The magic of the cup as Bayer Leverkusen greet Slavia Praha visitors in Europa League tie

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 10.December
Match begins: 17:55 (UTC)
Venue: BayArena (30210 seats)

Bayer Leverkusen and Slavia Praha get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bayer Leverkusen form and stats

Leverkusen participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.

Overall Bundesliga stats at home this season for Bayer Leverkusen are 2-2-0 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa League, Bayer Leverkusen has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Leverkusen has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Hertha BSC defeat 173 days ago.

The Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 223 minutes without conceding a goal in the Bundesliga.

Bayer Leverkusen are returning here after visiting Schalke 04 in a Bundesliga game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Patrik Schick and Julian Baumgartlinger scored the goal(s). In the game before, an away victory in the Europa League match versus Nice with a 3-2 scoreline.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Bundesliga game versus Hoffenheim in only three days. This game is also played here at BayArena.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Leverkusen's attacking play is working. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Slavia Praha form and stats

Slavia Praha's mission in Europa League last season failed in the quarter-finals against Chelsea.

4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Slavia Praha playing as the away team in the Fortuna Liga this season. Total Europa League statistics for Slavia Praha: 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Things are running smoothly for Slavia who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 22 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Slovácko. Slavia are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.

Slavia Praha play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Sparta Praha. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Slovan Liberec in just three days.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Slavia alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (17 from 5 played). Slavia are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Bayer Leverkusen and Slavia Praha have met before this season: Slavia Praha - Leverkusen 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

Bayer LeverkusenL. Alario
L. Alario
7 goals
Slavia PrahaA. Sima
A. Sima
4 goals
Slavia PrahaJ. Bořil
J. Bořil
3 goals

Bayer Leverkusen missing players

Slavia Praha missing players

Bayer Leverkusen Slavia Praha
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
15 7   Won W   8 19
6 3   Drew D   1 4
4 1   Lost L   2 2
56 26   Scored S   33 66
28 14   Conceded C   11 16
92% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
76% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 76%
56% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 68%
40% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   73% 52%
32% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 28%
60% 73%   BTTS BTTS   55% 40%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 60%
16% 9%   Failed to Score F T   0% 8%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.2
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
14.5 12.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 12
5.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 5.9
43% 54%   Goal Efficiency G E   53% 43%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Slavia Praha 5 4 0 1 11 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 1 0 1 4 4 5 12
2 Bayer Leverkusen 5 4 0 1 17 8 2 2 0 0 10 3 3 2 0 1 7 5 9 12
3 Nice 5 1 0 4 8 15 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 4 9 -7 3
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5 1 0 4 6 13 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7 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 10 7 2 1 34 16 5 3 2 0 21 7 5 4 0 1 13 9 18 23
2 Bayer Leverkusen 10 6 4 0 19 9 4 2 2 0 8 5 6 4 2 0 11 4 10 22
3 RB Leipzig 10 6 3 1 21 9 5 5 0 0 14 3 5 1 3 1 7 6 12 21
4 Borussia Dortmund 10 6 1 3 22 10 5 3 0 2 13 5 5 3 1 1 9 5 12 19
5 Wolfsburg 10 4 6 0 16 10 5 3 2 0 9 5 5 1 4 0 7 5 6 18
6 Union Berlin 10 4 4 2 22 14 5 2 2 1 14 7 5 2 2 1 8 7 8 16
7 Borussia M'gladbach 10 4 4 2 19 16 5 2 3 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 11 12 3 16
8 Stuttgart 10 3 5 2 19 16 5 0 3 2 7 10 5 3 2 0 12 6 3 14
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 2 7 1 15 17 5 1 4 0 6 5 5 1 3 1 9 12 -2 13
10 Augsburg 9 3 3 3 11 12 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 1 2 1 5 5 -1 12
11 Hertha BSC 10 3 2 5 18 19 5 1 1 3 7 12 5 2 1 2 11 7 -1 11
12 Werder Bremen 10 2 5 3 14 17 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 3 1 9 9 -3 11
13 Hoffenheim 9 2 3 4 15 16 4 1 1 2 8 8 5 1 2 2 7 8 -1 9
14 Freiburg 10 1 5 4 12 22 5 0 3 2 7 11 5 1 2 2 5 11 -10 8
15 Köln 10 1 4 5 12 17 6 0 2 4 8 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 -5 7
16 Arminia Bielefeld 10 2 1 7 8 20 5 2 0 3 5 9 5 0 1 4 3 11 -12 7
17 Mainz 05 10 1 2 7 12 24 5 0 2 3 6 11 5 1 0 4 6 13 -12 5
18 Schalke 04 10 0 3 7 6 31 5 0 2 3 3 10 5 0 1 4 3 21 -25 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 Slavia Praha 10 8 2 0 30 3 5 4 1 0 13 2 5 4 1 0 17 1 27 26
2 Sparta Praha 10 7 0 3 24 16 5 3 0 2 10 9 5 4 0 1 14 7 8 21
3 Sigma Olomouc 10 5 4 1 16 9 5 3 2 0 10 3 5 2 2 1 6 6 7 19
4 Viktoria Plzen 10 5 2 3 19 13 5 4 0 1 12 5 5 1 2 2 7 8 6 17
5 Jablonec 9 5 1 3 14 8 4 3 0 1 7 2 5 2 1 2 7 6 6 16
6 Zlin 10 5 0 5 13 13 5 2 0 3 5 6 5 3 0 2 8 7 0 15
7 Pardubice 10 4 3 3 11 12 5 3 2 0 8 3 5 1 1 3 3 9 -1 15
8 Karvina 10 4 3 3 10 13 5 1 2 2 4 8 5 3 1 1 6 5 -3 15
9 Slovácko 8 4 2 2 13 8 5 2 2 1 9 4 3 2 0 1 4 4 5 14
10 Slovan Liberec 8 4 1 3 13 10 4 2 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 4 5 3 13
11 Ceske Budejovice 10 3 4 3 14 18 5 1 1 3 3 11 5 2 3 0 11 7 -4 13
12 Banik Ostrava 8 3 2 3 12 8 3 1 1 1 5 3 5 2 1 2 7 5 4 11
13 Bohemians 1905 9 3 2 4 12 12 5 3 1 1 10 5 4 0 1 3 2 7 0 11
14 Teplice 10 3 0 7 11 18 4 1 0 3 3 6 6 2 0 4 8 12 -7 9
15 Mlada Boleslav 10 2 2 6 11 17 5 2 1 2 9 8 5 0 1 4 2 9 -6 8
16 Zbrojovka Brno 10 1 3 6 9 22 6 0 2 4 5 14 4 1 1 2 4 8 -13 6
17 Pribram 10 1 3 6 8 25 5 1 1 3 5 12 5 0 2 3 3 13 -17 6
18 Opava 10 1 2 7 8 23 5 1 1 3 4 11 5 0 1 4 4 12 -15 5

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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.