Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction, 3/12/2023 Bundesliga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen

Date: Sunday, March 12, 2023

Location: Weserstadion in Bremen, Germany

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Werder Bremen (+218) Bayer Leverkusen (+116)

The Company's Eleven (9-4-10) are headed to Weserstadion on Sunday where they will try to defeat the Green-Whites (9-3-11). The Green-Whites are priced at +218 and Bayer Leverkusen are at +116. The betting total comes in at 2.75. The starting goalies are Jiri Pavlenka for Werder Bremen and Lukas Hradecky for Bayer Leverkusen.

Bremen has relinquished 43 goals while allowing 1.87 goals per 90 min, and opponents have earned 122 shots on target against them. They have 4 clean sheets, which has them at a % of 17.4 on the year. Werder Bremen has compiled 45 yellow cards this year as well as 1 red card. The Green-Whites rank 13th in xG with 27.0, and the squad's expected goals against are 35.4. On the season, this team holds an average of 1.30 pts per match (30 points) and also are ranked 10th in the league with 24 assists. This team's differential on goals is -8 by means of 35 goals scored as well as 43 goals conceded. Werder has a total of 80 saves and they have a SV rate of 65.6 this season.

The Company's Eleven come in with an average of 1.4 pts per fixture while having 32 assists and 5 red cards. Bayer 04 Leverkusen has earned a shut out % of 21.7 on the season in addition to 48 yellow card warnings. Bayer Leverkusen has a ranking of 8th when it comes to goals against having 37, and their goal differential is sitting at 3. Over the course of the season, Leverkusen has a save % of 68.9 (103 shots on target against), and also rank 9th in Bundesliga with 31 points. Their goals against per 90 minutes is at 1.61 with 68 saves, and they have tallied 5 shutouts. Leverkusen has compiled 40 goals and the squad's goals expected this year is currently at 36.2.

The man who will protect the net for Werder Bremen will be Jiri Pavlenka. Pavlenka has played for a total of 25,259 mins and is sitting with 903 saves so far in his career. His GA/90 is 1.41 (396 total goals conceded) and he has a save percentage of .704. The goalkeeper born in the Czech Republic has faced 1,282 shots tried against him in 284 starting assignments. Pavlenka (100-80-103 record in his career) has 66 clean sheets, which has earned him a 23.2% clean sheet rate.

Lukas Hradecky is expected to look after the net for Bayer Leverkusen. Hradecky has totaled 109 shutouts and has seen 1,506 shots attempted against him in 33,073 mins throughout his career. He sports a save % of .700 and his clean sheet rate sits at 29.6%. He has surrendered 1.27 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a record of 155-92-120. In his pro soccer career, Hradecky has conceded 467 goals while tallying 1,054 stops in 368 starting assignments.

Niclas Fullkrug is a member of the squad who could help decide the outcome for Werder Bremen. Fullkrug has been in the starting lineup in 183 games in his career and he has earned 0.49 goals per 90 minutes. The forward from Germany has racked up 94 goals in 17,183 professional minutes played. He has accounted for 27 assists while earning 18 yellow cards thus far in his career.

Bayer Leverkusen has an attacker in Sardar Azmoun, who is a thorn in the side of defenses. He has earned 39 yellow card cautions so far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 30 times. The forward from Iran has totaled 14,036 minutes while scoring 88 goals. He scores 0.56 goals per 90 and has had a starting assignment in 156 contests thus far in his career.

Who will win tonight's Bundesliga game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Bayer Leverkusen (+116)

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