Get ready for the first of two legs in this Europa League clash between Atalanta and Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 10.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gewiss Stadium (26393 seats)

Atalanta host the first leg in this deciding Europa League Round of 16 game. Bayer 04 Leverkusen will try their very best to bring a solid result back to BayArena before the return leg in 11 days.

These teams have little in common geographically as Bayer 04 Leverkusen have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Atalanta form and stats

Last season, Atalanta's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.

Atalanta have collected 17 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-5-4.

Atalanta are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Roma. Demiral, defender, was given a rating of 7.31/10 in that game, top of the team. Demiral won 7 of 9 duels.

Previous to that game, a Serie A home match hosting Sampdoria in a game that was won 4-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atalanta handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and one defeat.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Genoa are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Atalanta in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. On the other hand, Atalanta have conceded 18 goals.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 16th finals, when Young Boys drew the shortest straw.

Playing away, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at FC Bayern München. Hincapie, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.3. Hincapie won 5 of 9 duels.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga.

A new game in only three days for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, the Bundesliga home match versus Köln. Busy days.

Leverkusen have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 31 goals from 13 away matches. Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded 21 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Bayer 04 LeverkusenP. Schick
P. Schick
20 goals
Bayer 04 LeverkusenM. Diaby
M. Diaby
12 goals
AtalantaM. Pašalić
M. Pašalić
9 goals

Atalanta missing players

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atalanta Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
12 5   Won W   5 12
7 4   Drew D   4 6
6 4   Lost L   4 7
51 28   Scored S   28 61
32 20   Conceded C   20 39
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 92%
68% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 76%
48% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   54% 60%
28% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 32%
60% 69%   BTTS BTTS   77% 72%
32% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 20%
20% 8%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
5.1 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 6.1
3.5 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.8
1.9 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
2 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
14.9 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 15
5.2 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.1 6.6
40% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 37%
 
9.9 9.6   Shots against (avg) S A   15.6 14.3
3.5 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 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 Inter 27 17 7 3 60 22 14 10 2 2 35 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 38 58
2 Napoli 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
3 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 27 13 8 6 50 31 13 4 5 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 47
6 Roma 28 14 5 9 46 34 15 8 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 12 47
7 Lazio 28 13 7 8 57 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 15 46
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 26 6 11 9 34 43 13 4 6 3 18 20 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 29
15 Sampdoria 28 7 5 16 36 48 14 4 3 7 22 25 14 3 2 9 14 23 -12 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 28 5 10 13 28 51 14 2 6 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 12 26 -23 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 26 3 6 17 20 61 13 1 4 8 10 29 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 15
  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 25 19 2 4 76 27 13 10 1 2 38 12 12 9 1 2 38 15 49 59
2 Borussia Dortmund 24 16 2 6 64 37 12 10 0 2 39 18 12 6 2 4 25 19 27 50
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 25 13 6 6 64 40 12 7 2 3 33 19 13 6 4 3 31 21 24 45
4 RB Leipzig 25 12 5 8 51 29 13 9 1 3 35 15 12 3 4 5 16 14 22 41
5 Freiburg 25 11 8 6 40 27 12 6 4 2 21 12 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 41
6 Hoffenheim 24 12 4 8 47 36 12 8 2 2 27 13 12 4 2 6 20 23 11 40
7 Union Berlin 25 10 7 8 32 33 12 7 3 2 17 13 13 3 4 6 15 20 -1 37
8 Köln 24 9 9 6 36 38 12 7 3 2 20 15 12 2 6 4 16 23 -2 36
9 Mainz 05 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 8 3 1 24 7 12 2 1 9 11 22 6 34
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 25 9 7 9 37 37 12 3 4 5 14 16 13 6 3 4 23 21 0 34
11 Bochum 25 9 5 11 27 35 13 7 3 3 19 12 12 2 2 8 8 23 -8 32
12 Wolfsburg 25 9 4 12 27 37 13 5 2 6 14 17 12 4 2 6 13 20 -10 31
13 Borussia M'gladbach 25 7 6 12 34 51 12 5 3 4 21 21 13 2 3 8 13 30 -17 27
14 Augsburg 25 6 8 11 27 41 12 4 4 4 17 19 13 2 4 7 10 22 -14 26
15 Arminia Bielefeld 25 5 10 10 22 33 13 2 7 4 12 17 12 3 3 6 10 16 -11 25
16 Hertha BSC 25 6 5 14 26 58 13 4 3 6 17 27 12 2 2 8 9 31 -32 23
17 Stuttgart 25 5 7 13 31 47 13 4 3 6 22 26 12 1 4 7 9 21 -16 22
18 Greuther Furth 25 3 5 17 23 64 12 3 4 5 12 18 13 0 1 12 11 46 -41 14

Atalanta:
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  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 25 19 2 4 76 27 13 10 1 2 38 12 12 9 1 2 38 15 49 59
2 Borussia Dortmund 24 16 2 6 64 37 12 10 0 2 39 18 12 6 2 4 25 19 27 50
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 25 13 6 6 64 40 12 7 2 3 33 19 13 6 4 3 31 21 24 45
4 RB Leipzig 25 12 5 8 51 29 13 9 1 3 35 15 12 3 4 5 16 14 22 41
5 Freiburg 25 11 8 6 40 27 12 6 4 2 21 12 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 41
6 Hoffenheim 24 12 4 8 47 36 12 8 2 2 27 13 12 4 2 6 20 23 11 40
7 Union Berlin 25 10 7 8 32 33 12 7 3 2 17 13 13 3 4 6 15 20 -1 37
8 Köln 24 9 9 6 36 38 12 7 3 2 20 15 12 2 6 4 16 23 -2 36
9 Mainz 05 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 8 3 1 24 7 12 2 1 9 11 22 6 34
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 25 9 7 9 37 37 12 3 4 5 14 16 13 6 3 4 23 21 0 34
11 Bochum 25 9 5 11 27 35 13 7 3 3 19 12 12 2 2 8 8 23 -8 32
12 Wolfsburg 25 9 4 12 27 37 13 5 2 6 14 17 12 4 2 6 13 20 -10 31
13 Borussia M'gladbach 25 7 6 12 34 51 12 5 3 4 21 21 13 2 3 8 13 30 -17 27
14 Augsburg 25 6 8 11 27 41 12 4 4 4 17 19 13 2 4 7 10 22 -14 26
15 Arminia Bielefeld 25 5 10 10 22 33 13 2 7 4 12 17 12 3 3 6 10 16 -11 25
16 Hertha BSC 25 6 5 14 26 58 13 4 3 6 17 27 12 2 2 8 9 31 -32 23
17 Stuttgart 25 5 7 13 31 47 13 4 3 6 22 26 12 1 4 7 9 21 -16 22
18 Greuther Furth 25 3 5 17 23 64 12 3 4 5 12 18 13 0 1 12 11 46 -41 14

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.