On Sunday, starting at 17:00, the Leverkusen – Dusseldorf, from the 22nd round of the Bundesliga, 2018-2019, will be played.
Leverkusen won all three direct games with Dusseldorf, including the tournament meeting with a 2-1 away score.
Peter Bosz’s band steered the first league of the Europa League sixteen, ending with a white draw on the Russians’ field in Krasnodar. Leverkusen will need a lot of attention on BayArena to get the best out of the competition. Until the return, he will play in front of his own fans with Fortuna Dusseldorf. The guests scored in all Bundesliga trips, less in 3 of them. “Aspirins” start with the first chance, but they will have to wait for an engaging game, in which the opponent will hit the counterattack.
Dusseldorf ranks 12th in the ranking, with 25 points, without worrying about relegation at the moment. Friedhelm Funkel’s team still “lives” out of four consecutive successes in recent months, but scored 3 more points last season, 3-0 on home ground with Stuttgart. The Merkur Spiel-Arena has received 39 goals in the first 21 matches, with one of the weakest defenses, but is surprising. We have to remember the two big results, 2-1 with Dortmund “home” and 3-3 with Bayern away.
Leverkusen will try a new success in front of his opponent, but we can expect a confrontation in which both bands will be able to score.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,57
