Bayer 04 Leverkusen have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Porto. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Porto form and stats
Last season, Porto's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Porto at their home stadium (Estádio Do Dragão) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Porto's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Sporting Braga. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Pepê was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.62 (out of ten) in that game. Pepê scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Porto played out a Primeira Liga draw 1-1 when visiting Estoril.The manager Conceição will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Portimonense in only four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Porto is on fire here. A stunning 15 from 4 league matches. From these home matches, Porto have conceded only 2 goals.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
Leverkusen was sent out of Europa League in the round of 16 last season, when Atalanta turned out to be too strong.The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
There might be some fixture complaints from Bayer 04 Leverkusen as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-4 against Bayern München. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Bayern München was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Tah, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.05. Tah hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.A new game in only four days for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, the Bundesliga home match versus Schalke 04. Busy days.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Leverkusen have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the former three meetings): Porto won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Bayer 04 Leverkusen got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 5 goals |  Evanilson 4 goals |  W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno 3 goals |
Porto missing players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
| Porto | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 14 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 55 | 45 | Scored | S | 22 | 40 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 87% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 16.3 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 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 | Club Brugge | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Porto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 21 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Porto | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Portimonense | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Boavista | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Sporting CP | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | Estoril | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Chaves | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Arouca | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 8 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Vizela | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -18 | 0 |
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 15 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Hoffenheim | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Borussia M'gladbach | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Köln | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | RB Leipzig | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 17 | Wolfsburg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -14 | 1 |
