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  • Bayer Leverkusen welcome Borussia Dortmund on 2025-05-11 at 14:30 GMT in week 33 of the 2024-2025 Bundesliga at BayArena.
  • Looking back over 4 duels, Xabi Alonso has 2 wins versus N. Kovač, who has no wins, with 2 draws.
  • After 32 matchdays, Bayer Leverkusen sit 2nd with 68 points and Borussia Dortmund are 5th having collected 51 points.
  • Bayer Leverkusen report 5 missing players: J. Belocian (Knee Injury), M. Hermoso (Thigh Injury), N. Mukiele (Muscle Injury), A. Sarco (Thigh Injury), M. Terrier (Achilles Tendon Injury) but Borussia Dortmund report 4 missing players: N. Jessen (Head Injury), J. Paulina (Thigh Injury), N. Schlotterbeck (Knee Injury), M. Beier (Ankle Injury).
  • Forecasting a three-man defense for Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1), while Borussia Dortmund are predicted to deploy a 3-4-2-1.
  • In their last outing, Bayer Leverkusen's highest-rated performer was J. Tah (8.2), while Borussia Dortmund's standout was G. Reyna (6.3).
  • Contrast in results: Bayer Leverkusen had to share the points 2-2 with Freiburg, whereas Borussia Dortmund claimed victory 4-0 vs. Wolfsburg.
  • Bayer Leverkusen (2-3-0) and Borussia Dortmund (4-1-0) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
  • Borussia Dortmund lead this rivalry - 20 wins from 41 matches versus Bayer Leverkusen (who've won just 12 games), alongside 9 draws.
  • 2-1 leads the pack at 28.8% of all our users' guesses, with 1-2 next on 19.2%.
  • With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (10-4-2 vs 5-3-8) and scoring roughly 2.13-2.56 goals, a 2-2 draw seems on the cards.

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Summary

Stats

Lineups

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Bayer Leverkusen 3-4-2-1 Alberto Encinas Pozo

Lukáš Hrádecký

Edmond Tapsoba

Jonathan Tah

Arthur

Jeremie Frimpong

Exequiel Palacios

Aleix García

Alejandro Grimaldo

Patrik Schick

Florian Wirtz

Jonas Hofmann

Substitute Players

3

Piero Hincapié

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8

Robert Andrich

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34

Granit Xhaka

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21

Amine Adli

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19

Nathan Tella

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16

Emiliano Buendía

36

Niklas Lomb

22

Victor Okoh Boniface

17

Matěj Kovář

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Borussia Dortmund 3-4-2-1 N. Kovač

Gregor Kobel

Niklas Süle

Waldemar Anton

Ramy Bensebaini

Yan Couto

Salih Özcan

Marcel Sabitzer

Daniel Svensson

Jamie Gittens

Emre Can

Serhou Guirassy

Substitute Players

26

Julian Ryerson

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13

Pascal Groß

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8

Felix Nmecha

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10

Julian Brandt

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Karim Adeyemi

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7

Giovanni Reyna

17

Carney Chukwuemeka

16

Julien Duranville

33

Alexander Meyer

H2H

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Standings

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1
Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich

34257299326782
W
W
D
W
W
2
Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen

341912372432969
D
L
D
W
D
3
Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

34179868462260
W
D
D
W
D
4
Dortmund

Dortmund

341761171512057
W
W
W
W
W
5
Freiburg

Freiburg

34167114953-455
L
W
D
W
W
6
Mainz

Mainz

3414101055431252
D
W
D
L
D
7
RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig

34131295348551
L
D
D
L
D
8
Werder Bremen

Werder Bremen

34149115457-351
W
D
D
D
W
9
Stuttgart

Stuttgart

341481264531150
W
W
W
L
D
10
B. Monchengladbach

B. Monchengladbach

34136155557-245
L
L
D
L
L
11
Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg

341110135654243
W
D
L
L
D
12
Augsburg

Augsburg

341110133551-1643
L
L
L
L
D
13
Union Berlin

Union Berlin

341010143551-1640
W
L
D
D
D
14
St. Pauli

St. Pauli

3488182841-1332
L
D
L
D
D
15
Hoffenheim

Hoffenheim

34711164668-2232
L
D
D
L
L
16
Heidenheim

Heidenheim

3485213764-2729
L
W
D
W
L
17
Holstein Kiel

Holstein Kiel

3467214980-3125
L
L
W
W
D
18
Bochum

Bochum

3467213367-3425
W
L
D
D
L
Promotion - Champions League (League phase: )
Promotion - Europa League (League phase: )
Promotion - Conference League (Qualification: )
Bundesliga (Relegation)
Relegation - 2. Bundesliga

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Bayer Leverkusen is going head to head with Borussia Dortmund on 11/5/2025 13:30 GMT common.at BayArena for the Germany Bundesliga. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund H2H statistics!