Werder Bremen vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen prediction and preview

Bundesliga · Saturday 12 December 2026, 00:00 UTC

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Werder Bremen vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 12 December 2026, 00:00 UTC · Wohninvest Weserstadion, Bremen

Werder Bremen · Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Bundesliga predictions

Werder Bremen vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen preview

The Bundesliga fixture between Werder Bremen and Bayer 04 Leverkusen is scheduled for Saturday 12 December 2026 at 00:00 UTC at Wohninvest Weserstadion in Bremen. Werder Bremen sit 5th on 15 points after 8 matches, while Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 6th in the table with 13 points from 8.

Werder Bremen come into the game with a W-W-D-D-W run in the league (3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in their last 5), while Bayer 04 Leverkusen's recent sequence reads L-L-W-W-W. Over their last 6, Werder Bremen have scored 2.2 and conceded 1.5 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Bayer 04 Leverkusen average 2.0 scored and 2.2 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Werder Bremen won 1, 5 games were drawn and Bayer 04 Leverkusen won 4. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 5. The most recent meeting, on 24 Jan 2026, ended Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0 Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

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5Werder Bremen84311714+315WDDWW
6Bayer 04 Leverkusen84131816+213WWWLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 1, draws 5, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4.

Team news

Werder Bremen expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Karl Hein, Marco Friedl, Arthur, Olivier Deman, Amos Pieper, Marco Grüll, Ludovit Reis, Youri Regeer, Chuki, Niclas Füllkrug

Bayer 04 Leverkusen expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mark Flekken, Edmond Tapsoba, Miguel Gutiérrez, Facundo Medina, Jarell Quansah, Aleix García, Ibrahim Maza, Afonso Moreira, Equi Fernández, Patrik Schick, Moussa Diaby

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