Europa League betting and spectator preview: Bayer Leverkusen and Hapoel Be'er Sheva meet at BayArena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Hapoel Be'er Sheva, who are travelling more than 4300 kilometers to play this game.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Last season, Bayer Leverkusen's Europa League journey ended in the quarter-finals.Bayer Leverkusen have collected seven points from their first three Bundesliga games here at BayArena, a promising start. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Bayer Leverkusen has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Leverkusen has won five games in a row. The Stuttgart match was the last time out without a victory. Two home wins in a row for Leverkusen bring valid hopes of a third.
Happy days for Leverkusen in their previous game, a Bundesliga match away at Arminia Bielefeld that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that game, the 4-3 home victory against Borussia M'gladbach.
The victory against Arminia Bielefeld came after Aleksandar Dragović's winning goal. The Leverkusen manager P. Bosz was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 50th minute.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hertha BSC are coming to town in three days.
Leverkusen are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Bayer Leverkusen have conceded 5 from these games.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the play-offs.Still no away game victory in the Ligat ha'Al for Hapoel Be'er Sheva with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. Total Europa League statistics for Hapoel Be'er Sheva: 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. G. Varenne was the last player to find the net.
Be'er lost away at Ashdod (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Hapoel Kfar Saba in the Ligat ha'Al.
After this away game Be'er return home for a Ligat ha'Al game against Hapoel Haifa. That game is only four sleeps after this.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Be'er's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Be'er have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Hapoel Be'er Sheva - Leverkusen 2-4, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 7 goals |  L. Bailey Butler 2 goals |   G. Varenne 2 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 53 | 25 | Scored | S | 6 | 34 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 326 | 122 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 208 | ||
| 115 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 83 | ||
| 46% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 41% | ||
| 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 Leverkusen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nice | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 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 | Bayern München | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 19 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Stuttgart | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Köln | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | -19 | 3 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 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 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Bnei Yehuda | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Bnei Sakhnin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 4 |
| 14 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |