In Group A of the Europa League on Thursday, FC Zurich – Bayer Leverkusen will be played. The match will take place on “Letzigrund Stadion” starting at 17:55. Both bands come out of less successful results.
Although they managed 2-0 and 3-1, the hosts failed to get all the points in the Young Boys’ confrontation, which they ended in a tie, 3-3. After a series of three consecutive draws, they dropped to third in the standings and needed a positive result in the next round at St. Louis. Gallen, a team that divides only three points. If the championship is not really pink in the European League, Zurich has been forced into the group with the same score of 1-0 both with Larnaca and Ludogorets. Thus, on a par with the opponent on Thursday, Zurich can make a major step towards the European Spring, where he has not managed to make it since the Spring of 2008. He has suffered a single defeat in the last 9 games, even though the opponents included teams like Villareal (two-time) or Borussia M “Gladbach.
On the other hand, the “aspirins” disappointed in the confrontation with Hannover. Although they met a team at the bottom of the leaderboard, they hardly avoided defeat. Karim Bellarabi scored in the 90th and 4th minutes, after Hannover was left with a minus in the 57th minute. Thus, he reached three consecutive victories, Bayer occupies 13th position in the Bundesliga, with only two victories in eight stages. Undoubtedly, Herrlich’s team will try to repeat the evolution of Ludogorets, where he managed to score even though in the 31st minute he was already leading to a two-goal gap. However, as the weekend follows a difficult confrontation with Werder Bremen in the championship, where the need for points is bigger, Bayer can turn his attention more towards the weekend.
Between the two bands there was only one direct confrontation to date. 11 years ago, in the UEFA Cup group stage, Leverkusen was set on the “Letzigrund Stadion” with a score of 5-0. At the end of that campaign, both teams would advance in the next round of the competition.
PREDICTION: Bayer Leverkusen to win @ 1.80
