Leverkusen and Leipzig Head to BayArena With Form Wobbles and Long Injury Lists

Bookmakers favour a draw given each side's volatile results, defensive fragility, long injury lists.

Overview

The Bundesliga fixture is scheduled for Sunday at the BayArena and will see fifth-place RB Leipzig visit seventh-place Bayer Leverkusen.
Leverkusen arrive on the back of a midweek Europa League win over Celje after an opening shock loss to Elversberg and a 4-0 win over Union Berlin that exposed their inconsistency.
Leipzig have alternated big wins and heavy defeats this month, including a 5-0 win over Hamburg and a 4-1 Champions League loss to Como, leaving their defence under scrutiny.
Both teams are missing key players: Leverkusen are without Montrell Culbreath, Kennet Eichhorn, Guéla Doué and Nathan Tella while Leipzig are missing Christoph Baumgartner, Assan Ouédraogo, Rocco Reitz and Marc Guiu.
Recent head-to-heads give Leverkusen confidence after a league double last season, and the result in Leverkusen could shape early-season momentum and the top-four race given how evenly matched the sides appear.