Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham Prediction & Match Preview

• Bayer Leverkusen are on an incredible run of 17 wins and 2 draws in the last 19 games across competitions.
• Die Werkself are 16 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga standings after the weekend’s win in Berlin.
• West Ham lost four of the last six away outings across competitions.

Bayer Leverkusen made another big step towards the inaugural Bundesliga title in club’s history on Saturday with a 1-0 road win over Union Berlin. The Werkself have thus all but secured the league trophy with a 16-point advantage on 2nd-placed Bayern Munich and only six games left to play.

Bayer Leverkusen will continue the chase for the Europa League silverware on Thursday as well. They host West Ham in the first leg of the quarter-final tie at BayArena. Bayer will also have a chance to complete the treble after demolishing Fortuna Dusseldorf 4-0 in the DFB Pokal semi-final last week.

West Ham have not been anywhere near title challenges in any of three domestic competitions this season. Nevertheless, they have made it to the final eight of the second-strongest European competition. The Hammers have reached this phase by eliminating a German opposition in the last-16 round. After a 0-1 defeat in the first leg on German soil, David Moyes’ men claimed a 5-0 victory over Freiburg in the return match at London Stadium.

Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham Prediction

Bayer Leverkusen are big favourites going into this tie. They have 17 wins and 2 draws in the last 19 outings across competitions. The fact they’ve managed 24 wins and 4 draws in 28 matches in this term of Bundesliga reveals such an amazing dominance. Head coach Xabi Alonso is doing an amazing job with this group of players.

West Ham have been playing hot and cold throughout the whole season. Nonetheless, their run of 4 wins in the last 17 matches in all competitions can hardly be paralleled to Bayer’s exquisite streak of results. To make things worse for the English outfit, they could be here without the main star. Jarrod Bowen was forced to the leave Saturday’s game against Wolves through injury. We will back Bayer to have the lead at the half time and win the match at the end at the 2.20 odds.

The best alternative pick would be Over 2.5 goals at the 1.60 odds. Four of Leverkusen’s last five games have seen three or more goals scored. The same scenario happened in four of West Ham’s previous six matches in all competitions.

Steffen Schmidt- April 9, 2024

Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham Betting Tips

HT/FT Bayer Leverkusen/Bayer Leverkusen

OK

	2.25 Odds
	2.06 Odds

Over 2.5 goals

OK

1.62 Odds

Correct Score: Bayer Leverkusen 3-1

OK

	11.00 Odds
	10.00 Odds