It's Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Real Betis in the Europa League!

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 04.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: BayArena (30210 seats)

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

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a La Liga game only four days ago. That game, against Atlético Madrid, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Real Betis.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Real Betis, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

Last season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals against Young Boys.

The story so far in the Bundesliga for Bayer 04 Leverkusen at their home stadium (BayArena) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. 2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, their manager G. Seoane and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Bayer 04 Leverkusen crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Wolfsburg here at BayArena in a Bundesliga match. Lukáš Hrádecký had a busy but productive day in the Wolfsburg match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Lucas Alario for missing a penalty kick versus Wolfsburg in the 90th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Kerem Demirbay (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Demirbay hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 55 successful passes (of 64 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Karlsruher SC with the scoreline 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leverkusen handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, two draws and three defeats.

There will be little rest for Leverkusen after this match as they are travelling to Hertha BSC for a Bundesliga game in only three days.

Leverkusen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BayArena with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded 11 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Real Betis form and stats

3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real Betis in their La Liga matches away. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.

Real Betis lost away at Atlético Madrid (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Real Betis goalkeeper Claudio Bravo enjoyed a superb day vs Atlético Madrid, but despite registering seven saves the loss could not be evaded. Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo got the top player rating of the team with 7.25/10. Bravo stopped the opponent with seven saves.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Valencia in the La Liga.

We have checked recent matches where Betis have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, one draw and six defeats.

After this away game Real Betis return home for a La Liga game against Sevilla. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Betis have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Real Betis have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Leverkusen and Real Betis have duelled earlier this season: Real Betis - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

LeverkusenP. Schick
P. Schick
8 goals
Real BetisJ. Jiménez López
J. Jiménez López
5 goals
Real BetisW. da Silva
W. da Silva
5 goals

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

Real Betis missing players

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Real Betis
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
11 6   Won W   7 14
7 2   Drew D   2 5
7 5   Lost L   4 6
46 23   Scored S   22 47
33 22   Conceded C   17 32
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 80%
64% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 56%
48% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 40%
16% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 24%
56% 62%   BTTS BTTS   62% 64%
36% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 16%
20% 15%   Failed to Score F T   23% 20%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.4
3.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.2
1.7 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.3 14   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.6
5.7 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 38%
 
12.7 12.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 10
4.6 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.8

  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 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 5 1 5 7
2 Real Betis 3 2 1 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 7
3 Celtic 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 -3 3
4 Ferencvaros 3 0 0 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -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 Bayern München 10 8 1 1 38 10 5 4 0 1 20 4 5 4 1 0 18 6 28 25
2 Borussia Dortmund 10 8 0 2 27 15 6 6 0 0 19 8 4 2 0 2 8 7 12 24
3 Freiburg 10 6 4 0 17 7 5 3 2 0 10 4 5 3 2 0 7 3 10 22
4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 5 2 3 23 16 5 2 0 3 9 11 5 3 2 0 14 5 7 17
5 Mainz 05 10 5 1 4 14 10 5 3 1 1 9 3 5 2 0 3 5 7 4 16
6 Union Berlin 10 4 4 2 15 15 6 3 2 1 8 7 4 1 2 1 7 8 0 16
7 Wolfsburg 10 5 1 4 11 12 5 2 1 2 4 6 5 3 0 2 7 6 -1 16
8 RB Leipzig 10 4 3 3 21 10 5 4 0 1 18 5 5 0 3 2 3 5 11 15
9 Hoffenheim 10 4 2 4 19 15 5 3 1 1 12 5 5 1 1 3 7 10 4 14
10 Borussia M'gladbach 10 4 2 4 12 13 5 3 2 0 8 4 5 1 0 4 4 9 -1 14
11 Köln 10 3 4 3 15 18 5 3 2 0 11 6 5 0 2 3 4 12 -3 13
12 Hertha BSC 10 4 0 6 11 23 4 2 0 2 5 5 6 2 0 4 6 18 -12 12
13 Stuttgart 10 2 4 4 15 19 5 2 1 2 12 9 5 0 3 2 3 10 -4 10
14 Bochum 10 3 1 6 8 18 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 1 0 5 3 15 -10 10
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 1 6 3 10 15 5 0 4 1 4 5 5 1 2 2 6 10 -5 9
16 Augsburg 10 2 3 5 9 19 5 2 1 2 7 10 5 0 2 3 2 9 -10 9
17 Arminia Bielefeld 10 0 5 5 6 16 6 0 3 3 3 10 4 0 2 2 3 6 -10 5
18 Greuther Furth 10 0 1 9 7 27 4 0 1 3 2 7 6 0 0 6 5 20 -20 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Sociedad 12 7 4 1 17 10 6 4 2 0 5 1 6 3 2 1 12 9 7 25
2 Real Madrid 11 7 3 1 26 12 4 2 2 0 11 3 7 5 1 1 15 9 14 24
3 Sevilla 11 7 3 1 19 7 5 5 0 0 15 4 6 2 3 1 4 3 12 24
4 Atlético Madrid 11 6 4 1 18 10 6 3 3 0 10 4 5 3 1 1 8 6 8 22
5 Real Betis 12 6 3 3 19 15 6 3 2 1 12 7 6 3 1 2 7 8 4 21
6 Rayo Vallecano 11 6 1 4 18 12 5 5 0 0 13 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 6 19
7 Osasuna 12 5 4 3 14 15 6 1 3 2 4 8 6 4 1 1 10 7 -1 19
8 Athletic Club 11 4 6 1 11 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 6 1 5 0 4 3 4 18
9 Barcelona 11 4 4 3 16 12 7 4 2 1 15 8 4 0 2 2 1 4 4 16
10 Valencia 12 4 4 4 18 17 6 3 2 1 10 5 6 1 2 3 8 12 1 16
11 Espanyol 12 3 5 4 12 13 6 3 2 1 7 4 6 0 3 3 5 9 -1 14
12 Mallorca 12 3 5 4 11 17 6 2 3 1 6 5 6 1 2 3 5 12 -6 14
13 Villarreal 11 2 6 3 13 12 5 2 2 1 10 6 6 0 4 2 3 6 1 12
14 Celta de Vigo 11 3 1 7 10 14 6 1 0 5 3 8 5 2 1 2 7 6 -4 10
15 Elche 12 2 4 6 9 15 6 1 4 1 6 6 6 1 0 5 3 9 -6 10
16 Deportivo Alaves 11 3 1 7 6 14 6 2 0 4 3 8 5 1 1 3 3 6 -8 10
17 Cadiz 12 1 6 5 11 19 7 0 4 3 4 9 5 1 2 2 7 10 -8 9
18 Granada 10 1 5 4 8 14 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 0 3 2 2 7 -6 8
19 Levante 11 0 6 5 11 20 5 0 4 1 6 8 6 0 2 4 5 12 -9 6
20 Getafe 12 1 3 8 6 18 6 1 1 4 4 9 6 0 2 4 2 9 -12 6

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Read more about Europa League

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.