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Bayer Leverkusen vs Nice Prediction & Betting tips
Bayer Leverkusen and OGC Nice face each other on this first day of the group stage of the Europa League. Which of the two teams has the best credentials for the victory?
Bayer Leverkusen:
Bayer Leverkusen was on his way to a top four finish in the Bundesliga last season until shortly before the end of the season, but loss of points in the closing weeks of the league meant that Peter Bosz and his players had to settle for fifth place. This season, there will be no Champions League football in the BayArena. Leverkusen will have to play in the second European club tournament. Besides Nice Slavia Praag and Hapoel Beer Sheva are the opponents of Die Werkself.
Last year, Leverkusen also played in the Europa League, with the difference that Bayer came in after the winter break after third place in the group stage of the CL. Bosz and his team managed to get through two knock-out rounds, but after the single quarter-final match – against Internazionale in Düsseldorf – the adventure was over for Leverkusen. This football year, the German team has not been very convincing so far. Only last Saturday was a league game turned into a win for the first time this season. At FSV Mainz 05, Leverkusen won 0-1.
Nice:
After an absence of three years, OGC Nice is back in Europe. Nice was active in the Europa League in the 2017/2018 season. The French came through a group stage including Vitesse, but in the sixteenth final the ship was stranded – Lokomotiv Moscow was twice too strong for the southern French. After their fifth place in the previous, cut off, season of the Ligue 1, Les Aiglons can prepare for a new European campaign.
The Nice selection includes some well-known names. For example, old acquaintance Kasper Dolberg is under contract with the club. Last year, the Danish striker played excellent, after he had reached a dead end at Ajax. He was even voted player of the season by the supporters of the club. Other famous names include Morgan Schneiderlin and Jeff Reine-Adelaïde, who came over from Olympique Lyon this summer. Another player to watch out for is talented attacking midfielder Amine Gouiri, who was also taken over from Lyon.