Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich - prediction, team news, lineups

Fresh from securing their 35th Bundesliga title, Bayern Munich instrumentality to enactment this Wednesday nighttime arsenic they question to the BayArena for a DFB-Pokal semi-final clash with Bayer Leverkusen.

This is the 3rd successive semi-final quality for Die Werkself successful this competition, portion the Bavarians are preparing to vie successful this signifier of the cupful for the archetypal clip successful six years.

Match preview

Bayer Leverkusen’s hopes of securing a top-four decorativeness successful the Bundesliga took a large deed implicit the play pursuing a 2-1 location decision to Augsburg.

Kasper Hjulmand and his men present find themselves 4 points adrift of the Champions League places, but they volition person to enactment their league ambitions speech this Wednesday nighttime and hole for cupful duties against a treble-hunting Bayern Munich side.

Leverkusen are presently winless successful 5 successive meetings with Bayern crossed each competitions, though their past triumph implicit the Bavarians did travel successful the DFB-Pokal astir 2 years ago. 

Generally speaking, Die Werkself are successful the midst of immoderate frustrating form, drafting six of their past 11 competitory matches portion managing conscionable 3 victories.

On a much affirmative note, Leverkusen boast a coagulated grounds successful the DFB-Pokal, losing conscionable 1 lucifer implicit the past 3 years.

The 2023-24 winners are present looking to scope their sixth DFB-Pokal last arsenic they propulsion for their 4th portion of silverware successful 3 seasons.

Part 1 of Bayern Munich’s treble-winning program has been accomplished aft the Bavarians powered to a 4-2 triumph implicit Stuttgart to assertion their 13th Bundesliga rubric successful 14 seasons.

Next connected the docket for Vincent Kompany’s men is to unafraid their spot successful the DFB-Pokal last for the archetypal clip since the 2019-20 campaign.

Wednesday nighttime volition people Bayern’s archetypal semi-final quality since that aforesaid season, with the nine enduring a five-year drought successful the competition.

Despite playing distant from home, Kompany’s broadside participate the lucifer arsenic favourites, having won 14 of their past 15 games crossed each competitions.

Interestingly, the lone anomaly during that tally was caused by Leverkusen astatine the BayArena, with Die Werkself battling to a 1-1 gully past March.

That effect besides marked the archetypal clip since January that Bayern failed to people much than 1 extremity successful a azygous game.

Speaking of goals, the Bavarians person rattled the backmost of the nett 26 times crossed their erstwhile 7 outings - an outstanding mean of 3.7 goals per game.

Bayer Leverkusen DFB-Pokal form:

W W W W 

Bayer Leverkusen signifier (all competitions):

D L D W W L 

Bayern Munich DFB-Pokal form:

W W W W 

Bayern Munich signifier (all competitions):

W W W W W W 

Team News

Bayer Leverkusen participate Wednesday’s fixture with a mates of wounded absentees.

Defender Arthur, for instance, has missed his past 9 games with an ankle wounded and is not expected backmost for the cupful clash.

French guardant Martin Terrier is besides successful the physio country nursing a hamstring injury, with the subordinate improbable to play immoderate portion connected Wednesday.

Leverkusen volition beryllium hoping for different apical show from guardant Patrik Schick, who is looking to people his 5th extremity successful arsenic galore games for the club.

Speaking of scoring, Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane precocious made past by becoming the archetypal Englishman this period to people 50 competitory goals successful 1 season.

The erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur antheral has embraced the trophy-winning civilization successful Bavaria, and helium is present looking to adhd his archetypal DFB-Pokal to his 2 Bundesliga crowns.

In presumption of injuries, Bayern volition beryllium without Serge Gnabry, who missed past weekend’s triumph implicit Stuttgart with a musculus problem.

Young midfielders Tom Bischof and Lennart Karl are besides improbable to diagnostic arsenic they proceed to caregiver injuries. 

Goalkeeper Sven Ulreich volition besides beryllium connected the sidelines owed to a muscular issue. 

Bayer Leverkusen imaginable starting lineup:

Flekken; Tapsoba, Bade, Quansah; Grimaldo, Garcia, Palacios, Vazquez; Tella, Maza; Schick

Bayern Munich imaginable starting lineup:

Neuer; Laimer, Tah, Upamecano, Stanisic; Pavlovic, Kimmich; Diaz, Musiala, Olise; Kane

We say: Bayer Leverkusen 2-3 Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen mightiness person location advantage, but the task up of them is simply a daunting one.

Bayern Munich are scoring goals for amusive arsenic they proceed to propulsion for a imaginable treble, and we are backing the visitors to triumph a thrilling semi-final connected Wednesday night. 

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