Dortmund v Leverkusen Match Result
The Bundesliga betting sites regard Bayer Leverkusen as the better team although home advantage means that Borussia Dortmund are the slight favourites with the majority of bookmakers. We’re basically talking about a team who haven’t lost on home soil this season against champions that are yet to taste a defeat on the road.
This is the first match of 2025 and Dortmund ended a four match winless run when landing a 3-1 triumph at Wolfsburg before Christmas, although they face tough opponents who enjoyed an eight-match winning run to cap off a memorable 2024. Perhaps they’ll be able to pick up where they left off with a victory here.
Those eight victorious games saw Leverkusen manage twenty-three goals in total and there were some notable wins. That includes a 1-0 German Cup victory over title rivals Bayern Munich, with Xabi Alonso’s side needing to continue the winning habit if they’re able to reel in their Bavarian adversaries and land a second successive crown.
A 5-1 success against Freiburg before Christmas was extremely impressive and saw Patrick Schick score an incredible four goals, with the Czech Republic striker aiming to continue his strong form into the New Year and Leverkusen were able to have twelve shots on target when it came to that particular encounter.
However, we can’t rule out the prospect of this match ending all square and that’s particularly when you consider the head-to-head record. When the teams met last season, both matches ended in a 1-1 scoreline, with Josip Stanisic scoring a late equaliser back in April after Dortmund looked as though they had won the clash.
Goals Under/Over
Despite the two 1-1 draws that took place between the sides last season, the Over 2.5 Goals quote is trading at odds-on. This means that the Bundesliga betting sites anticipate that three or more are likely to be scored and it’s easy to understand why considering that both sides take an attack-minded approach to their games.
Bayer Leverkusen have scored fifteen times in their seven away matches and this average of just over two suggests that there will be away goals, while Dortmund have managed twenty goals in eight home games. However, they only concede an average of one per home match and the Leverkusen defence is similarly stingy on the road.
We’re going to assume that both sides will create plenty of chances although this is a game which could easily finish in a 1-1 draw and some would argue that the value lies with the Under 2.5 Goals quote considering that we’re expecting the defences to be difficult to breach.
BTTS
The bookies anticipate that both teams will score in this clash. That’s hardly a surprise considering that the previous five Borussia Dortmund matches had a BTTS Yes outcome. The 3-1 win at Wolfsburg came after a 1-1 draw against Hoffenheim, while there was also a 3-2 defeat in the Champions League at home to Barcelona.
You have to go back to the end of October to find the last term that Nuri Sahin’s side drew a blank, with this coming as part of a 1-0 defeat at Wolfsburg in the German Cup. In the German Bundesliga, the only time we’ve seen Dortmund fail to score was a goalless draw away to Werder Bremen at the beginning of the season.
As for Bayer Leverkusen, thirty-seven goals have been scored in the Bundesliga this term and it’s also rare to see them draw a blank. There have now been nine consecutive games in all competitions where Xabi Alonso’s side have found the net and that was preceded by a 4-0 Champions League defeat at Anfield and a goalless draw against Stuttgart.
First Goalscorer
Patrick Schick is among the favourites to find the net first, with the Czech forward netting an incredible four goals in his previous match for Leverkusen. The forward was able to pilfer these goals against Freiburg, with this bringing his tally to thirteen for the season and it means that he has twelve in his previous ten games.
Leverkusen also carry a goal threat in the form of Florian Wirtz who has scored twelve goals of his own this term. The German attacking midfielder has also netted in three of the previous four encounters, with the player bagging a couple of goals when facing RC Salzburg in the Champions League and he will be highly motivated for this clash.
Borussia Dortmund landed Serhou Guirassy from Stuttgart in the summer and he has registered six goals in the space of twelve games, with the forward also managing six other goals in other competitions. Max Beier is relatively inexperienced but is starting to show more of a touch in front of goal, while Julian Brandt can be backed at a bigger price.