Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund » Prediction, Watch Live + Odds & Stats 29.01.2023

On Sunday afternoon, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund go head-to-head at the BayArena in what could be the game of the weekend in the Bundesliga.

Die Werkself have found form in recent games after overcoming a horrendous start to the Bundesliga campaign. A 2-0 home win over Bochum means that Xabi Alonso’s team heads into this game on a run of five straight wins in the Bundesliga.

Bayer has returned their potent best in front of goal of late, too, scoring at least two goals in all five of their recent league wins.

The good recent run of league results has moved Bayer up to eighth place in the table, just seven points adrift of the European spots.

Alonso’s team is now also six games unbeaten on home soil in the German top flight, having recorded four wins in the run.

BVB have been highly inconsistent this season in the Bundesliga. However, Edin Terzic’s team have now won back-to-back league wins over Augsburg and Mainz while also winning five of their last seven matches in the German top flight.

Despite the decent recent run, Dortmund are still outside the Champions League spots courtesy of an inferior goal difference to fourth-place Eintracht Frankfurt.

Similarly to their opponents, Dortmund’s recent league matches have been high-scoring, as there have been over 2.5 goals scored in six of their last seven Bundesliga matches.

Dortmund has been poor on their travels of late in the Bundesliga, losing five of their last seven league matches on their travels.

Bayer Leverkusen has injury doubts over Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Charles Aranguiz and Patrik Schick. Dortmund will be without defensive pair Thomas Meunier and Mateu Morey through injury, while Marco Reus is also a fitness doubt.

This game could go either way in terms of the result. However, the recent history of these two teams suggests that this should be a highly entertaining and high-scoring encounter.