Leverkusen Look to Extend Record Breaking Streak at Bochum
Bochum vs Leverkusen Odds Give Bayer 77.9 Percent Chance to Stay Unbeaten
Bochum Last Team to Defeat Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen last lost a match on May 27th, 2023 and the last Bundesliga team to beat them was VfL Bochum.
On Sunday, Bayer Leverkusen will put their 49 game European record unbeaten run on the line vs none other than Bochum.
Leverkusen are two games away from the first invincible season in Bundesliga history and they managed an incredible two-goal comeback on Thursday in the Europa League to draw 2-2 vs Roma.
As Xabi Alonso’s men look to extend their unbeaten streak to 50 Bundesliga games, we’ll preview the Bochum vs Leverkusen odds.
Bochum vs Bayer Leverkusen
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Location: Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany
Bochum vs Leverkusen Head-to-Head
These sides last met in December 2023 and the Bochum vs Leverkusen odds priced Bayer as -495 favorites. Patrik Schick scored a hat trick for hosts Bayer Leverkusen as they won 4-0. Bayer Leverkusen avenged their 3-0 loss at Bochum, which occurred on the final day of the 2022-23 season.
However, Leverkusen are winless on their last three trips to Bochum. Since Bochum’s most recent promotion to the Bundesliga, in 2021, Leverkusen hold a 3-1-1 record in this fixture.
Bochum Making Great Escape
With two wins in their last two Bundesliga league fixtures, Bochum are making their great escape from the relegation zone. Two weekends ago, Bochum were in the relegation play-off spot, in 16th.
Now, they’re in 14th, certain to avoid automatic relegation, but just four points outside of the play-off spot with two games to go.
Should Bochum defeat Leverkusen on Sunday, that’ll ensure Bundesliga survival. Last Sunday, Bochum took on fellow relegation battlers Union Berlin in a wild match.
Maximilian Wittek scored twice for Bochum in the first half and Kevin Schlotterbeck made it 3-0 before the break. Union got two goals back by the 62nd minute but Philipp Hofmann’s header gave Bochum some breathing room.
The match eventually ended 4-3 to Bochum and they were crucial three points to pick. Since Heiko Butscher took over as Bochum coach on April 9th, they’ve gone 2-1-1 and the appointment seems to have paid off.
After averaging just 1.1 goals per game over their first 30 Bundesliga matches, Bochum have scored seven goals in their last two. Midfielder Kevin Stoger has been key for Bochum this season, with seven goals and nine assists.
However, Bochum have also conceded in 14 straight games and haven’t kept a shutout since January. They’ll need to have a good game defensively to have any chance of taking down Bayer Leverkusen.
Leverkusen Complete Another Ridiculous Comeback
Bayer Leverkusen, the 2023-24 Bundesliga champions, have seemingly unlimited belief in their ability to remain unbeaten.
It didn’t waver on Thursday, even as they conceded two penalty kick goals to Roma in the Europa League Semifinal second leg.
With Leandro Paredes’ second goal of the night, the aggregate score was level at two after Bayer Leverkusen won the first leg 2-0. Leverkusen got a goal back in the 82nd minute, on an own goal.
Then, as they’ve done so many times this season, Leverkusen got a stoppage time goal to equalize.
Substitute right back Josip Stanisic scored a tidy left footed finish as the BayArena erupted. With a 4-2 aggregate victory, Bayer Leverkusen are in their first European Final for over 20 years.
More impressively, no team since the dawn of UEFA competitions has gone more games without a loss since Bayer Leverkusen.
They’ll look to extend the streak to 50 games as Alonso may decide to start Bundesliga players like Florian Wirtz, Victor Boniface and Patrik Schick, all of whom he started on the bench on Thursday.
Wirtz has been the standout guy on a team full of players who are having career-best seasons. He’s one of just two players, according to the Bundesliga stats, who has registered double digit goals and assists this season.
Wing back Alex Grimaldo needs just one goal to join that elite company with Wirtz and Stuttgart’s Deniz Undav. Expect all of Leverkusen’s stars to be available on Sunday.
Bochum vs Leverkusen Match Analysis & Odds
At this point, Bayer Leverkusen are having one of the greatest seasons in European soccer history.
They’ve got four matches left, in all competitions, and winning them all would mean they’re unbeaten Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Europa League champions.
This could be a trickier game than expected for Leverkusen, though, especially on short rest.
Currently, the Bochum vs Leverkusen odds price Leverkusen as -140 favorites. Bochum have a decent shot to win, according to the oddsmakers, at +330, and Bochum +0.5 is priced at +120.
A draw also sits at +335 odds and would be sufficient for both sides here. However, a Bochum win to end Leverkusen’s unbeaten run would also be the win that keeps Bochum up for sure.
That could absolutely be a motivating factor for a Bochum side that defeated Bayer Leverkusen on the final day in 2022-23. We’ve come to expect goals in Leverkusen matches but under 3, 3.5 goals display -120 odds.
With Bochum’s poor defensive record, don’t be surprised if Leverkusen over 1.5 goals (-185) hits.
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