.
The last time both sides met in the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg won 1-0 away in January 2021 where Baku scored the only goal of the clash in the first half.
Form Guide
Leverkusen: WLDDL
Wolfsburg: LWLLL
Last Matches of both teams:
Leverkusen 1-2 Karlsruher SC
Wolfsburg 0-2 Freiburg
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Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg in India?
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Team News
Aranguiz, Gedikli, Baumgartlinger, Bellarabi, Schick, Fosu-Mensah, Hincapie are the casualties for Leverkusen. Diaby misses out due to suspension as well.
Mehmedi, Bialek, Roussillon, Bornauw, William and Schlager are ruled out of contention for the visitors.
Weghorst and Klinger’s Covid isolation periods aren’t complete and hence, they miss out.
Leverkusen possible 11:
Hradecky, Frimpong, Kossounou, Tah, Bakker, Andrich, Demirbay, Adli, Wirtz, Paulinho and Alario
Wolfsburg possible 11:
Casteels, Silva, Brooks, Lacroix, Mbabu, Arnold, Guilavogui, Steffan, Philipp, Baku and Nmecha
Prediction: Leverkusen 1-1 Wolfsburg
Both sides have plenty of injury concerns with many of their starting 11 players ruled out of contention.
With that being said, Leverkusen hope to play well with the remainder of their squad as they are in home comforts.
We do not expect much with the line-ups on show and a stalemate is the most favourable result.
Players to watch out for: Wirtz, Andrich, Baku and Nmecha.
