Leverkusen on title course: RB Leipzig again in sight!

Leverkusen on title course: RB Leipzig again in sight!

On January 21, 2025, Bayer 04 Leverkusen meets RB Leipzig again in a highly excited Bundesliga duel. The Leverkuseners have a remarkable balance in the last 52 league games, with just one defeat. However, this defeat occurred against the team from Leipzig, which put a bitter setback from the incumbent Bayern persecutor. The upcoming game is considered a kind of revenge for this bitter pill.

Leverkusen was particularly strong after they had to accept the defeat against Leipzig. Since this setback, the Rhinelander have played 16 league games without defeat and won eight games in a row. She catapulted this impressive series for the first chasing position behind FC Bayern Munich. Leverkusen also wants to demonstrate their strength in the coming game after remaining the past 25 away games undefeated.

the last encounter and its consequences

In her last encounter against RB Leipzig more than a year ago, the defeat for Leverkusen was bitter because they had previously been undefeated over 35 league games. In this game, Kevin Kampl and Loïs Openda were the crucial players for Leipzig and ensured an unexpected victory. The pressure to repeat this success is now on the shoulders of the Leverkusener.

On the other hand, RB Leipzig shares the unpleasant feeling of a past draw after playing 3: 3 against VfL Bochum, even though they were 3-0 in the lead. Willi Orbán, the defender of Leipzig, spoke of an unpleasant feeling after the game and thus expresses the frustration of the team, which threatens to move out of the upper places in the table.

statistical insights into the Bundesliga

This season, the Bundesliga is characterized by a high number of draws. Overall, 20% of the games ended in a tie, which corresponds to 162 draws from 33 possible games. Bayer 04 Leverkusen is one of the teams with the most draw because they already shared the points five times this season. A similar picture can be seen in other teams such as TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart.

In another interesting trend, FC Bayern Munich, which aims at first place, only achieved three draw from 18 games. If you had converted these unused points into victories, you could currently enrich yourself with another six points in the account.