Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt will be back in action this weekend when they face each other at BayArena in their 37th fixture in the Bundesliga. Match day schedules for 2nd May 2022 at 21:30 EAT.
Leverkusen occupies the third place with 55 points in the Bundesliga 1 standings. With only four points separating Monday’s hosts from Union down in sixth place though, there remains plenty of work to be done across the final three games in order to seal a return to the Champions League. Bayer Leverkusen is winless in two of their last five league matches with a draw and a loss.
Bayer Leverkusen get into this meeting confident following 1-4 Bundesliga 1 victory to beat Greuther Furth. In that match, Bayer Leverkusen had 48% possession, nine shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Patrik Schick (8′), Sardar Azmoun (18′), Paulinho (58′) and Exequiel Palacios (84′). SpVgg Greuther Fürth got eight shots with three of them on target and a goal by Jetro Willems (5′).
The opponents Eintracht Frankfurt were victorious in the semi-finals of the Europa League at West Ham United on Thursday evening and are currently 10th with 40 points in the domestic league standings. A run of five games without a win in the Bundesliga, and only two victories in their last 10 league outings, has seen Oliver Glasner’s team slide down to ninth in the table ahead of match day 32. The poor run of form has seen their hopes of qualifying for continental footballs next season suffer a blow.
Frankfurt gets into this fixture off the back of 1-2 Europa League win to beat West Ham United in their last outing. In that match, Eintracht Frankfurt had 46% possession, eight shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Ansgar Knauff (1′) and Daichi Kamada (54′). West Ham United got 15 shots with two of them on target and a goal by Michail Antonio (21′).
Bayer Leverkusen vs Eintracht Frankfurt head to head
Leverkusen holds the upper hand in the history of this fixture having won 26 times out of the 49 head to head meetings between these two sides since 1992. Eintracht has won 165 times and eight matches ended in stalemates.
- Frankfurt 5-2 Leverkusen 12/12/21
- Leverkusen 3-1 Frankfurt 24/04/21
- Leverkusen 4-1 Frankfurt 12/01/21
- Frankfurt 2-1 Leverkusen 02/01/21
- Leverkusen 4-0 Frankfurt 07/03/20
Home
- Greuther Furth 1-4 Leverkusen
- Leverkusen 0-1 Leipzig
- Bochum 0-0 Leverkusen
- Leverkusen 2-1 Hertha
- Wolfsburg 0-2 Leverkusen
Away
- West Ham 1-2 Frankfurt
- Frankfurt 2-2 Hoffenheim
- Union Berlin 2-0 Frankfurt
- Barcelona 2-3 Frankfurt
- Frankfurt 1-2 Freiburg
Bayer Leverkusen team news
The hosts remain without the services of Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Amine Adli and Karim Bellarabi as they are all injured.
Eintracht Frankfurt team news
Rafael Santos Borre has been suspended from Monday’s game due to an accumulation of bookings, while Diant Ramaj and Jesper Lindstrom are both injured and will miss out as well.
Prediction and odds
Bayer Leverkusen lost three of their last four home games across all competitions and will be looking to improve their home form while Eintracht Frankfurt are winless in their last five league games, drawing three times and losing the other two.
- Bayer Leverkusen Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
