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Preview: Bayer Leverkusen vs. Union Berlin - prediction, team news, lineups
Apr 10, 2025
Hosts Bayer Leverkusen must beat Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on Saturday at BayArena and hope that Bayern Munich drop points if they have ambitions of retaining their title.
Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso oversaw a 1-0 victory against Heidenheim on April 5 and his team are second with 62 points – six behind Bayern – while Union are 13th with 33 points and emerged as 1-0 victors against Wolfsburg on April 6.
Match preview
The home side produced just two shots on target against relegation-threatened Heidenheim and created no big chances, while facing two themselves, and they only claimed all three points thanks to Emiliano Buendia's 91st-minute winner.
Alonso will be alarmed by the nature of his team's performance, especially as they had been eliminated from the semi-final of the DFB-Pokal four days earlier at the hands of third division side Arminia Bielefeld when they lost 2-1.
While the champions kept a clean sheet against Heidenheim, it was only the first time in eight games that they had prevented their opponents from scoring having conceded 14 goals in that time.
With just six matchweeks remaining in the top flight, Leverkusen must hope that Bayern drop points in at least three fixtures considering the Bavarians' goal difference of 54 is significantly greater than their figure of 29.
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