Leverkusen Expected to Finish Season With Trophy Lift at Expense of Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern vs Bayer Leverkusen - 25/05/2024
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After suffering their first defeat of the 2023-24 campaign, Xabi Alonso’s side will aim to bounce back when they compete in the DFB-Pokal final.
On Saturday, Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen face second-tier outfit 1. FC Kaiserslautern at Berlin’s Olympiastadion.
Can Leverkusen complete a memorable domestic double? Or will Kaiserslautern upset the odds? Keep reading to discover what Forebet’s AI algorithm predicts.
On Wednesday, Bayer Leverkusen lost the Europa League final, with Ademola Lookman scoring a hat-trick to hand Atalanta a 3-0 victory in Dublin.
That was Leverkusen’s first defeat of the season across all competitions, meaning their 51-game unbeaten streak has finally come to an end.
Still, there is no hiding the fact that Bayer have been one of the best teams in Europe this term, with the Bundesliga title already in the bag for Alonso’s side.
It is also worth remembering that Leverkusen have scored 23 goals across five DFB-Pokal wins this season, meaning they average 4.6 goals per game.
Meanwhile, FC Kaiserslautern finished their 2. Bundesliga campaign with a 5-0 thrashing of Eintracht Braunschweig, courtesy of a Marlon Ritter hat-trick.
Despite that victory, Kaiserslautern finished 13th in the second-tier standings – seven points outside the bottom three with a goal difference of -5.
In the DFB-Pokal, FCK have racked up 15 goals and three clean sheets across five matches this season, seeing Bundesliga outfit FC Koln in the process.
That said, Kaiserslautern head into the final as massive underdogs, having experienced an underwhelming campaign in Germany’s second division.
Head-to-head: Since 2000, Kaiserslautern have managed to win just three of their 19 meetings with Bayer Leverkusen across all competitions.
FCK claimed DFB-Pokal triumphs over Leverkusen in 2009 and 2014, although Bayer gained their revenge with a 2-0 victory in 2015.
Team news: Leverkusen’s Amine Adlie has chalked up five goals and four assists in five DFB-Pokal games this season, while Florian Wirtz has bagged three goals and four assists.
As for Kaiserslautern, Richmond Tachie has netted three DFB-Pokal goals this term, with Marlon Ritter notching two goals and three assists.
There is no denying that Kaiserslautern have done well to make it this far, but the Bundesliga champions should be too strong for the second division side.
Forebet predicts that Bayer Leverkusen will score over 2.5 goals and keep a clean sheet on their way to lifting the DFB-Pokal trophy on Saturday.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
DFB
291754
2
0 - 3
3.55
20°
1.14
17.00
7.50
1.14
no
no
no
0 - 1(0 - 1)
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