Expert analysis

Leverkusen and Celje Trade Chances in Europe

Leverkusen have posted a high scoring rate in their recent outings while still allowing goals at the other end. Celje manage to register goals away from home even as they face stronger opposition. The Europa League group stage often produces matches where both sides create clear opportunities. Leverkusen’s defensive concessions open space for Celje to attack on the break. Celje’s forward play can stretch the home defense and produce moments in the box. These patterns point toward an open game where each team reaches the net at least once.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate

Result

2–0 MISSED

Our pick “Both Teams to Score” at odds 1.80 didn’t land — final score 2–0.

Match timeline

First half
S. Seslar Own goal 15'
Second half
J. Quansah ↓ Lucas 60'
B. Kramer ↓ A. Kucys 61'
A. Moreira ↓ M. Terrier 61'
E. Fernandez ↓ M. Tillman 61'
M. Ivansek ↓ Y. Dukuly 61'
V. Tusha ↓ B. Verbic 69'
C. Kofane ↓ P. Schick 71'
F. Medina assist A. Garcia 74'
P. Daniel ↓ L. Ticic 80'
E. Ben Seghir ↓ M. Diaby 80'

This season

	Bayer Leverkusen	Celje
Over 2.5 goals	—	—
Clean sheet	—	—
Failed to score	—	—
Scored per game	0.0	0.0
Conceded per game	0.0	0.0
Scored home / away	0.0 / 0.0	0.0 / 0.0

League table position

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
6	BOU Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0
7	CEL Celje ▲	0	0	0	0	0
8	CEL Celta Vigo	0	0	0	0	0
9	CEL Celtic	0	0	0	0	0
10	CRY Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0
11	FER Ferencvarosi TC	0	0	0	0	0
12	DIN Dinamo Zagreb	0	0	0	0	0
13	HAP Hapoel Beer Sheva	0	0	0	0	0
14	HOF 1899 Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0
15	JAG Jagiellonia	0	0	0	0	0
16	JUV Juventus	0	0	0	0	0
17	LEC Lech Poznan	0	0	0	0	0
18	BAY Bayer Leverkusen ▲	0	0	0	0	0
19	LEV Levski Sofia	0	0	0	0	0

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

Bayer Leverkusen WWLWD

W @ Newcastle 2–1 Aug 15

W @ SV Wehen 4–0 Aug 22

L @ SV Elversberg 2–3 Aug 29

W vs Union Berlin 4–0 Sep 5

D @ FC Augsburg 2–2 Sep 12

Celje LLWLL

L vs Slovan Bratislava 1–2 Aug 26

L @ Brinje-Grosuplje 1–4 Aug 30

W @ Aluminij 2–0 Sep 2

L vs Koper 0–1 Sep 6

L @ Bravo 1–2 Sep 12

Goals trend · last 5 matches

Bayer Leverkusen

Scored 2.8 avg

2 4 2 4 2

Conceded 1.2 avg

1 0 3 0 2

Celje

Scored 1.0 avg

1 1 2 0 1

Conceded 1.8 avg

2 4 0 1 2

Confirmed lineups

Bayer Leverkusen 4-2-3-1

1 Mark Flekken G
17 Lucas Vázquez D
5 Loïc Badé D
12 Edmond Tapsoba D
2 Facundo Medina D
8 Robert Andrich M
24 Aleix García M
19 Moussa Diaby M
10 Malik Tillman M
11 Martin Terrier M
14 Patrik Schick F

Bench Janis Blaswich, Niklas Lomb, Miguel Gutiérrez, Jarell Quansah, Ezequiel Fernández, Afonso Moreira, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Christian Kofane

Carles Martinez

Celje 3-5-2

1 Žan-Luk Leban G
2 Pijus Širvys D
44 Łukasz Bejger D
6 Artemijus Tutyškinas D
11 Milot Avdyli M
19 Mark Zabukovnik M
10 Svit Sešlar M
14 Luka Tičić M
7 Benjamin Verbič M
91 Yaya Dukuly F
47 Armandas Kučys F

Bench Luka Kolar, Žiga Frelih, Alpha Diounkou, Leonardo Koutris, Darko Hrka, Mario Kvesić, Papa Daniel, Veton Tusha, Matic Ivanšek, Blaž Kramer, Dejan Suhovrsnik

Vitor Campelos

Team news · injuries & suspensions

Bayer Leverkusen

OUT E. Ben Seghir Thigh Injury
OUT V. Boniface Off the roster
OUT M. Culbreath Injury
OUT G. Doue Inactive
OUT K. Eichhorn Illness
OUT J. Hofmann Off the roster
OUT T. Oermann Off the roster
OUT N. Tella Injury
DOUBT I. Maza Illness
OUT E. Ben Seghir Thigh Injury
OUT V. Boniface Off the roster
OUT M. Culbreath Injury
OUT G. Doue Inactive
OUT K. Eichhorn Illness
OUT J. Hofmann Off the roster
OUT T. Oermann Off the roster
OUT N. Tella Injury
DOUBT I. Maza Illness

Celje

OUT A. Kotnik Red Card
OUT J. Pisek Knee Injury
DOUBT M. Kvesic Inactive
DOUBT A. Tutyskinas Inactive
OUT A. Kotnik Red Card
OUT J. Pisek Knee Injury
DOUBT M. Kvesic Inactive
DOUBT A. Tutyskinas Inactive