It's time for cup football and it's the Champions League Group Stage between Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus.
Juventus have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals.When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.
The Bayer Leverkusen supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Schalke 04 in Bundesliga and win 2-1. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Bayern München.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bayer Leverkusen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Bayer Leverkusen after this match as they are travelling to Köln for a Bundesliga game in only three days.
Bayer Leverkusen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BayArena with 12 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Bayer Leverkusen have conceded 9 goals.
Juventus form and stats
Juventus's mission in Champions League last season failed in the quarter-finals against Ajax.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Serie A.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Juventus, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Lazio. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Sassuolo.
Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny had a great day against Lazio, but despite making 6 saves the loss could not be avoided.
After this away game Juventus return home for a Serie A game against Udinese. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Juventus are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Juventus as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus have met before this season: Juventus - Bayer Leverkusen 3-0.Top Goalscorers
  Cristiano Ronaldo 7 goals |   K. Volland 5 goals |  L. Alario 4 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Juventus missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Juventus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 6.3 | 8.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 353 | 214 | Total Shots | T S | 200 | 415 | ||
| 122 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 70 | 152 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Juventus | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Borussia M'gladbach | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 23 | 30 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Bayern München | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 24 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 12 |
| 17 | Köln | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 8 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 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 | Inter | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 2 | Juventus | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Lazio | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 33 |
| 4 | Roma | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 7 | Napoli | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Parma | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Torino | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Milan | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Bologna | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Udinese | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 15 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Lecce | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Sampdoria | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | Genoa | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 10 |
| 19 | SPAL | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -12 | 9 |
| 20 | Brescia | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -16 | 7 |