SC Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction: Freiburg to test Leverkusen unbeaten run

Sundays fixture of Bundesliga week 26 begins with  Freiburg taking on the league leaders who are without a loss in all competitions this season. The match is scheduled for 17th March 2024 at the Europa-Park Stadion in Freiburg at 17:30 (GMT+3).

With 29 points and 30 goals scored against, Freiburg is in ninth position. Der Sport-Club is now five points behind sixth-place Eintracht Frankfurt in the Conference League Qualifiers with 11 games remaining. Freiburg's winless run against Augsburg at WWK Arena ended in a 2-1 loss, bringing their record against the Bundesliga to five.

With a 2-0 victory over Koln, the BayArena took a step closer to capturing their first Bundesliga crown, but manager Xabi Alonso has to caution his team from getting too comfortable. At the top of the standings, Bayer Leverkusen leads Bayern München by 10 points, extending their perfect start to the season to 24 wins (20 draws, 4 losses, 0 draws).

The teams' most recent Bundesliga matchup ended with Bayern München winning 3-0 at Allianz Arena in October. WIll the story change for Freiburg this time?

Freiburg won't want to replicate their past performance here after falling to Augsburg 2-1 in the previous round of the Bundesliga. In five of the previous six Freiburg matches, at least three goals were scored each game. In these matches, their opponents scored eight goals, while Freiburg scored thirteen. It will be interesting to see whether that pattern continues over here.

Freiburg is without a win in each of their last 15 league games against Bayern Munich. Freiburg is also without a victory in their last two league home games.

For this match, the host team is without three centre defenders due to injury. The players are Philipp Lienhart, Kenneth Schmidt, and Max Rosenfelder. After rupturing his cruciate ligament in the summer, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh is still out.

Possible starting lineup for Freiburg: Atubolu; Gunter, Gulde, Hofler, Kubler; Rohl, Eggestein, Grigo, Doan; Holer, Gregoritsch

With two draws and eight victories in the previous ten games, Bayer Leverkusen has not lost any of them. Six of Bayer Leverkusen's past ten games have seen over 2.5 goals, and the remaining four have seen under 2.5 goals.

In the previous ten games, Bayer Leverkusen has scored 20 goals. It has been possible for Bayer Leverkusen to score two goals on average every game. During that time, Bayer Leverkusen has also let up eight goals. This means that we give up 0.8 goals on average every game.

In their last ten home games, Bayer Leverkusen has won eight of them, drawn two, and lost none.

Leverkusen is the clear favourite going into this game. Both clubs will be motivated to take all three points for different reasons. This season, Bayer Leverkusen has been outstanding thus far, and in the months to come, they might create history. Alonso and his team have proven that they are still a danger offensively. Freiburg is a vert tactically disciplined team with good offensive play to disturb Leverkusen.

With the ball, Bayer Leverkusen will probably dominate and have several good opportunities as a result.