Arsenal vs Bayer Leverkusen Friendly prediction

After pushing Manchester City all the way to the final day of the 2023/24 Premier League season, Arsenal will be determined to try and end Pep Guadiola’s dominance when the action kicks off again this season. They have had a series of tough friendly matches this pre-season. The Gunners drew 1-1 in their opening friendly against Bournemouth, defeating them in a penalty shootout, before coming from behind to beat Manchester United 2-1 and losing by a similar margin to Liverpool in their most recent outing. They still have this Leverkusen clash and a game against Lyon on their menu before they kick off the Premier League pursuit against Wolverhampton

Bayer Leverkusen will also continue to ramp up their preparations for their upcoming Bundesliga title defence on Saturday with a few more friendly matches including this midweek encounter with English giants Arsenal. The German champions began their pre-season bid against Rot-Weiss Essen last week and continued with a 2-2 draw at Lens at the weekend. A historic season saw Leverkusen win their first-ever German top-flight title in style, going unbeaten throughout the entire league campaign and winning 28 of their 34 outings while drawing the other six to finish on 90 points, 17 clear of second spot. With a target on their back, they will have their work cut out this time.

We expect a close encounter here. Both of these teams’ football philosophies encompass, all-out attacking football and we do anticipate a match with plenty of goal opportunities either way. Going by the quality of players available for both teams, we anticipate strong lineups to be named here and we are backing both teams to score as our main Arsenal vs Bayer Leverkusen prediction

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Main Tip: Both Teams to Score

Our Arsenal vs Bayer Leverkusen predictions

According to the statistics and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following tips:

Prediction 1: Both Teams to Score

Here are 3 reasons why we are backing both teams to score in this match:

• Both teams have scored in their 2 H2H meetings
• Arsenal’s last 4 straight games have had both teams score; both of Leverkusen’s friendly games have also seen both teams scoring
• Both teams have scored at least 1 goal in 9 of their last 10 matches across all competitions

Odds for this bet

1Win offers competitive odds for the bet “Both Teams to Score”

The odd of 1.52 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 66% chance that both teams will find the back of the net in this match

Odds comparison for Both Teams to Score

1Win – odd 1.52
1xBet – odd 1.50

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Prediction 2: Over 9.5 Corners

3 reasons why we are backing this match to have at least 10 total corners taken

• All of Arsenal’s last 5 matches have had at least 10 corners
• Leverkusen have had at least 5 corner kicks of their own in 4 of their last 5 matches
• With both teams expected to attack from the get-go, there will be plenty of goalmouth action either way which will likely result in corners

Odds for this bet

Paripesa offers competitive odds for “Over 9.5 Corners”

The odd of 2.20 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 45% that there will be at least 10 total corners taken

Odds comparisons Over 9.5 Corners

Paripesa – odd 2.20
Betwinner – odd 2.15

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Prediction 3: DC Leverkusen/Draw

Here’s why we feel there is value in picking Leverkusen on the double chance in this match:

• They have only lost 1 match since the start of last season (the Europa League final loss to Atalanta)
• Arsenal have looked shaky in pre-season; just one outright win from the three matches they have played
• Leverkusen have the majority of their regular starters back in camp; Arsenal have been fielding lots of second-stringers in this tour

Statistics for Arsenal vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

Team News Arsenal

• Mikel Arteta’s squad for Arsenal’s pre-season tour of the USA got a major boost with Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Magalhaes, and Kai Havertz linking up with the squad
• Declan Rice, Aaron Ramsdale, Bukayo Saka, David Raya and William Saliba are not part of the tour due to international commitments they had in the summer
• Seventeen-year-old Ethan Nwaneri has featured in the starting side in each of Arsenal’s three friendly matches so far, and the midfielder will be looking to continue his impressive run of displays against Leverkusen.
• Medicals have been completed for Riccardo Calafiori who’s set to travel to the USA from London together with his agents but he is not expected to feature in these pre-season matches
• Smith Rowe’s possible departure has opened Arsenal’s eyes to several midfield options such as Euro-winning midfield duo, Mikel Merino and Fabian Ruiz, and according to reports, they are actively exploring these options.

Team News Bayer Leverkusen

• Some of the new signings who already arrived at Leverkusen include Aleix Farcia from Girona, Martin Terrier and Jeanuël Belocian both from Rennes
• Nathan Tella should again operate in a right wing-back role after his goal last time out in the absence of Jeremie Frimpong, who has missed both pre-season games alongside defenders Piero Hincapie and Jonathan Tah and key midfielder Granit Xhaka
• If Xhaka remains out,  Aleix Garcia should start again in the heart of the midfield alongside Arthur and Jonas Hofmann
• Defender Jonathan Tah’s proposed move to Bayern Munich appears to have collapsed

H2H statistics

These teams have met 2 times before:

• Arsenal won both meetings
• They scored an average of 3.50 goals
• The Gunners won 4-1in their last encounter

Latest results Arsenal

• 3 wins, a draw and a loss in their last 5 matches
• 7 goals scored in these last 5 matches. Average of 1.40 goals per match
• Lost 2-1 to Liverpool in their last match

Latest results Bayer Leverkusen

• Also had 3 wins, a draw and a loss in their last 5 matches
• 7 goals scored in these last 5 matches. Average 1.40 goals per match
• Drew 2-2 with Lens in their last match

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