Will Marmoush and Co. create a sense of crisis for the champions?

Omar Marmoush is currently not only the player of the hour in the Bundesliga, but also, according to many experts, the best attacker in the German top flight. After scoring eight goals in the first six match days, the lightning-fast Egyptian is also a candidate in the race for the Bundesliga top scorer award. We analyzed in detail in our Leverkusen vs. Frankfurt tip how good the chances are that Marmoush will be able to increase his personal goal tally at the weekend.

Nevertheless, it would be presumptuous to reduce the Werkself’s encounter against Eintracht to a single personnel issue. After all, this is the top-of-the-table clash of the 7th matchday in the Bundesliga. The reigning double winners, who currently have to make do with fifth place in the table, face third-placed Frankfurt, who have recently shown their mettle in the spectacular 3-3 home draw against Bayern Munich. Since there is also a question mark over Florian Wirtz’s availability for the home side, it is all the more difficult for us to predict the outcome of the game between Leverkusen and Frankfurt.

The Leverkusen vs. Frankfurt odds on one or other goals being scored during the game are more interesting. Both teams have strong and high-quality offensive lines, which suggest a lively encounter. However, anyone looking to place a bet on the three-way market will find strong prices at the Intertops betting provider.

Leverkusen vs. Frankfurt prediction AI

While the “BETSiE” has calculated a goal value of 2.46 for the home side based on various data, this is only 0.9 for the Hessians. This in turn results in a difference of 1.56 goals and thus the European handicap (-1.5) at a maximum rate of 2.11 at Intertops.

Leverkusen – Statistics & current form

From the ease, conviction and the necessary luck of the game from the past season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen is currently still far away. In fact, the Rhinelanders have made the weakest start to the season of a champion in twelve years. Only half of the six league games played have been won by the Werkself. The last two encounters against FC Bayern and at home against Holstein Kiel only ended in a draw. As a reminder, there were never three consecutive Bundesliga matches without a win in 2023/24!

Is the Bayer defense inviting opponents to score again?

In the intensive search for causes, a lot is currently revolving around the weakening defense. Twelve goals conceded in six Bundesliga games is simply too high a number. In this millennium, only reigning champions VfL Wolfsburg have conceded more goals than the team of coach Xabi Alonso in the first six matches of the Bundesliga season. With regard to the Leverkusen v Frankfurt prediction, it should also be noted that eight of the twelve goals conceded have come in the three home games.

However, since they have also scored 16 goals themselves and a bet on “both teams to score” would have paid off in all six league games with B04 involved, we are convinced that the odds on both teams scoring will also go through in the Leverkusen v Frankfurt clash. A 1.50 can be earned for the corresponding bet in the Bet365 app.

It remains to be seen, however, whether Florian Wirtz will be able to play on Saturday. Although the ankle capsule injury has been confirmed, experience has shown that the downtime is not too long with such a diagnosis. It therefore does not seem out of the question that the national player will be in the squad at the weekend. Victor Boniface, who has scored four goals in his last four Bundesliga appearances and was able to score against Eintracht Frankfurt in both halves of the season last season, also has a lot to live up to. The Nigerian only scored more league goals against Hoffenheim (five) than against SGE (three).

Frankfurt – Statistics & current form

After nine competitive games in three competitions, Eintracht Frankfurt can be said to have had a really good start to the 2024/25 season. Following their only defeat at the start of the Bundesliga season in Dortmund (0-2), the Hessians have remained unbeaten seven times in a row, even celebrating five wins. The 3:3 draw at home against Bayern before the international break was also celebrated like a win. The black and red and white are currently on the right track, are in third place in the table and, with 13 points, have the best Bundesliga tally after six games in twelve years.

Will Marmoush score against the champions too?

Consequently, coach Dino Toppmöller’s team is naturally traveling to the Rhineland with plenty of self-confidence. Especially in view of the fact that the last two away games in the premier division of German football were won. After the victories in Wolfsburg (3:1) and at promoted Kiel (4:2), in which seven (!) own goals were scored, the aim now is to win three Bundesliga away games in a row for the first time since early summer 2020.

For that to happen, they will need Omar Marmoush to continue in top form. As mentioned in the introduction, the 25-year-old is currently the top scorer in the Bundesliga with eight goals in six games. He has also provided four assists, putting the Egyptian on twelve points, exactly two on average per game. Only a certain Robert Lewandowski had more goals to his name in the same period in 2020/21.

Leverkusen – Frankfurt Direct comparison / H2H record

Admittedly, there has not been much for Eintracht to get in the BayArena in recent years. Frankfurt has lost all of the past nine Bundesliga away games in Leverkusen with a goal difference of 4:31. It is also exciting that in Germany’s best football league, no other game has been played more often without a goalless draw. That’s why goals, probably on both sides, should be on the agenda again on Saturday.

Leverkusen – Frankfurt Tip

Two top teams of the Bundesliga will compete for important points on Saturday afternoon. While the Werkself is eager to return to national success after two consecutive draws, the SGE is keen to maintain the momentum and achieve the next notable success.

On paper, however, the Rhinelanders are given clear advantages. However, we believe that a 1.49 on the home win, i.e. a 66% probability of occurrence, is by no means justified. Bayer’s defense has been too vulnerable in recent weeks. In addition, the guests from Hesse have two outstanding attackers in their ranks in the form of Marmoush and Ekitike, who are causing a stir with their speed and efficiency.

We therefore see the greatest value between Leverkusen and Frankfurt in betting on Marmoush as the top scorer. The top odds of 3.60 are far too high considering the Egyptian’s remarkable goal rate.