There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League Round of 16 meeting between Ferencváros and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither Ferencváros nor Bayer 04 Leverkusen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ferencváros form and stats
Last season, Ferencváros's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.27 points is a decent return from 12 NB 1 games here at Puskás Ferenc Stadion for Ferencváros. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Ferencváros has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.
Ferencváros's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Puskas.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Europa League.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ferencváros as they are travelling to their away game against Zalaegerszegi TE in the NB 1. That match is three days after this one.
From these home matches, Ferencváros have conceded only 9 goals.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the round of 16, when Atalanta drew the shortest straw.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have produced an overall stat of 5-2-5 so far. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
Leverkusen play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Werder Bremen. Frimpong got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, top player of the team. Frimpong scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A home win as anticipated against Ferencváros before that, in the Europa League.
A new game in only three days for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, the Bundesliga home match versus Bayern München. Busy days.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 12 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Leverkusen have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Ferencváros and Bayer 04 Leverkusen have faced each other previously this season: Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Ferencváros 2-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Ferencváros wins - draws - Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Traoré 11 goals |  R. Mmaee Nwambeben Kabir 10 goals |   M. Diaby 8 goals |
Ferencváros missing players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
| Ferencváros | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Scored | S | 21 | 49 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 7.1 | 8.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.8 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 10.3 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ferencváros | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 28 | 50 |
| 2 | Kecskemeti TE | 23 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Debrecen | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Puskas | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 5 | Paksi SE | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | Varda SE | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 22 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 8 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Ujpest | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 27 |
| 10 | Honved | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 25 |
| 11 | MOL Vidi | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | Vasas | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 71 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 46 | 52 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 50 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 45 |
| 4 | FC Union Berlin | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 45 |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 45 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 40 |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| 9 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 34 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -4 | 30 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 25 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | Köln | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -13 | 27 |
| 14 | Bochum | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 56 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 35 | -30 | 22 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 21 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 20 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -24 | 20 |
| 18 | Hoffenheim | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -14 | 19 |
