18 Oct
Bayer Leverkusen vs Freiburg: AI prediction and betting pick
On 18 October, Bayer Leverkusen host Freiburg. The AI models' pick is Bayer Leverkusen to win at 1.71: 5 of 16 models chose it, 2 more went in the same direction.
- Bundesliga, matchday 6 of 34
- +11°, overcast
- BayArena, Leverkusen
published UTC


AI models' pick: Bayer Leverkusen to win
1.71AI models' pick · 5 of 16 on this bet · 2 more in the same direction
Split panelOur football predictions so far: 56 won · 34 lost · 3 void · +10.13 units All results
Match odds
Over 2 days a Bayer Leverkusen win drifted from 1.65 to 1.71 — fewer bets on the home side.
abbreviations
- 1/X/2 — home win / draw / away win
- O/U — over/under total goals
- H1/H2 — home/away handicap
- 1X/12/X2 — home or draw / no draw / away or draw
Line movementOur bet — Bayer Leverkusen: 1.71 → 1.71 since we publishedView
The biggest move is a Bayer Leverkusen win: from 1.65 to 1.71.
Price changes
| When | Bayer Leverkusen · our bet | Draw | Freiburg |
|---|---|---|---|
| We published a Bayer Leverkusen win at 1.71 | |||
| 1.71+0.03 | 4.13−0.09 | 4.25−0.06 | |
| 12 Oct – 13 Oct · no snapshots for 13 h | |||
| 1.68+0.03 | 4.22−0.03 | 4.31−0.18 | |
| 1.65opened | 4.25opened | 4.49opened | |
AI prediction and analysis
The largest group of AI models went for a Bayer Leverkusen win. 2 more chose close bets in the same direction: Bayer Leverkusen −1. 3 more went for over 2.5 goals. The other 6 chose other bets: total-goals bets, both teams to score, a Freiburg handicap and 'both to score — no'.
- 5 of 161our betodds 1.71DeepSeek Flash
SonarXiaomi MiMo
Dots3-NoteNemotron Super - 3 of 16O 2.5odds 1.45ClaudeQwenMistral
- 2 of 16O 3odds 1.70ChatGPTKimi
- 2 of 16H1 (−1)same directionodds 2.06DeepSeek
Grok - 1 of 16BTTSodds 1.49Nemotron Ultra
- 1 of 16H2 (+1)odds 1.76
GLM - 1 of 16O 3.5odds 2.18
Gemini
- 1 of 16BTTS noodds 2.47MiniMax
Odds — the bookmaker average at the moment the AI model answered.
Odds quoted in this analysis are as of 13.10 at 12:23 UTC
Bayer Leverkusen have been close to flawless at home this season: not a single goal conceded and three scored in each match, with 2.25 xG per game across all competitions and 59% possession. The record in the previous meetings backs them too — five wins, three draws and two defeats from the last ten — and in October 2025 they beat Freiburg 2-0 on home soil. The market has the hosts as firm favourites, with the visitors a distant second.
Where we could be wrong
Freiburg arrive top of the table, though, and that is the catch: 13 points after five rounds, no defeats, 14 goals scored and four conceded. The price on the home side has drifted from 1.65 to 1.71 in two days, which says something about the respect the visitors command. Will Bayer Leverkusen's clean-sheet run hold up against a side that drew 3-3 with them in March? We're backing the home win at 1.71 — the quality and the home numbers are on their side.
- 5 of 16 AI models back this bet and 2 more chose a close bet in the same direction: it is the most common answer, but more than half chose something else.
