The first of two encounters in the Europa League 16th Finals, as the hometeam Bayer Leverkusen will try to edge Porto in their own ballpark.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primeira Liga. That game, against Vitória SC, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Porto.
It's quite the trip for Porto when visiting Bayer Leverkusen as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Last season, Bayer Leverkusen's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals.Bayer Leverkusen have collected 19 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 5-4-2. Bayer Leverkusen has recorded two wins in a row here at BayArena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Bayer Leverkusen are returning here after visiting Union Berlin in a Bundesliga game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Karim Bellarabi, Kai Havertz and Moussa Diaby scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 4-3 home victory against Borussia Dortmund.
A late climax in the match against Union Berlin as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Karim Bellarabi.
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 Leverkusen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost three.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Augsburg are coming to town in three days.
The Bayer Leverkusen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Bayer Leverkusen have conceded 13 goals.
Porto form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Primeira Liga. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 3W-1D-2L. This is both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Gil Vicente game have they lost an away game, meaning Porto has taken points from ten away matches in a row. The fact that Porto have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Porto play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Vitória SC. Before that, Porto secured a home win against Academico Viseu with the score 3-0.
Porto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of two matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portimonense in just three days.
Porto have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 22 goals from 11 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Volland 9 goals |   A. Telles 7 goals |  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 7 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Porto missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 27 | 52 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 14 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 378 | 218 | Total Shots | T S | 190 | 351 | ||
| 135 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 127 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 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 | Bayern München | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 38 | 46 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 31 | 45 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 31 | 42 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -2 | 33 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -11 | 27 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | Köln | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -14 | 23 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -17 | 22 |
| 16 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -25 | 17 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 27 | -26 | 17 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -20 | 16 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 21 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Porto | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 31 | 53 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Famalicão | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 33 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Boavista | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Vitória SC | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 28 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | Vitória FC | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Tondela | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 13 | Marítimo | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -18 | 13 |