West Ham vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Match Preview

• Bayer Leverkusen won 19 and drew 2 of the last 21 games in all competitions.
• The Germans were completely dominant in the first leg seven days ago on their soil.
• The Werkself did not concede a goal in four subsequent fixtures across competitions.

The newly-crowned Bundesliga champions will visit English capital to face West Ham in the reverse game of the UEFA Europa League quarter-final on Thursday evening at London Stadium. Bayer Leverkusen will also carry a two-goal advantage from the first leg. Based on everything we’ve seen from them this season, it should be more than enough to see them advancing to the semi-final of the competitions.

Bayer Leverkusen mathematically clinched the title at the weekend and they’ve done so in some fashion. The Werkself destroyed Werder Bremen 5-0 on Sunday to keep the 16-point advantage on Bayern Munich at the top of the standings with just five games remaining.

West Ham will come into this in completely different spirits. They suffered an unpleasant 0-2 defeat to city rivals Fulham on Sunday afternoon. David Moyes was once again without his key player Jarrod Bowen. The highest-scoring Hammer is still sidelined through a hip injury. He will likely miss the mid-week’s clash with Bayer as well.

Recent Meetings

• Bayer Leverkusen have a perfect record in the head-to-head games with the Hammers. The Germans have two wins in two matches against West Ham.
• The Werkself completely dominated the pitch in the first leg seven days ago. They allowed West Ham only a single attempt in the 90 minutes of action at BayArena.
• West Ham are yet to score against Bayer Leverkusen.

West Ham vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

The gulf in quality between these rivals is obvious at the moment. Bayer Leverkusen are flying high with a stunning record of 25 wins and 4 draws in 29 Bundesliga outings this season. They are also on the best way to claim the treble. Xabi Alonso’s men will face lower-division Kaiserslautern in the DFB Pokal final and they are already one foot in the Europa League semi-final after the last week’s display against West Ham.

The Hammers have managed just a single win in the last six affairs across competitions. They will go into this off the back of successive 0-2 defeats. They will also be without key attacking figure Jarrod Bowen who is out through a hip injury. Everything points towards another easy win for Bayer. We have no other option but to back the visitors at the 1.95 odds.

The Under 2.5 goals bet is also tempting at the 2.20 odds. West Ham have failed to find the back of the net in the last two matches. They registered just one shot in the last week’s first leg of this tie against Bayer. Leverkusen kept four clean sheets in the last four outings across competitions.

The visitors do not have many reasons to rush and seek a big-margin victory at London Stadium. They should keep the full control over this tie by keeping this a low-scoring affair.

Steffen Schmidt- April 16, 2024

West Ham vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Bayer Leverkusen to win

OK

	2.01 Odds
	2.00 Odds

Under 2.5 goals

OK

2.20 Odds

Correct Score: Bayer Leverkusen 2-0

OK

	11.00 Odds
	10.00 Odds