Bayer Leverkusen vs Freiburg - prediction, team news, lineups

Fighting to support clasp of apical spot successful the Bundesliga, Freiburg volition question to look Bayer Leverkusen for a finely-poised clash astatine BayArena connected Sunday.

Die Werkself could marque it 5 wins connected the bounce this weekend, portion Die Breisgau-Brasilianer are eyeing a 10th crippled unbeaten.

Match preview

Leverkusen missed retired connected qualifying for the Champions League past season, but they person made a beardown commencement towards that extremity this clip astir under Carles Martinez Novell.

The 42-year-old was appointed successful June to regenerate Kasper Hjulmand, and portion his squad mislaid their Bundesliga opener 3-2 against Elversberg, they person bounced backmost successful awesome fashion.

Since thrashing Union Berlin 4-0 connected matchday two, Die Werkself person gone undefeated, winning 5 of their six games crossed each competitions.

Most recently, Leverkusen followed up a melodramatic 4-3 triumph implicit Mainz 05 with a 4-0 demolition of Lech Poznan successful the Europa League connected Thursday.

That triumph marked the Black and Reds' 3rd cleanable expanse successful 4 outings, highlighting a level of antiaircraft resilience that volition beryllium important up against the league leaders connected Sunday.

Full of assurance up of this weekend's showdown, Die Werkself beryllium 4th successful the Bundesliga, wherever their tally of 10 points has them conscionable 3 down the visitors.

Meanwhile, Julian Schuster's Freiburg person enjoyed an impeccable run to date, shaking disconnected their decision successful past season's Europa League last to support the momentum that brought them determination successful the archetypal place.

In fact, that disappointment was Die Breisgau-Brasilianer's astir caller competitory loss, a grounds made adjacent much awesome by the information they person won each but 1 of their 9 matches crossed each competitions truthful far.

On Thursday, Schuster's men kicked disconnected their Conference League league-phase with a 3-2 triumph implicit FK Baumit Jablonec, gathering connected a 2-1 triumph against Schalke 04 4 days prior.

Returning to home enactment connected Sunday, Freiburg fans volition beryllium sneaking glances astatine the Bundesliga table, fixed they basal astatine the apical of the histrion with 13 points aft a tally of 4 wins and 1 gully from their archetypal 5 games.

The visitors person besides bagged 14 league goals truthful far, a full lone bettered by RB Leipzig (15) and Bayern Munich (16), portion nary broadside person conceded less successful the German apical flight.

However, detractors would constituent retired that Die Breisgau-Brasilianer person kept conscionable 1 cleanable expanse from their past 5 outings overall, conceding doubly successful 3 of those fixtures.

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Team News

Leverkusen are without right-back Guela Doue owed to a calf injury, portion Montrell Culbreath is simply a uncertainty arsenic helium builds fittingness pursuing a instrumentality to squad training.

If Culbreath is unavailable, past Jarell Quansah volition beryllium acceptable to commencement connected the close of a backmost 4 featuring Edmond Tapsoba, Facundo Medina and Miguel Gutierrez.

In the centre of the park, 17-year-old antiaircraft midfielder Kennet Eichhorn's metabolic upset has stabilised, but helium is improbable to play again until 2027 arsenic helium undergoes a gradual conditioning programme.

With that successful mind, Aleix Garcia and Robert Andrich could signifier the hosts' treble pivot down Ibrahim Maza, who should commencement successful the fig 10 relation considering the hamstring wounded that Martin Terrier picked up against Lech Poznan.

Elsewhere, left winger Eliesse Ben Seghir is dealing with a musculus issue, and striker Christian Kofane has a thigh injury, truthful expect to spot Moussa Diaby and Afonso Moreira supporting centre-forward Patrik Schick from retired wide.

As for Freiburg, they are missing attacking midfielder Yuito Suzuki, who is suspended aft being sent disconnected against Schalke, though Lucas Holer, Jan-Niklas Beste and Derry Scherhant should beryllium connected manus to commencement behind Igor Matanovic.

Left-back Berkay Yilmaz is simply a uncertainty aft sitting retired for a fig of grooming days earlier this week, but Jordy Makengo volition beryllium acceptable to play successful his position.

Bayer Leverkusen imaginable starting lineup:

Flekken; Quansah, Tapsoba, Medina, Gutierrez; Garcia, Andrich; Diaby, Maza, Moreira; Schick

Freiburg imaginable starting lineup:

Backhaus; Treu, Lienhart, Ginter, Makengo; Engelhardt, Eggestein; Beste, Holer, Scherhant; Matanovic

We say: Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Freiburg

There is small to abstracted these 2 teams, but Leverkusen's caller antiaircraft spot suggests that they could person a constrictive borderline connected Sunday.

However, Freiburg are definite to airs a large menace to Die Werkself, and it would beryllium a astonishment if they were to blank astatine BayArena aft scoring successful each 1 of their matches this term.

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