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Bayer Leverkusen vs Young Boys Prediction & Betting tips
Bayer Leverkusen will have to work in their own BayArena on Thursday evening. The Germans have to repair the 4-3 defeat from the first leg against Young Boys Bern in the sixteenth finals of the Europa League. What are the chances of both teams?
Bayer Leverkusen:
Bayer 04 Leverkusen was by no means awake in the first half last week. At halftime of the match in Bern, Die Werkself faced a 3-0 deficit. After the break Leverkusen came back nicely, to 3-3. To then have to take the surprising 4-3 in the final phase. “I have no explanation for our game in the first half,” said Peter Bosz after the match in Switzerland. ‘We defended amateurishly in two standard situations. We couldn’t get a grip on the game.
Last weekend, Leverkusen also failed to win in his own country. At the last minute a point was taken on a visit to FC Augsburg, by a goal from Edmond Tapsoba (1-1). Leverkusen’s competitors for a place in the top-four did win, making the gap at number four to five points. Placement for the Champions League can of course also be achieved by winning this season’s Europa League. In that case, however, there must be a rapid improvement in form, starting on Thursday. ‘Our starting position is clear: we have to win,’ says Bosz.
Young Boys:
So BSC Young Boys got off the starting blocks last week. The club from Bern gave away a 3-0 lead in the second half too easily, before Theoson Siebatcheu provided an unlikely victory in the final phase (4-3). So there was an old-fashioned European Cup classic in Bern last week, although it was played in an empty stadium. “It is a top performance of our team, of Swiss football, to beat a top team like Bayer Leverkusen,” trainer Gerardo Seoane was very pleased after the match. “The first half was almost perfect.”
So now the away game follows, in Germany. The group stage of this edition of the Europa League produced a mixed picture for Young Boys. CFR Cluj drew 1-1 and CSKA Sofia was defeated 0-1, but at AS Roma, Swiss were defeated 3-1. The goal of Seoane and his players will be to bring the form from their own country to Germany. In the Swiss Super League, Young Boys leads unthreatened last weekend, Servette was defeated 2-0.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Young Boys head to head matches
18.02.21 EL Young Boys Bayer Leverkusen 4 : 3
10.01.14 CF Bayer Leverkusen Young Boys 2 : 2
16.07.06 UC Young Boys Bayer Leverkusen 1 : 0
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Prediction: | Bayer Leverkusen to win |
Selection odds: | 1,58 |