Bayer Leverkusen vs Freiburg Prediction & Betting Tips (21 December)

German champion for the first time in its history last year, Bayer Leverkusen had fallen quite behind in 1st place after experiencing some setbacks during the first months of competition. However, even if it is not as flamboyant as last year, the Usine 11 has regained great momentum by now riding a series of 4 straight victories won in the Bundesliga against Heidenheim 5-2, the Union Berlin 1-2, Sankt Pauli 2-1 and Augsburg 0-2 last weekend , which allowed it to return to 2nd position in the standings, 4 points behind from the leader, Bayern Munich. More generally, Xabi Alonso's men have won their last 7 matches in all competitions and they are in 4th place in the league phase of the Champions League after their victory against Inter last week. Opposite , SC Friborg also has nothing to be ashamed of its start to the season and it asserts itself as a serious candidate for Europe or even the top 4 qualifier for the Champions League.

It must be said that the Black Forest club has recovered rather well in recent weeks, achieving 2 wins in 3 matches played against Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 , Hoffenheim 1-1 and Wolfsburg 3-2 last weekend. Following this good series, the Brazilians from Brigsau are in 5th place in the ranking. The only downside is the elimination experienced in the German Cup at Arminia Bielefeld 3-1 at the very beginning of December .

Bayer still has to deal with the absence of the striker Adli (ex-Toulouse) who will not return for many weeks. The interesting midfielder Hofmann and the Nigerian Boniface (6 goals in the championship) should also be forced to give up this weekend. On the other hand, Czech scorer Schick (5 goals) was able to make his return last weekend. During the trip to Augsburg, the Tricolore Terrier confirmed their good intentions by scoring their 2nd goal in the Bundesliga while the excellent Florian Wirtz (6 goals, 4 assists in Bundesliga, 5 goals in C1) was able to widen the gap a few minutes later. As for Fribourg, the long-term injured Kyereh will still have to give up making the trip to the BayArena.

Moreover, striker Adamu (2 goals) will have to serve his last match of suspension. This formation should, however, have its best assets in attack, starting with the interesting Höler (2 goals in the Bundesliga), the Japanese Doan (5 goals, 2 assists) and the Italian Grifo (3 goals, 7 assists). Author of a double last weekend, right-back Kübler has scored 4 goals this season.