Holstein Kiel vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Betting Tips (22 February)

Propelled into the Bundesliga last summer after having made a very good season at the lower level, the Holstein Kiel discovered the highest level of German football on the occasion of this 2024-2025 exercise. But the least we can say is that this baptism of fire did not go very well for this team which finds itself to close the walk in the ranking, 12 days from the end, with only 13 points taken in 22 days. In search of a new success for 5 days now, the storks had been defeated by Bayern 4-3 despite a beautiful pride reaction at the end of the match before taking a point against Bochum 2-2. Finally, last week, they did not hold the pace against Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1. In front, Bayer Leverkusen still defends his status as a German champion but his chances of being able to keep this title decrease as the weeks.

2nd in the ranking, the players of Xabi Alonso are indeed still 8 lengths behind Bayern Munich against whom they missed the opportunity to reduce the gap last weekend by conceding a draw and virgin 0-0. Before that, the 11 factory was able to fill up against Hoffenheim 3-1 before sharing the points with Wolfsburg 0-0. Note that the Florian Wirtz band has validated its ticket for the 1/8th finals of the Champions League and that it will compete in the semi-finals of the German Cup.

On the locals side, the young defender Kleine-Bekel, the more environment Regularly used Erras and the defender replacing Johansson must still spend their turn this weekend. In addition to that, the attackers Bernhardsson (2 goals in 9 games) and Skrzybski (4 goals) and defender Tolkin are also on the tile at the moment. Absent last week, goalkeeper No. 1 Weiner could also miss the call. Authors of 7 goals each in the league, the Japanese Machino and the prolific harres manage to get out of the game this season but they remained silent last weekend against Frankfurt. Amine Adli returned to competition last week against Bayern after more than 3 months of absence.

Conversely, the two former Rennes that are The defender replacing Belocian and the Terrier striker are still not restored for this trip to the red lantern. The Hermoso summer recruit could also stay at the stands this weekend. The formidable Bayer attackers are however well operational for this poster. We obviously think of the Boniface striker (7 goals) and Fondable Czech scorer Patrick Schick (14 goals in the Bundesliga) who had only a few minutes to put himself under the tooth against Bayern. The nugget Florian Wirtz (6 goals in C1, 9 goals, 9 assists Bundesliga) should be well appeared in the 11th.

• Summary: Holstein Kiel is going head to head with Bayer 04 Leverkusen starting on 22 Feb 2025 at 14:30 UTC at Holstein-Stadion stadium, Kiel city, Germany. The match is a part of the Bundesliga .
• Holstein Kiel Feedinco Rating: 6.75
• Bayer Leverkusen Feedinco Rating: 7.10