It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League 16th Finals meeting between Bayer Leverkusen and Young Boys. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
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.
This pitch has grass, which is not Young Boys's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Young Boys have performed like this: Played 35 matches resulting in 16 wins, 11 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 65-45 (scored/conceded).
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Leverkusen was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Europa League.5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Bayer Leverkusen so far this season. 5W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayer Leverkusen shared the glory with Augsburg in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Young Boys in the Europa League.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bayer Leverkusen as they have a new game in only three days, a Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Freiburg are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Leverkusen are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Young Boys form and stats
Young Boys's mission in Europa League last season failed in the group stage.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Super League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Young who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Servette. Young are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 13 in a row without losing.
Young won their last game, 2-0 versus Servette played at home. Before that, Young secured a home win against Bayer Leverkusen with the score 4-3.
Young has another fixture away, a Super League game, against Luzern in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy Young's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 10 league matches away. Young Boys are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 5 away goals have been conceded so far. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Young Boys - Leverkusen 4-3.Top Goalscorers
  J. Nsamé 12 goals |   L. Alario 9 goals |  T. Siebatcheu 8 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Young Boys missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Young Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 57 | 31 | Scored | S | 22 | 57 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 13.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.6 | ||
| 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 31 | 49 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 47 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 42 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 37 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 36 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 31 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 29 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 23 |
| 14 | Köln | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 21 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -14 | 18 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -20 | 18 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 17 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -41 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 23 | 50 |
| 2 | Basel | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 32 |
| 3 | Zurich | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Lugano | 21 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 27 |
| 6 | Servette | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 25 |
| 7 | Lausanne Sport | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Luzern | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Sion | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 18 |