19.10.2024 | 
Bayer Leverkusen is coming off an epic season, playing perfect football and giving their fans pure football joy by winning their first-ever Bundesliga title. Many have said that it is easier to win a title then to defend it, and Bayer is currently experiencing that. The visitors from Frankfurt are better ranked at the moment, which makes this game interesting to follow.
Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt meet on 19.10.2024, in a contest between two of the top five teams in the league. The event takes place at Bay Arena in Leverkusen on Sunday afternoon.
| Bayer Leverkusen |
Saturday, 19.10.2024, 09:30 EST | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1 | x | 2 |
| 1,43 | 5,35 | 6,00 |
Bayer Leverkusen – Eintracht Frankfurt: Initial situation
Bayer Leverkusen has made the jump from a solid team to a great one, and they are among the favorites in the race for the 2024-25 Bundesliga title. The unbeaten streak has ended but the top quality and the fans passion is still there.
Bayer Leverkusen Stats & Form
Last season Bayer Leverkusen won their first ever Bundesliga title and became the first team in the history of the competition to achieve that without losing a single game in the season. The team from the eastern bank of the Rhine also became the European record holder for most consecutive unbeaten competitive games with 51. However, that run came to an end as Bayer Leverkusen lost to Leipzig in the second round of this season. Now, the defending champions are fifth in the standings with 11 points, three shy of the leading Bayern Munich and Leipzig. Xabi Alonso’s team has four wins and two draws in the last six contests. Among those, they won both games in the Champions League against Feyenoord on the road and at home against AC Milan. Winning a point in Munich against Bayern was a great deal for them, but they spilled that in the last game. Bayer Leverkusen was 2-0 up after only eight minutes against Holstein Kiel, and that was all from them in the 2-2 draw.
Eintracht Frankfurt Stats & Form
Eintracht Frankfurt has been in the top half of the Bundesliga in recent seasons and the team is hoping to finally make the needed improvement to find its place among the very best. Tis definitely may be that year since Eintracht is third in the standings with 13 points, only one less than the leading couple of teams. Looking in their schedule, Eintracht has not lost in the last seven games including Europa League. After an impressive win on the road in Istanbul in front of the packer Besiktas stadium, Eintracht managed to transfer that for home and play a 3-3 draw against Bayern Munich with Omar Marmoush scoring a late equalizer in their last Bundesliga match. That was the fourth consecutive game for Eintracht to score at least three goals.
Bayer Leverkusen – Eintracht Frankfurt: Head to Head
Bayer Leverkusen won 4 of the last 5 games against Enitracht and the team from Frankfurt won once. Last season, Bayer won 3-0 at home and then handed Eintracht their worst loss of the season winning 5-1 in Frankfurt. The last four games between these two have seen at least three goals.
Bayer Leverkusen – Eintracht Frankfurt: Odds
Bayer Leverkusen is the favorite going into this game with the odds of 1.3 in their favor. Eintracht Frankfurt on the other hand is given 6,60 odds to win and the draw is at 5.35. The total goal line is set at 2.5 with 1.39 for over and 3.00 for under.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Bayer Leverkusen – Eintracht Frankfurt Betting Tip | Odds |
| Bayer Leverkusen -1,5 | 2,08 |
| Both teams to score | 1,57 |
| Over 3.5 goals | 2,01 |
Betting tip and prediction: Bayer Leverkusen – Eintracht Frankfurt (19.10.2024)
No one really expects Bayern Leverkusen to be as good as they were last season, but none really saw them as candidates to win last year, right? Xabi Alonso is a living hero in this industrial city, and he has a roster capable of big things. On the other side, Eitracht Frankfurt is a club that is producing top-level players but has a hard time keeping them when their price goes up. They were absolutely dominated last year in both matches against Leverkusen, and given their recent form, they may be more competitive this time around. It will be interesting to see if Eintracht will go as aggressive as they usually are against the top defense of Bayer. After Leverkusen allowed two late goals to Holstein Kiel in the previous round, they will tighten things up. Given that and the offensive potential the home team has, we go with Bayer Leverkusen covering the -1.5-goal spread in this one.