On the 3rd of April, in this week 27 match, Bayer Leverkusen will host Schalke 04 in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Bayer Leverkusen sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Hertha BSC. Deyovaisio Zeefuik scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 4th minute, then Matheus Cunha added another in the 26th minute In the end, Bayer Leverkusen was frustrated by Hertha BSC’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hertha BSC ended the match with the shutout victory. Bayer Leverkusen is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Schalke 04 recorded a 0-3 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Lars Stindl struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 15th minute, then Stefan Lainer added another in the 63rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Schalke 04 couldn’t manage to score, and Borussia M’gladbach took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen last played eachother at the Veltins-arena on the 6th of December. Bayer Leverkusen took the match by a score of 3 to 0 in front of an empty stadium. Malick Thiaw scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen on an own goal in the 10th minute, then Julian Baumgartlinger added another in the 67th minute on a feed from Leon Bailey In the end, Schalke 04 couldn’t muster any offence and Bayer Leverkusen ran away with the shutout win. Patrik Schick has been the most effective weapon for Bayer Leverkusen lately. The Czech attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches
Paulinho, Julian Baumgartlinger, Moussa Diaby, Sven Bender, Lars Bender, Daley Sinkgraven, Exequiel Palacios, Santiago Arias and Lukáš Hrádecký are unavailable to play for Bayer Leverkusen, while Dimitrios Grammozis’s Schalke 04 squad will be without Salif Sané, Mark Uth, Steven Skrzybski, Hamza Mendyl, Ralf Fährmann, Nassim Boujellab, Matija Nastasić, Nabil Bentaleb and Kilian Ludewig.