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Red hot Bayer Leverkusen aims to continue the winning run, as they chase third placed Monchengladbach for a direct place in the Champions League. However, the visitors are heavily involved in the relegation battle and will not go down without a fight.
Leverkusen has reached top form lately, playing the best football they played all season. The hosts are on a 6 game winning streak in Bundesliga and showed great charachter in other competitions as well, despite ending up on the losing end both times via penalties – against Atletico Madrid in UCL and Bayern Munich in the DFB Pokal. After Gladbach’s 0-0 draw with Frankfurt yesterday, Bayer has a huge chance of moving to the third place, which guarantees direct access to the Champions League.
Hannover has not won a single game in 2015 (!!), posting a series of 11 matches without a win and dropping to the 15th place, just two points over Paderborn. The visitors could stay up in the Bundesliga just because of the futility of the bottom three, because the football they are playing right now on both ends of the pitch is simply put poor. Hannover is on the back of a 1-1 home draw against Hertha.
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Team news & lineups:
Leverkusen has a healthy lineup ahead of this clash, with Kruse being the only missing player. Hannover will have to do without Hoffmann, Sobiech and Sane, the latter being suspended after the yellow card against Hertha.
Leverkusen: Leno – Hilbert, Jedvaj, Toprak, Wendell – Bender, Castro – Son, Calhanoglu, Bellarabi – Kiessling
Hannover 96: Zieler – Sakai, Felipe, Marcelo, Schulz – Briand, Kiyotake, Schmiedebach, Stindl, Prib – Joselu
Leverkusen should be able to continue the winning run with a comfortable win over Hannover. The hosts are playing excellent football right now, effective and balanced, they really do not look like they could be upset by a team like Hannover, especially not at home – with Bayer known for its strength at BayArena and Hannover traditionally a poor road team.
The only issue I have with this match is that the odds are at an all time low for Leverkusen because of the circumstances – one month ago they would have probably been 1.50, not barely over 1.36. But I fully expect Leverkusen to win, so I will tip them to cover a 1,25 goal asian handicap. Prediction: Bayer Leverkusen – Hannover 3-0.
Pick: Leverkusen (-1,25 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 1.79 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 6.32
Event date: 18 April
