Prediction: Bayer Leverkusen vs St. Pauli

Prediction: Bayer Leverkusen to win 3-0

Best Odds: 8/1

Bookmaker: Zetbet

Bayer Leverkusen and St. Pauli will lock horns with each other in the DFB-Pokal this week. The quarter-final tie between Kasper Hjulmand’s side and Alexander Blessin’s team will be held at the BayArena and is scheduled to kick off at 7:45pm UK time on Tuesday.

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen are a major club in the Bundesliga who tend to challenge for the title. Die Werkself finished second in the league table last season and are aiming to become the champions of Germany in the 2025-26 campaign.

Kasper Hjulmand’s side, though, are not having a great time. Bayer are sixth in the Bundesliga table at the moment with 35 points from 19 matches, four points behind fourth-placed VfB Stuttgart and 16 points behind leaders and defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.

Bayer will head into the DFB-Pokal tie against St. Pauli on Tuesday on the back of a 3-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt away from home in the Bundesliga. It came after a 3-0 victory over Villarreal at the BayArena in the UEFA Champions League, which followed a 1-0 win against Werder Bremen in front of their fans in the league.

Team News:

Bayer Leverkusen are likely to line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation against St. Pauli. Janis Blaswich will be in goal and will have Jarell Quansah, Robert Andrich and Edmond Tapsoba in front of him in defence. Arthur, Ezequiel Fernandez, Aleix Garcia and Alejandro Grimaldo will be the four midfielders. Malik Tillman and Martin Terrier will be deployed in attacking midfield. Christian Kofane will lead the line for Bayer.

St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli are a modest club in Germany who are happy to be just part of the Bundesliga. St. Pauli won the 2. Bundesliga title in the 2023-24 season ended up 14th in the Bundesliga on their return to the German top flight.

Alexander Blessin’s side are struggling at the moment, though. FC St. Pauli are second from bottom in the Bundesliga table after 20 rounds of matches, having picked up just 14 points, four fewer than Mainz and five fewer than Werder Bremen, who are 16th and 15th, respectively in the standings.

St. Pauli will head into the DFB-Pokal tie against Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday evening on the back of a 2-1 victory over FC Augsburg away from home in the Bundesliga. It came after a 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig in front of their fans in the league, which followed a goalless draw with Hamburg in the Bundesliga.

Team News:

St. Pauli are likely to line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation against Bayer Leverkusen. Nikola Vasiljev will be in goal for the visiting team and will have Tomoya Ando, Eric Anders Smith and Karol Mets in front of him in defence. Manolis Saliakas, Mathias Rasmussen, James Sands and Arkadiusz Pyrka will be the four midfielders. Danel Sinani and Joel Chima Fujita will be deployed in attacking midfield. Ricky-Jade Jones will lead the line for St. Pauli.

Key Factors to Consider

• Bayer Leverkusen have won 4 of their last 6 Bundesliga matches.
• Bayer  Leverkusen have lost 2 of their last 6 Bundesliga matches.
• Bayer Leverkusen have scored 38 goals and conceded 26 goals in 19 Bundesliga games so far this season.
• St Pauli have won just 3 Bundesliga games so far this campaign.
• St Pauli have scored 18 goals and conceded 34 goals in 20 Bundesliga games so far this campaign.

Conclusion

Bayer Leverkusen are a better team and are in better form. It is hard to see St. Pauli cause an upset in this tie.

Prediction: Bayer Leverkusen to win 3-0

Best Odds: 8/1

Bookmaker: Zetbet