Leverkusen might’ve suffered embarrassing defeats to Arminia Bielefeld and Hertha but a game against Schalke is still the best joker pick and should see the new manager bounce in our Bundesliga Predictor picks for matchday 27.
Borussia Dortmund Vs Eintracht Frankfurt (Saturday 3rd April 3:30 PM CET)
Most popular prediction: 2-1
H2H: SGE 1-1 BVB | BVB 4-0 SGE | SGE 2-2 BVB | SGE 1-1 BVB
Home team last 3: KOE 2-2 BVB | BVB 2-0 BSC | FCB 4-2 BVB
Away team last 3: SGE 5-2 FCU | RBL 1-1 SGE | SGE 1-1 VFB
Borussia Dortmund guide: D-W-L-W-W (5th)
Eintracht Frankfurt form guide: W-D-D-L-W (4th)
Insights:
- Frankfurt have only lost more away matches against Bayern Munich (43) than Borussia Dortmund (35).
- Dortmund have won each of their last nine home games against Eintracht Frankfurt. Their longest winning run at home against any current Bundesliga side.
My prediction: 2-2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Vs FC Schalke 04 (Saturday 3rd April 3:30 PM CET)
Most popular prediction: 2-0
H2H: S04 0-3 B04 | S04 1-1 B04 | B04 2-1 S04 | B04 1-1 S04
Home team last 3: BSC 3-0 B04 | B04 1-2 DSC | BMG 0-1 B04
Away team last 3: S04 0-3 BMG | WOB 5-0 S04 | S04 0-0 M05
Bayer Leverkusen form guide: L-L-W-L-D (6th)
Schalke 04 form guide: L-L-D-L-L (18th)
Insights:
- Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in five Bundesliga games against Schalke (W3, D2).
- Schalke are yet to score their first goal under new head coach Dimitrios Grammozis in three games.
My prediction: 2-0
VFL Wolfsburg Vs FC Köln (Saturday 3rd April 3:30 PM CET)
Most popular prediction: 2-0
H2H: KOE 2-2 WOB | KOE 3-1 WOB | WOB 2-1 KOE | WOB 4-1 KOE
Home team last 3: SVW 1-2 WOB | WOB 5-0 S04 | TSG 2-1 WOB
Away team last 3: KOE 2-2 BVB | FCU 2-1 KOE | KOE 1-1 SVW
Wolfsburg form guide: W-W-L-W-W (3rd)
Koln form guide: D-L-D-L-L (16th)
Insights:
- Wolfsburg have lost and failed to score just once in their last 14 Bundesliga home games against Koln (W9, D4): 3-2 in January 2010.
- Koln are winless in their last six Bundesliga games (D2, L4).
My prediction: 3-0
FSV Mainz 05 Vs Arminia Bielefeld (Saturday 3rd April 3:30 PM CET)
Most popular prediction: 2-1
H2H: DSC 2-1 M05
Home team last 3: TSG 1-2 M05 | M05 1-0 SCF | S04 0-0 M05
Away team last 3: DSC 0-1 RBL | B04 1-2 DSC | DSC 0-2 SVW
FSV Mainz form guide: W-W-D-L-W (15th)
Arminia Bielefeld form guide: L-W-L-D-L (17th)
Insights:
- Mainz have lost each of their last three Bundesliga games against newly-promoted sides. They are the only team yet to pick up a win against such teams this season.
My prediction: 1-0
FC Augsburg Vs TSG Hoffenheim (Saturday 3rd April 3:30 PM CET)
Most popular prediction: 1-2
H2H: TSG 3-1 FCA | FCA 1-3 TSG | TSG 2-4 FCA | FCA 0-4 TSG
Home team last 3: SCF 2-0 FCA | FCA 3-1 BMG | BSC 2-1 FCA
Away team last 3: TSG 1-2 M05 | VFB 2-0 TSG | TSG 2-1 WOB
FC Augsburg form guide: L-W-L-W-D (13th)
TSG Hoffenheim form guide: L-L-W-D-W (11th)
Insights:
- FC Augsburg have lost each of their last five Bundesliga home games against Hoffenheim.
