On Saturday Jan 23rd, Bayer Leverkusen will host Wolfsburg in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. In their last match, 3rd placed Bayer Leverkusen, recorded a 2-1 win against Borussia Dortmund. Moussa Diaby struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 14th minute, but Julian Brandt got the equalizer for Borussia Dortmund in the 67th minute. Bayer Leverkusen should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while wolfsburg is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Mainz 05. Bartosz Bialek struck first for Wolfsburg in the 65th minute, then Wout Weghorst added another in the 79th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Mainz 05 couldn’t manage to score, and Wolfsburg took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Wolfsburg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg last played eachother at the Volkswagen Arena on Sep 20th. Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Wolfsburg nor Bayer Leverkusen could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Wout Weghorst has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 5 goals for Wolfsburg. Bayer Leverkusen’s most prolific scorer has been Moussa Diaby. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Karim Bellarabi, Charles Aránguiz, Paulinho, Wendell, Mitchell Weiser, Sven Bender, Lars Bender, Daley Sinkgraven, Exequiel Palacios and Santiago Arias are unavailable to play for Peter Bosz’s team, while Oliver Glasner’s squad will be without Jérôme Roussillon, Admir Mehmedi, Maximilian Arnold, Maxence Lacroix, Pavao Pervan and Kasten.