Europa League match preview: Bayer 04 Leverkusen versus Häcken

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 21.Sep
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: BayArena (30210 seats)

Häcken have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Häcken could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Allsvenskan game only four sleeps ago.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

Leverkusen was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Europa League. Roma was too strong.

As mentioned below, Bayer 04 Leverkusen are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Bundesliga games.

The Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager Olano and his gang return home after a 2-2 draw away versus FC Bayern München. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goalie Hrádecký played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against FC Bayern München with a stunning seven saves.

In the game before, an away victory in the Bundesliga match versus Borussia M'gladbach with a 3-0 scoreline.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, as the Bundesliga home game vs Heidenheim is only three days away.

Early season league goal statistics from Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 2 home games: {8 goals}, 3 conceded.

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Häcken form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Häcken playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.

The regulars enjoyed Häcken's previous match versus Halmstad, a 3-2 win played at home. The end of the last match, against Halmstad, was very satisfying as Hovland scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Jensen got a match rating of 8.62 in that game, top player of the team. Jensen scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 66 successful passes (of 72 total).

It was a Allsvenskan defeat before that one as the away game against Degerfors wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Häcken have another match that requires travelling in just three nights, a Allsvenskan match versus Kalmar. A grim programme for them!

Häcken have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Häcken in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

HäckenM. Rygaard Jensen
M. Rygaard Jensen
7 goals
HäckenE. Hovland
E. Hovland
6 goals
LeverkusenV. Boniface
V. Boniface
4 goals

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

Häcken missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Häcken
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
13 7   Won W   6 15
7 3   Drew D   3 5
5 2   Lost L   4 5
53 28   Scored S   22 57
24 14   Conceded C   15 30
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
80% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 80%
64% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 68%
36% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 60%
20% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 32%
52% 75%   BTTS BTTS   54% 60%
36% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 24%
24% 8%   Failed to Score F T   31% 20%
 
4.7 4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 6.1
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 5
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.2
2 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
14 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   13.5 15
5.9 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 6.4
36% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 36%
 
10.2 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 13.2
3.6 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   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 Molde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Häcken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Qarabağ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 3 1 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 10
2 FC Bayern München 4 3 1 0 11 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 10
3 RB Leipzig 4 3 0 1 13 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 9 9
4 Stuttgart 4 3 0 1 14 6 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 8 9
5 Hoffenheim 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 6 3 4 9
6 Wolfsburg 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 9
7 Borussia Dortmund 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
8 Union Berlin 4 2 0 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
10 Freiburg 4 2 0 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 6
11 Werder Bremen 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
12 Bochum 4 0 3 1 4 9 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -5 3
13 FC Augsburg 4 0 2 2 7 12 2 0 2 0 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 2
14 Heidenheim 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 1
15 Borussia M'gladbach 3 0 1 2 5 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 4 4 -4 1
16 Köln 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 1
17 FSV Mainz 05 4 0 1 3 3 12 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 8 -9 1
18 Darmstadt 98 3 0 0 3 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 6 -8 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 Malmö FF 23 15 4 4 49 20 12 8 3 1 30 10 11 7 1 3 19 10 29 49
2 Elfsborg 23 15 3 5 46 21 12 8 2 2 26 10 11 7 1 3 20 11 25 48
3 Häcken 23 15 2 6 55 29 12 11 0 1 39 15 11 4 2 5 16 14 26 47
4 Djurgården 23 12 4 7 34 27 12 9 1 2 22 11 11 3 3 5 12 16 7 40
5 Hammarby 23 10 5 8 33 32 11 8 1 2 22 14 12 2 4 6 11 18 1 35
6 Norrköping 22 10 4 8 36 29 11 5 2 4 16 13 11 5 2 4 20 16 7 34
7 Kalmar 23 9 6 8 27 31 11 5 3 3 13 14 12 4 3 5 14 17 -4 33
8 Varnamo 23 10 2 11 25 25 11 4 1 6 8 10 12 6 1 5 17 15 0 32
9 Mjallby 22 9 4 9 22 24 11 3 3 5 10 12 11 6 1 4 12 12 -2 31
10 Halmstad 23 8 5 10 23 38 11 4 3 4 10 15 12 4 2 6 13 23 -15 29
11 IFK Göteborg 23 6 8 9 26 28 12 5 3 4 18 10 11 1 5 5 8 18 -2 26
12 Brommapojkarna 23 8 2 13 30 39 11 4 1 6 13 15 12 4 1 7 17 24 -9 26
13 Sirius 23 6 5 12 35 36 12 4 1 7 23 19 11 2 4 5 12 17 -1 23
14 Degerfors 22 7 2 13 22 47 12 5 2 5 15 17 10 2 0 8 7 30 -25 23
15 AIK 22 5 7 10 24 30 10 2 5 3 12 12 12 3 2 7 12 18 -6 22
16 Varberg 23 3 5 15 20 51 11 1 3 7 8 25 12 2 2 8 12 26 -31 14

Häcken:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Molde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Häcken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Qarabağ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.