- TSG Hoffenheim have kept just one clean sheet in their last 10 competitive games: 4-0 Vs Werder Bremen on matchday 22. Opponents Augsburg have done so just once in their last 12 Bundesliga games: 1-0 Vs Mainz on matchday 23
My prediction: 2-1
RB Leipzig Vs Bayern Munich (Saturday 3rd April 6:30 PM CET)
Most popular prediction: 1-2
H2H: FCB 3-3 RBL | FCB 0-0 RBL | RBL 1-1 FCB | RBL 0-0 FCB
Home team last 3: DSC 0-1 RBL | RBL 1-1 SGE | SCF 0-3 RBL
Away team last 3: FCB 4-0 VFB | SVW 1-3 FCB | FCB 4-2 BVB
RB Leipzig form guide: W-D-W-W-W (2nd)
Bayern Munich form guide: W-W-W-W-L (1st)
Insights:
- RB Leipzig have won just one of their last 11 competitive games against Bayern Munich (D5, L5): 2-1 at home in March 2018.
- FC Bayern only have a worse win percentage against SG Wattenscheid (38%) in the Bundesliga than RB Leipzig (44%).
- Bayern have set a new record for most goals scored after 26 matchdays with 78 goals so far in this campaign. The best attack in the league goes up against the best defence this season in RB Leipzig who have conceded just 21 goals while keeping 13 clean sheets.
My prediction: 1-1
Borussia Mönchengladbach Vs SC Freiburg (Saturday 3rd April 8:30 PM CET)
Most popular prediction: 2-1
H2H: SCF 2-2 BMG | SCF 1-0 BMG | BMG 4-2 SCF | BMG 1-1 SCF
Home team last 3: S04 0-3 BMG | FCA 3-1 BMG | BMG 0-1 B04
Away team last 3: SCF 2-0 FCA | M05 1-0 SCF | SCF 0-3 RBL
Borussia form guide: W-L-L-L-L (10th)
SC Freiburg form guide: W-L-L-W-L (8th)
Insights:
- Borussia are winless in their last 13 Bundesliga away games against Freiburg but are unbeaten at home in their last 16 top-flight games against them (W10, D6).
- The foals last lost a game against Freiburg at home in 2-1 loss back in April 1995.
- Borussia ended their seven-game losing streak with a 0-3 victory against Schalke last week.
My prediction: 2-1
VfB Stuttgart Vs SV Werder Bremen (Sunday 4th March 3:30 PM CET)
Most popular prediction: 2-1
H2H: SVW 1-2 VFB | SVW 1-1 VFB | VFB 2-1 SVW | VFB 2-0
Home team last 3: FCB 4-0 VFB | VFB 2-0 TSG | SGE 1-1 VFB
Away team last 3: SVW 1-2 WOB | SVW 1-3 FCB | DSC 0-2 SVW
VfB Stuttgart form guide: L-W-D-W-W (9th)
SV Werder Bremen form guide: L-L-W-D-W (12th)
Insights:
- Stuttgart are unbeaten at home in their last five Bundesliga home games and have won three of their last four games against Werder Bremen.
- Werder have scored more goals against Stuttgart than any other side (179). VfB, meanwhile, have only conceded more goals against Bayern Munich (216) than Werder Bremen.
My prediction: 2-1
FC Union Berlin Vs Hertha BSC (Sunday 4th April 6:00 PM CET)
Most popular prediction: 2-1
H2H: BSC 3-1 FCU | BSC 4-0 | FCU 1-0 BSC
Home team last 3: SGE 5-2 FCU | FCU 2-1 KOE | DSC 0-0 FCU
Away team last 3: BSC 3-0 B04 | BVB 2-0 BSC | BSC 2-1 FCA
FC Union Berlin form guide: L-W-D-D-W (7th)
Hertha form guide: W-L-W-L-L (14th)
Insights:
- Union are unbeaten in their last 12 Bundesliga home games (W5, D7), a top-flight record.
My prediction: 2-1
Joker
Bayer Leverkusen might’ve lost to Arminia Bielefeld and Hertha who sit at the bottom of the table with Schalke but are still levels ahead of the worst team in the Bundesliga. I expect them to bounce back under new coach Hannes Wolf so Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 is my joker pick for the week.