Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke Predictions

• Bayer Leverkusen failed to keep a clean sheet in eight of the last nine H2Hs.
• Leverkusen are experiencing their worst ever start to a Bundesliga season.
• Schalke avoided defeat in two of their last three away league games.

Leverkusen’s trying times could continue

After making their worst ever start to a Bundesliga season in the three points for a win era, Leverkusen enter this clash with Schalke in the relegation zone. Matters were compounded when losing by a comfortable 2-0 scoreline in a midweek trip to Portugal, and that could have a negative impact on their prospects here too.

Beyer Leverkusen have failed to win their first four Bundesliga home games for the first time in club history, suggesting that new boss Xabi Alonso has a huge job on his hands to turn it around.

Alonso never lost against Schalke in eight meetings during his playing years, but facing them as a manager is a completely different challenge. The visitors have gone down in their last two matches, yet two narrow single-goal margins of defeat aren’t enough to put us off their chances here, especially when holding Dortmund to a single goal.

Playing the percentages

Given how short Bayer Leverkusen’s price is for the win, we predict that Schalke may well turn up in this game as that is the selection that provides the best value. The new manager effect may help the hosts, but Schalke have avoided defeat in two of their last three away games and can grab another point here.

As for the correct score, we’re going for a rather drab 1-1 draw, a result which would continue the trend of both teams scoring in six of the last seven editions of this specific H2H encounter.

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