BAYER LEVERKUSEN – PORTUGAL | Wednesday 21:00
Bearing in mind that Atletico Madrid, in the other match of the round, should be able to beat Club Brugge and take three very important points for the classification of the group, the challenge between Leverkusen and Porto also becomes very important. The Germans also decided to turn their season around after last week’s first leg match, looking for a shake-up from the bench: having exonerated Schmidt, the new coach, who started by beating Shalke in the Bundelisga, is Xabi Alonso. The turnaround at least in the league has borne fruit and the feeling is that it could bear fruit in the Champions League against the Portuguese.
At home, Bayer have also won their only home game so far in Europe’s top flight against Atletico Madrid. Of course, it will be difficult to pierce Porto’s rearguard, which has only conceded two goals in the last five games and which appears to be granite. In the first leg, however, Bayer showed that they can do harm: at the beginning of the match a goal was cancelled out for Hudson-Odoi due to a hand foul. Then, at the end of the first half, Schick missed a penalty kick that could have told a different story. In short, there is a favourite team.
The Port
The Prediction
Win to keep hoping. Only one result is available for Bayer Leverkusen, who could only stay in the running for qualification for the Champions League round of 16 with three points. The match should also yield at least one goal per team.
Bayer Leverkusen v Porto likely line-up
- BAYER LEVERKUSEN (4-2-3-1): Hradecky; Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapie; Amiri, Aránguiz, Demirbay, Bakker; Diaby, Hudson-Odoi; Schick.
- PORTO (4-4-2): Diogo Costa; Rodrigo Conceição, Fábio Cardoso, David Carmo, Wendell; Uribe, Eustáquio; Otávio, Pepê; Taremi, Evanilson.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
