Bayer 04 Leverkusen and VfL Bochum 1848 are going to face on Saturday in the 12th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Leverkusen at the BayArena.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen is in the 6th place in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Hertha BSC in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 5 times, draw 3 times, and lost 3 times.​​

VfL Bochum 1848 occupies the 12th place in the league with 13 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against TSG Hoffenheim in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 4 times, drawn once, and lost 6 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Bayer 04 Leverkusen​

Line - Ups​
4-4-2
14 May
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-SC Freiburg
2-1
4-2-3-1
07 May
TSG Hoffenheim-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-4
4-2-3-1
02 May
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-0
4-2-2-2
23 Apr
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-4
5-3-2
17 Apr
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-RB Leipzig
0-1
4-2-3-1
10 Apr
VfL Bochum 1848-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
0-0
4-2-3-1
02 Apr
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Hertha BSC
2-1
3-4-1-2
20 Mar
VfL Wolfsburg-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
0-2
4-2-3-1
13 Mar
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Köln
0-1
3-4-2-1
05 Mar
FC Bayern München-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-1
4-2-3-1
26 Feb
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
3-0
4-2-3-1
18 Feb
FSV Mainz 05-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
3-2
4-2-3-1
12 Feb
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfB Stuttgart
4-2
4-2-3-1
06 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-5
4-1-4-1
22 Jan
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Augsburg
5-1
4-2-3-1
15 Jan
Borussia Mönchengladbach-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-2
4-2-3-1
08 Jan
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Union Berlin
2-2
4-3-2-1
19 Dec
SC Freiburg-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-1
4-2-3-1
15 Dec
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-TSG Hoffenheim
2-2
4-2-3-1
12 Dec
Eintracht Frankfurt-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
5-2
4-2-3-1
04 Dec
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
7-1
4-2-3-1
28 Nov
RB Leipzig-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-3
4-4-2
20 Nov
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfL Bochum 1848
1-0
4-2-3-1
07 Nov
Hertha BSC-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-1
3-4-2-1
30 Oct
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfL Wolfsburg
0-2
4-2-3-1
24 Oct
FC Köln-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-2
4-2-3-1
17 Oct
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FC Bayern München
1-5
4-2-3-1
03 Oct
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
0-4
4-2-3-1
25 Sep
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-FSV Mainz 05
1-0
4-2-3-1
19 Sep
VfB Stuttgart-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-3
4-2-3-1
11 Sep
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund
3-4
4-2-3-1
28 Aug
FC Augsburg-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-4
4-2-3-1
21 Aug
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Borussia Mönchengladbach
4-0
4-2-3-1
14 Aug
FC Union Berlin-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-1

Bayer 04 Leverkusen has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 90.91%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).

Gerardo Seoane is expected to play against VfL Bochum 1848 with the following players: L. Hrádecký, P. Hincapié Reyna, E. Tapsoba, J. Tah, J. Frimpong, E. Palacios, R. Andrich, K. Demirbay, M. Diaby and A. Adli.

Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Bayer 04 Leverkusen would be 24.00.

Gerardo Seoane will probably not be able to employ T. Fosu-Mensah, K. Bellarabi, P. Schick and F. Wirtz because of injury.

J. Baumgartlinger will definitely miss the match.

VfL Bochum 1848​

Line - Ups​
3-4-1-2
14 May
FC Union Berlin-VfL Bochum 1848
3-2
4-3-3
06 May
VfL Bochum 1848-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
2-1
4-3-3
30 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Bochum 1848
3-4
4-3-3
24 Apr
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Augsburg
0-2
4-3-3
16 Apr
SC Freiburg-VfL Bochum 1848
3-0
4-2-3-1
10 Apr
VfL Bochum 1848-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
0-0
4-2-3-1
02 Apr
TSG Hoffenheim-VfL Bochum 1848
1-2
4-3-3
18 Mar
VfL Bochum 1848-Borussia Mönchengladbach
0-0
4-1-4-1
13 Mar
Eintracht Frankfurt-VfL Bochum 1848
2-1
4-3-3
05 Mar
VfL Bochum 1848-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2-1
4-3-3
27 Feb
VfL Bochum 1848-RB Leipzig
0-1
4-3-3
19 Feb
VfB Stuttgart-VfL Bochum 1848
1-1
4-3-3
12 Feb
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Bayern München
4-2
4-1-4-1
04 Feb
Hertha BSC-VfL Bochum 1848
1-1
4-3-3
22 Jan
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Köln
2-2
4-3-3
15 Jan
FSV Mainz 05-VfL Bochum 1848
1-0
4-3-3
09 Jan
VfL Bochum 1848-VfL Wolfsburg
1-0
4-3-3
18 Dec
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Union Berlin
0-1
4-1-4-1
14 Dec
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-VfL Bochum 1848
2-0
4-1-4-1
11 Dec
VfL Bochum 1848-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-3-3
04 Dec
FC Augsburg-VfL Bochum 1848
2-3
4-3-3
27 Nov
VfL Bochum 1848-SC Freiburg
2-1
4-3-3
20 Nov
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfL Bochum 1848
1-0
4-3-3
06 Nov
VfL Bochum 1848-TSG Hoffenheim
2-0
4-3-3
31 Oct
Borussia Mönchengladbach-VfL Bochum 1848
2-1
4-3-3
24 Oct
VfL Bochum 1848-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-0
4-3-3
16 Oct
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-VfL Bochum 1848
0-1
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
RB Leipzig-VfL Bochum 1848
3-0
4-2-3-1
26 Sep
VfL Bochum 1848-VfB Stuttgart
0-0
4-2-3-1
18 Sep
FC Bayern München-VfL Bochum 1848
7-0
4-2-3-1
12 Sep
VfL Bochum 1848-Hertha BSC
1-3
4-3-3
28 Aug
FC Köln-VfL Bochum 1848
2-1
4-2-3-1
21 Aug
VfL Bochum 1848-FSV Mainz 05
2-0
4-3-3
14 Aug
VfL Wolfsburg-VfL Bochum 1848
1-0

VfL Bochum 1848 has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 54.55%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (6 times) and 4-2-3-1 (5 times).

Thomas Reis is expected to play against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the following players: M. Riemann, D. Soares, E. Mašović, K. Lambropoulos, K. Stafylidis, A. Losilla, E. Rexhbecaj, E. Löwen, T. Asano and S. Polter.

In case that this will be the line-up, the average age of VfL Bochum 1848 would be 28.50.

There are doubts about the presence of D. Blum.

Thomas Reis will probably not be able to employ M. Leitsch because of injury.

G. Holtmann and S. Zoller will definitely miss the match.