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Young Boys vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Betting tips
Bayer Leverkusen will meet the leader of the Swiss league in these sixteenth finals. Young Boys, from Bern, is the opponent of Peter Bosz’s team, which is by no means in top form. Will the Swiss have a chance for the next round?
Young Boys:
Young Boys Bern played a solid group stage. AS Roma was too strong for the other three teams in Group A, but the Swiss took second place, with ten points (out of six matches). CSKA Sofia and CFR Cluj both finished behind Young Boys. The Swiss team started the season in the Champions League, after they had won the Super League for the third time in a row last year. However, the Danish Midtjylland blocked the way to the lucrative group stage of the billion dollar ball in the preliminary rounds.
The Young Boys selection does not overflow with well-known players. Fabian Lustenberger, formerly Hertha BSC, may ring a bell. Old acquaintance Miralem Sulejmani is also under contract with the club from Bern. Incidentally, the Serbian is not an undisputed basic player in the yellow-blacks. YBB’s technical director is Simon Rolfes, a German who was active for Bayer Leverkusen in the past. “Switzerland against Germany is always special,” Rolfes said this week. “Young Boys should not be underestimated, we have shown our class in the Swiss league,” said Rolfes.
Bayer Leverkusen:
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is struggling at the moment. It took until mid-December before Peter Bosz’s team lost its first league game, but Leverkusen has been struggling ever since. In his own country, many points are spilled by Die Werkself, who has now also dropped out of the top-four of the Bundesliga. Last Saturday, Leverkusen came no further than a draw (2-2) against FSV Mainz 05. The goals against were late, but given the game image Bayer was actually not entitled to the victory. What was worrying was that low-flyer Mainz actually managed to create more opportunities.
Leverkusen, on the other hand, had few problems in the group stage of the Europa League. The red-blacks finished in first place, in a group with OGC Nice, Slavia Praag and Hapoel Beer Sheva as opponents. Leverkusen just managed to find it easy in that series of six duels – no fewer than 21 goals scored by Bosz’s team. In the first half of the season Bosz rotated regularly for the European match. It remains to be seen whether this policy was only for the group phase, or whether the coach will continue with this on Thursday.
Young Boys vs Bayer Leverkusen head to head matches
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: | 2,10 |
