Bayer 04 Leverkusen have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Celtic. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Celtic have less rest than Bayer 04 Leverkusen in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dundee United, was also a home game here at Celtic Park. The away team is better rested.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the group stage.3W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Celtic. The Celtic fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Celtic Park and will expect new points from this game. Celtic has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
The spoils were shared in Celtic's previous game, also at home. Visiting Dundee United travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Celtic manager A. Postecoglou lay sleepless for hours after the game against Dundee United. The match ended a draw, but Celtic hit the posts three times. The forward Jota was announced as "man of the match" for Celtic with a rating of 8.74/10. Jota hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previous to that game, a League Cup home match hosting Raith Rovers in a game that was won 3-0.Celtic are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Aberdeen awaits in three days.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
Leverkusen was sent out of Europa League in the 16th finals last season, when Young Boys turned out to be too strong.Bayer 04 Leverkusen are happy with their away performances in the Bundesliga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Leverkusen are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Leverkusen are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Bundesliga against 1. FSV Mainz 05. Goalkeeper Lukáš Hrádecký got the top player rating of the team with 8.3/10. Hrádecký stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stuttgart at their stadium, the result 3-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Leverkusen manager G. Seoane as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Arminia Bielefeld.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 8 goals in 3 league games away this season. 3 goals have been conceded by Leverkusen in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Wirtz 4 goals |  P. Schick 4 goals |   D. Turnbull 3 goals |
Celtic missing players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
| Celtic | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 51 | 34 | Scored | S | 14 | 39 | ||
| 32 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 7 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.5 | 18.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 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 Betis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Celtic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Ferencvaros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 | FC Bayern München | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 16 |
| 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 6 |
| 13 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 5 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Bochum | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 3 |
| 18 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 1 |