Champions League betting and spectator preview: Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Porto meet at BayArena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither Leverkusen nor Porto 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 was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Europa League. Atalanta was too strong.The story so far in the Bundesliga for Bayer 04 Leverkusen at their home stadium (BayArena) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen's last game was hosting Schalke 04 and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, Leverkusen "killed" Schalke 04 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The gifted forward Diaby bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 9.44 out of 10. Diaby scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Porto in the Champions League.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bayer 04 Leverkusen as they are travelling to their away game against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BayArena with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Leverkusen have conceded 9 from these games.
Porto form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Porto have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Porto play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Portimonense. Midfielder Otávio was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.41. Otávio scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that game, the victory at home against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Champions League (2-0).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Porto manager Conceição as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Anadia.
Porto find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the sides met earlier this season; Porto - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0. Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Porto H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Bayer 04 Leverkusen two wins, Porto one win, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 5 goals |   J. Frimpong 4 goals |  Evanilson 4 goals |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
Porto missing players
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 55 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.8 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.9 | 16.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 37% | ||
| 10.8 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Porto | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | FC Bayern München | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 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 | Benfica | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Porto | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 19 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Estoril | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Boavista | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Chaves | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Arouca | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Vizela | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -11 | 2 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -19 | 0 |
