Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Monaco will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Monaco have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
Last season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen's Europa League journey ended in the round of 16 against Atalanta.4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Bayer 04 Leverkusen so far this season.
Leverkusen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hoffenheim's place. The match ended 3-1 with Andrich, Hložek and Diaby scoring. Midfielder Frimpong was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Frimpong signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Heartbreak before that as Bayer 04 Leverkusen lost 0-1 at Augsburg's place.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 04 Leverkusen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Leverkusen as they have a new game in only three days, a Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Mainz 05 are visiting.
A decent goal production from Bayer 04 Leverkusen in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Monaco form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Crvena Zvezda, Ferencvaros and Trabzonspor in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa League. Monaco was sent out of Europa League in the round of 16 last season, when Sporting Braga turned out to be too strong.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Ligue 1. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 3W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
Monaco won their last game, 3-1 versus Paris Saint Germain played at home. Yedder, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.24. Yedder scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Prior to that result Monaco won their away game at Clermont in the Ligue 1. The scoreline was 2-0.We have checked recent matches where Monaco have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Monaco manager Clement as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Brest.
It's early days yet, but Monaco has scored 22 and conceded 11 goals from their travels in the league so far (11 games).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last four meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Leverkusen, one draw and two wins for Monaco. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Ben Yedder 14 goals |  B. Embolo 12 goals |   M. Diaby 7 goals |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
Monaco missing players
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Monaco | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 26 | 58 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 11.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 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 | FC Bayern München | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 59 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 41 | 43 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 42 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 37 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 36 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| 8 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 27 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 26 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Köln | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Hoffenheim | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 15 | Bochum | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 32 | -25 | 19 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 35 | 54 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 49 |
| 3 | Monaco | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | Lens | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Lille | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Nice | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | Lorient | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 36 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 10 | Reims | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Clermont | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -7 | 30 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Nantes | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Brest | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 20 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -23 | 18 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 14 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 9 |
