Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Club Brugge get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It's no vacation for neither Leverkusen nor Club Brugge as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
Bayer 04 Leverkusen participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the round of 16 and lost against Atalanta.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Bundesliga this season. Bayer 04 Leverkusen have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at BayArena. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses in this competition.
Leverkusen faced defeat in their previous match, away at RB Leipzig (0-2). Andrich (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Andrich had 49 successful passes (of 57 total).
In the game before, 2-2 away to Atletico Madrid (Champions League). The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bayer 04 Leverkusen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BayArena with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Club Brugge form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Club Brugge playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Total Champions League statistics for Club Brugge: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Brugge won their last game, 4-2 versus KV Oostende played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against KV Oostende was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Sowah, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.83. Sowah served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).
The match before that was the Champions League-battle against Porto, a home defeat (0-4).
The travelling fans enjoy Club Brugge's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Club Brugge have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These two sides faced each other earlier on this campaign: Club Brugge - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Leverkusen wins - draws - Club Brugge wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Olsen 6 goals |   J. Frimpong 5 goals |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
Club Brugge missing players
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Club Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 50 | ||
| 43 | 16 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.1 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 13.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 51% | ||
| 11.4 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Porto | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 4 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 25 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | Köln | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Bochum | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -21 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 33 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Gent | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Anderlecht | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| 13 | Sporting Charleroi | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 12 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 11 |
