GolVolt — Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Elversberg: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Attack

Bayer 04 Leverkusen score 2.6 goals per match

Bayer 04 Leverkusen2.6 Elversberg0.8

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Elversberg score 0.8.

Last time

Last meeting, 29 August: Elversberg – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3:2

Table

3 points apart in the table

4.Bayer 04 Leverkusen13 pts 8.Elversberg10 pts

Bayer 04 Leverkusen: place 4, 13 pts · Elversberg: place 8, 10 pts.

Player in form

Patrik Schick: 4 goals and 1 assist in 5 league matches

Goals4 xG2.52

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 2.5).

Players to watch

Bundesliga, this season.

Patrik Schick

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · forward

6goals 2assists 7.50avg rating

Last match, TSG Hoffenheim: rating 6.7.

Lukas Petkov

Elversberg · midfielder

2goals 2assists 7.06avg rating

Last match, RB Leipzig: rating 6.2.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Bayer 04 Leverkusen at home and Elversberg away, as in this match.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

at home · 10

7W1D2L2.7scored per match1.2conceded per match

Elversberg

away · 10

2W4D4L1.3scored per match1.9conceded per match

Head to head

2 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 29 Aug 2026 · Bundesliga Elversberg 3:2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Petkov 8' · Campbell 9' · Mokwa 46' · Schick 77' · Kofane 90+1'

1wins

0 draws4.0 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 2

1wins

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Bayer 04 Leverkusen (4-2-3-1, last: Nürnberg) · Elversberg (4-2-3-1, last: Darmstadt 98).

JBBlaswich LVVázquez ETTapsoba FMMedina MGGutiérrez RAAndrich AGGarcía JHHofmann MTTillman AMMoreira NTTella NKKristof LSSirch LPPinckert FJLe Joncour LGGünther ACCondé LPPoreba LPPetkov FSSchmahl CCCampbell NFFutkeu

Bayer 04 LeverkusenElversberg

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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Volt matchup

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