The bet comes from the largest group of AI models pointing the same way (a home win and a home handicap count as one view), and within that group it is the bet named most often; if two groups are level, the one priced closer to the bookmakers' line is taken — how we calculate
Stats and form
Injuries and suspensions
no absences listed
no absences listed
managers: Carles Martinez · Julian Schuster · main formations this season: 4-2-3-1 · 4-2-3-1
Recent matches
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.10 | Mainz | A | 4:3xG 1.7–2.9 | W |
| 20.09 | Leipzig | H | 2:0xG 2.3–1.0 | W |
| 16.09 | CeljeEuropa League | H | 2:0xG 1.9–0.9 | W |
| 12.09 | Augsburg | A | 2:2xG 2.6–1.1 | D |
| 05.09 | Union Berlin | H | 4:0xG 3.1–0.4 | W |
| 29.08 | Elversberg | A | 2:3xG 1.9–1.3 | L |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.10 | Schalke | H | 2:1xG 1.1–0.3 | W |
| 03.10 | FC Luzernclub friendly | H | 4:2 | W |
| 19.09 | Eintracht Frankfurt | A | 2:2xG 3.1–2.2 | D |
| 12.09 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | H | 5:0xG 2.6–0.2 | W |
| 05.09 | Paderborn | A | 1:0xG 1.2–0.8 | W |
| 30.08 | Werder Bremen | H | 4:1xG 2.4–0.5 | W |
H — home, A — away · score and xG from the team's side · league matches carry no competition tag
Season averages
| for / against | Bundesliga | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| goals | 2.8 / 1.6 | 2.8 / 0.8 | 1.9 |
| xG | 2.3 / 1.3 | 2 / 0.8 | 1.8 |
| shots | 21.2 / 11.8 | 17.2 / 8.6 | 15.8 |
| shots on target | 6.4 / 3.8 | 6 / 2 | 5.5 |
| corners | 8 / 3.4 | 5.6 / 3.4 | 5.4 |
| fouls | 12.4 / 11 | 10.4 / 14.6 | 11.3 |
| yellow cards | 1.6 / 2.4 | 1.6 / 2.2 | 1.7 |
| matches over 2.5 | 80% | 80% | |
| both scored | 60% | 60% | |
| clean sheets | 40% | 40% | |
| failed to score | 0% | 0% | |
| home / away | |||
| goals | 3 / 0 | 1.5 / 1 | |
| average total | 3 | 2.5 | |
| matches over 2.5 | 50% | 50% | |
| both scored | 0% | 50% | |
- Bayer Leverkusen score more than the league average: 2.8 vs 1.9
- Freiburg score more than the league average: 2.8 vs 1.9
- Freiburg: 4 wins in the last 5 league games
- "home / away" is split by the role in this match: home games only for Bayer Leverkusen, away games only for Freiburg
Head to head
5–3–2Bayer Leverkusen wins · draws · Freiburg wins
| Match | Score | Date | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen | 3:3 | 07.03.26 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen vs Freiburg | 2:0 | 26.10.25 | |
| Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen | 2:2 | 04.05.25 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen vs Freiburg | 5:1 | 21.12.24 | |
| Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen | 2:3 | 17.03.24 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen vs Freiburg | 2:1 | 29.10.23 | |
| Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen | 1:1 | 26.02.23 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen vs Freiburg | 2:3 | 03.09.22 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen vs Freiburg | 2:1 | 14.05.22 | |
| Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen | 2:1 | 19.12.21 |
- both scored in 9 of the last 10 meetings
- over 2.5 goals — in 8 of 10
League table
| # | Team | P | W-D-L | GF–GA | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freiburg | 5 | 4-1-0 | 14–4 | 13 | WDWWW |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 4-1-0 | 11–4 | 13 | DWWWW |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 5 | 3-2-0 | 16–4 | 11 | DWWDW |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | 3-1-1 | 14–8 | 10 | WWDWL |
| 5 | Leipzig | 5 | 3-0-2 | 15–5 | 9 | WLWLW |
excerpt: both teams and their neighbours in the table · form — latest on the right
Goals by minute
- 0-1532
- 16-3020
- 31-4512
- 46-6033
- 61-7520
- 76-9031
- 0-1511
- 16-3041
- 31-4521
- 46-6030
- 61-7500
- 76-9041
in each row: scored in green, conceded in grey — in 15-minute intervals