Bundesliga: St. Pauli vs Bayer Leverkusen – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Bundesliga round 5 match between St. Pauli and Bayer Leverkusen and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

When Bayer Leverkusen come to Millerntor Stadion for the Bundesliga match on Saturday, St. Pauli will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

The current difference in the Bundesliga standings between the two teams clashing at Millerntor Stadion this coming Saturday is two points.

Form: St. Pauli vs Bayer Leverkusen

St. Pauli Form

St. Pauli are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Hamburger SV by 0-2, before beating Augsburg by 2-1. The winning streak came to an end against VfB Stuttgart, who ran out 2-0 winners. St. Pauli claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Bundesliga, which also saw them drawing three and losing two matches, in which they scored seven and conceded nine goals.

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen currently look solid after going three matches unbeaten. They laid the groundworks by beating Eintracht Frankfurt with a 3-1 scoreline, before settling for a draw in a 2-2 game against FC Copenhagen. Their latest match once again had them draw, this time 1-1 against Borussia Moenchengladbach. Bayer Leverkusen won twice, while also recording four draws, and zero defeats in their last six away matches in the Bundesliga. The scoreline from these matches says 11 goals conceded and 13 scored.

Betting stats for St. Pauli and Bayer Leverkusen

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that St. Pauli and Bayer Leverkusen played across all tournaments.

Players on top: St. Pauli vs Bayer Leverkusen

Andreas Hountondji has three strikes in six Bundesliga matches for St. Pauli, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Bayer Leverkusen. The visitors are looking to Patrik Schick, who has provided his team with five Bundesliga goals.

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Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at Millerntor Stadion across all tournaments St. Pauli won four times, drew four and lost two times. Bayer Leverkusen claimed three wins, five draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away. Bayer Leverkusen conceded a goal in their last 7 matches. Bayer Leverkusen are on a serious roll of now 35 away matches on the spin without defeat. Bayer Leverkusen have not lost to St. Pauli in 6 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, St. Pauli scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Bayer Leverkusen got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive away games Bayer Leverkusen played. St. Pauli managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen were first on target in seven of their last 10 outings. Both teams scored in the last 4 consecutive meetings between St. Pauli and Bayer Leverkusen.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for St. Pauli, who scored an average of 1.9 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Bayer Leverkusen, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.1 times goals per game themselves. Bayer Leverkusen conceded a goal in their last 7 matches.