Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg Prediction & Preview - Bundesliga
Bayer 04 Leverkusen won 4-3 away to 1. FSV Mainz 05 eight days before facing SC Freiburg, and that result is the one that shapes this Bundesliga match: seven goals, a defence that gave up three, and an attack that kept going anyway. Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg kicks off at 14:30 BST on Sunday, 18 October 2026 at the BayArena in Leverkusen, and both sides come into it unbeaten in their last six.
Here are the details in one place:
- Fixture: Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg
- Competition: Bundesliga
- Date: Sunday, 18 October 2026
- Kick-off: 14:30 BST
- Venue: BayArena, Leverkusen
What the 4-3 at Mainz showed about Leverkusen
That win at Mainz was not a wobble in an otherwise tidy run, but it was not typical either. Across their last six, Leverkusen have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 0 for 16 points, scoring 18 and conceding 5. They have kept four clean sheets in that stretch and conceded two or more in only 2 of 6.
So Mainz was the outlier at the back. The attack is the constant: Leverkusen have scored two or more in all 6 of those matches, and they have not failed to score once.
Three days before this game they won 4-0 away to Lech Poznań in the UEFA Europa League. The home record is the number that matters most here, though. Won 3 of 3, including a 2-0 against RB Leipzig and a 4-0 against 1. FC Union Berlin.
SC Freiburg are unbeaten too, but the away form is thinner
Julian Schuster's side match Leverkusen almost exactly over six games: won 5, drawn 1, lost 0, 16 points, scored 17, conceded 7. Freiburg have won 4 of 4 at home, hammering Borussia M'gladbach 5-0 and beating FC Schalke 04 2-1 seven days before this fixture.
Away from the Europa-Park Stadion they have played twice and won once, the 1-0 at SC Paderborn 07 and a 2-2 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt. Two clean sheets in six, against Leverkusen's four, and both sides have scored in 4 of Freiburg's last 6. They are involved in open games - 3 or more goals in the match in 5 of their last 6.
The last meeting between these two finished 3-3 at Freiburg on 7 March 2026, Matthias Ginter heading an equaliser in the 86th minute (Bundesliga).
Team news for Bayer 04 Leverkusen and SC Freiburg
Carles Martínez is without Christian Kofane (hamstring), Eliesse Ben Seghir (muscle), Guéla Doué (muscle) and Kennet Eichhorn, who is ill, with a predicted line-up of Flekken; Quansah, Medina, Tapsoba, Gutiérrez; García, Andrich, Diaby; Maza, Moreira, Schick (Yahoo Sports). Freiburg are missing Bruno Ogbus with muscular problems and Berkay Yilmaz after dental surgery (Yahoo Sports), while Florent Muslija is out with a cruciate ligament injury until late December 2026 (FotMob).
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg prediction
We're calling Bayer 04 Leverkusen to beat SC Freiburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga at the BayArena on Sunday, 18 October 2026. Leverkusen have won all three home games in their recent run and scored two or more in every one of their last six, which is a harder habit for Freiburg to interrupt than their own record suggests.
Freiburg have won 1 of 2 on the road and drew 2-2 at Eintracht Frankfurt, and with both sides scoring in four of their last six they should get something at the other end. It's the second goal that looks beyond them here.
Our prediction: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 SC Freiburg
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