Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Buoyed by a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen will be looking to give fans yet another reason for celebration when they take on Wolfsburg at BayArena. Peter Bosz’s troops aim to keep their title hopes alive, and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at Wolfsburg. Even though the likes of Arias, Bellarabi, Bender, Palacios, Paulinho, Weiser, and Baumgartlinger remain in the recovery room, home win should be considered.
The Wolves, on the other hand, aim to build on a 2-0 win over relegation strugglers Mainz. Wolfsburg are eyeing a place in European competitions, but Bayer Leverkusen will pose a much bigger threat for the visitors than die Nullfunfer. Jeffrey Bruma remains quarantined, while Jerome Roussillon is out of contention through injury. It has to be noted that Bayer Leverkusen are eyeing their third consecutive home win in all competitions.
Highlighted Player (Kerem Demirbay):
Kerem Demirbay is a product of Schalke 04 football academy. After playing for die Knappen from 1999 to 2007 he joined Borussia Dortmund and it has to be noted that he played for Wattenscheid during his youth career as well. The German footballer of Turkish descent made 28 appearances for Borussia Dortmund II before joining Hamburger SV senior team in 2013.
However, you should know that he played no more than three games in Bundesliga for die Rothosen. Kerem Demirbay played for Kaiserslautern and Fortuna Dusseldorf on loan from 2014 to 2016 and he moved to Hoffenheim in the summer of 2016. Kerem Demirbay scored six goals, while providing ten assists for his teammates in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign.
Demirbay, who was born in Herten, Germany on July 3, 1993 is an attacking midfielder, but he is used as both central and right midfielder as well. The Hoffenheim ace played international youth football for Turkey, but he decided to represent Germany at senior level. Kerem Demirbay made his debut for Germany in a friendly against Denmark on June 6, 2017.
Highlighted Team (Wolfsburg):
Wolfsburg are a German football club founded in the aftermath of the World War II (1945). Die Wolfe (The Wolves) wear green and white shirts and they play their home games at Volkswagen Arena. The capacity of the stadium is 30,000 and it was opened on 13 December, 2002.
It is well known that German car manufacturer Volkswagen are the club’s main sponsors. Wolfsburg won the Bundesliga trophy in 2009 and the likes of Edin Dzeko, Grafite and Zvjezdan Misimovic were part of the club’s golden generation.
You should bear in mind that Grafite and Dzeko scored 54 goals between each other in the 2008/2009 Bundesliga campaign and that the team clinched the trophy thanks to a 5-1 win over Werder Bremen on 23 May, 2009. Die Wolfe won the German Cup trophy in 2015, with the team beating star-studded Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in the title game. Wolfsburg are a team that has no bitter rivals in German football.