Atletico Madrid-Bayer Leverkusen is a Champions League Week 7 match and is played Tuesday at 9 p.m.: live TV, likely lineups, prediction.
After a mile-long winning streak that had been going on, among all competitions, since last October, the run of “Cholo” Simeone’s Atletico Madrid came to a halt. Halting it was the unsuspected Leganes, a newly promoted club, which folded the Colchoneros 1-0 last Saturday thanks to a goal by former Fiorentina defender Nastasic (Griezmann also missed a penalty). Defeat that hurt especially because it “provoked” the overtaking at the top by Real Madrid, now at +2 over their historic rivals.
Atletico will therefore look to turn the page immediately in one of the most interesting challenges of the seventh day of the Champions League single group stage against reigning German champions Bayer Leverkusen.
In the cup with the big ears, the Madrid men are part of a group that also includes Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Milan (12 points), teams still in the running to finish in the top eight and snatch a pass for direct qualification to the round of 16. The Colchoneros’ last outing in the Champions League had been in December, when Griezmann and his teammates won without any problems over bottom-of-the-table Slovan Bratislava (3-1). Speaking of winning streaks, Leverkusen in this respect seems to have “taken the place” of Atletico. The Aspirins, in fact, have been winning uninterruptedly for 12 games, and at the weekend came yet another success, this time against Borussia Monchengladbach, pierced by goals from Schick (seventh goal in the last 4) and Wirtz (double), the Rossoneri’s strongest and most representative players.
Leverkusen close to direct qualification
Xabi Alonso’s team thus continues to threaten the lead of Bayern Munich, still at +4. In Champions, on the other hand, Bayer has one point more than Atletico Madrid and as of today, with a tally of 4 wins, one draw and one loss, would manage to avoid the dangerous playoffs (they are fourth in the maxiclassification).
Simeone must do without Sorloth and especially Gimenez, while on the other hand Alonso cannot count on Boniface and Adli, who are still unavailable.
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The Prediction
Notwithstanding the slip in La Liga with Leganes, Atletico Madrid remains a team that has been showing good things in the last period. And it is likely to set up an entertaining and eventful match with Bayer Leverkusen, with a very open prediction. Watch out for the home factor – Atletico is undefeated at home, at least as far as the league is concerned – but both are likely to score.
The probable lineups of Atletico Madrid-Bayer Leverkusen
ATLETICO MADRID (4-4-2): Oblak; Llorente, Le Normand, Lenglet, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Samuel Lino; Griezmann, Julian Alvarez.
BAYER LEVERKUSEN (4-2-3-1): Hradecky; Mukiele, Tah, Tapsoba, Hincapie; Palacios, Xhaka; Frimpong, Wirtz, Grimaldo; Schick.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1