All eyes will be on BayArena when Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt face each other in the Bundesliga derby.
Bayer Leverkusen missed out on a place in the Champions League, and the team’s new goal is to make it to the Europa Conference League.
The hosts failed to spoil Bayern Munchen’s party at Allianz Arena, but you should bear in mind that they are after their third consecutive win at home ground.
Die Adler, on the other hand, recorded a very important 2-0 win over Augsburg, with the team retaining their spot in top four.
Eintracht are determined to book their place in the Champions League, and seeing that they will go for a win in Saturday’s clash as well, both teams to score betting option should be considered.
In the first half of the season Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Bayer Leverkusen 2-1.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Eintracht Frankfurt Head-to-head
Teams Bayer Leverkusen Eintracht Frankfurt played so far 36 matches.
Bayer Leverkusen won 21 direct matches. Eintracht Frankfurt won 12 matches. 3 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 3.28 goals per Match.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction
Bayer Leverkusen in actual season average scored 2.07 goals per match. In 21 (91.30%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 17 (73.91%) matches in season 2021 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Eintracht Frankfurt average scored 1.86 goals per match in season 2021. In 20 (100.00%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 16 (80.00%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team News:
Leverkusen hope to have Lars Bender and Santiago Arias back from meniscus and ankle injuries in the forthcoming weeks, but Saturday's test against Frankfurt will come too soon for the pair.
Wolf could look to make a few changes from the side which lost in Munich in midweek, with Florian Wirtz and Wendell hoping for recalls to the starting XI.
Moussa Diaby may drop a little deeper after Jeremie Frimpong failed to impress at right wing-back against Bayern.
Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Julian Baumgartlinger are out for the rest of the season with ACL injuries.
Frankfurt will travel without the suspended Sebastian Rode after the midfielder picked up his 10th booking of the season against Augsburg.
Stefan Ilsanker is likely to replace him, having lost his place in defence to the returning Hinteregger.
Erik Durm could replace Timothy Chandler at right wing-back, but Amin Younes may find himself used from the bench again given the form of Daichi Kamada, Luka Jovic and Silva in attack.
Ragnar Ache, Almamy Toure and Jabez Makanda have been ruled out for the rest of the season.
Bayer Leverkusen possible starting lineup:
Hradecky; Tah, Bender, Tapsoba; Diaby, Aranguiz, Palacios, Wendell; Wirtz, Bailey; Schick
Eintracht Frankfurt possible starting lineup:
Trapp; Tuta, Hinteregger, N'Dicka; Durm, Sow, Ilsanker, Kostic; Kamada; Silva, Jovic