Leverkusen want to give the right answer
The Bayer Leverkusen players must have felt like they were in a film on Sunday afternoon. Genre: Horror. What the Werkself delivered in the first half of the Bundesliga’s top match against the record champions from Munich fell into the category of refusal to work. Lewandowski and Co. certainly played themselves into a real frenzy at times, but Seoane’s eleven did not put up any resistance at all and let the leaders pass time and time again.
On a positive note for the Rhinelanders, there is already a chance to make amends on Thursday evening. Then it comes to the third matchday in Group G of the UEFA Europa League for the top match between Betis Sevilla and Leverkusen. According to the odds, the bookmakers expect an evenly matched game in which no clear favourite can be named.
In addition, before the kick-off of the Betis Sevilla vs Leverkusen match, it can be predicted that the winner will already have one and a half legs in the next round. After all, both clubs started with the maximum yield of six points from the first two games.
There was no lack of spectacle either. The Spaniards have scored seven goals, while Bayer have also crossed the goal line six times. Will there be offensive fireworks from both teams on Thursday evening as well?
Betis Sevilla – Statistics & current form
After two years without international action, Betis Sevilla are back on the European football stage. Thanks to the sixth place in the La Liga season 2020/21, the Andalusians even made the direct jump into the Europa League, in which the team of the experienced Manuel Pellegrini obviously feels very comfortable so far. At least, the performances on the first two match days speak for it.
The first match was a spectacular 4:3 win against Celtic Glasgow, which was achieved even after trailing 2:0. Before the international break, the southern Spaniards confirmed their positive impression and deservedly won 3-1 at Peter Stöger’s Ferencvaros. No other team has scored more goals in the competition so far than the Green-Whites, who are still behind Bayer Leverkusen in Group G due to their goal difference.
In-form Andalusians look for third win in third group game
We don’t need to worry about the current state of the “Béticos” either, as Monday night’s narrow 1-0 victory at Deportivo Alaves was their fourth win in a review of their past six La Liga games. Pellegrini’s side are eighth in the standings, just two points behind second place.
With the Andalusians expected to play for another win in front of their home crowd on Thursday night, and the average of 5.5 goals per game involving Balompie in the Europa League also speaking for itself, we wouldn’t be surprised if a bet on the over 2.5 pays off between Betis Sevilla and Leverkusen.
Predicted Betis Sevilla line-up:
Silva; Bellerin, Bartra, Gonzalez, Moreno; Guardado, Carvalho; Joaquin, Fekir, Canales; Iglesias
Last matches played by Betis Sevilla:
LaLiga
10/18 2021 – Deportivo Alaves 0 – 1 Real Betis
10/03 2021 – Villarreal FC 2 – 0 Real Betis
Europa League Grp. G
09/30 2021 – Ferencvaros 1 – 3 Real Betis
LaLiga
09/26 2021 – Real Betis 2 – 0 Getafe
09/23 2021 – Osasuna Pamplona 1 – 3 Real Betis
Leverkusen – Statistics & current form
Lesson, debacle, slaughter – there was hardly any lack of martial terms for Leverkusen’s 1-5 defeat at home to FC Bayern on Sunday afternoon. Especially the first half, after which it was already 5:0 for the record champions, will remain in the (negative) memory of many fans for a long time.
From the point of view of the beaten Rhinelanders, it will now be important for the team, including the coaching staff, to draw the right conclusions from the negative performance and, above all, to keep their heads up. The perfect opportunity to redeem themselves comes as early as Thursday evening, when Bayer return to action in the “feel-good competition”, the UEFA Europa League. In Europe’s second most important club tournament, the Werkself presented itself very convincingly recently.
How did Leverkusen cope with Sunday’s dismantling?
While coach Gerardo Seoane’s charges still had problems converting their footballing superiority into goals on the first matchday at home against Ferencvaros (2:1), the knot burst much sooner in the second group match at Celtic Glasgow. The Bundesliga team won 4:0 away from home against the Scottish top club and thus put an exclamation mark on the competition. With a similar offensive performance, a forecast for a three-goal win between Betis Sevilla and Leverkusen seems quite realistic.
Even more attractive, however, are the odds on a high number of goals, as the magic mark of 2.5 goals has been broken in nine of the eleven matches played so far this season in which Bayer has been involved. On average, almost four goals have been scored per match (43 goals in total).
In not even half of all matches, a bet would have gone through that only one of the opposing teams would score. Therefore, it is just as advisable to keep an eye on the odds on “Both score” in the Betis Sevilla vs Leverkusen match. No less lucrative are the odds on both teams scoring at least one goal in the second half, especially as Betis scored four of their seven goals and Leverkusen three of their six after the break.
Predicted Leverkusen line-up:
Hradecky; Frimpong, Kossounou, Tah, Bakker; Andrich, Demirbay; Diaby, Wirtz, Paulinho; Schick
Last matches played by Leverkusen:
1st Bundesliga
10/17 2021 – Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 5 Bayern Munich
10/03 2021 – Arminia Bielefeld 0 – 4 Bayer Leverkusen
Europa League Grp. G
09/30 2021 – Celtic Glasgow 0 – 4 Bayer Leverkusen
1st Bundesliga
09/25 2021 – Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 0 Mainz 05
09/19 2021 – VfB Stuttgart 1 – 3 Bayer Leverkusen
Betis Sevilla – Leverkusen Direct comparison / H2H-balance
For the first time, the two teams will face each other in a direct duel on Thursday evening. The second meeting will not be long in coming, as the second leg will take place in the BayArena in a fortnight’ time. Betis Sevilla, meanwhile, are aiming for their sixth win in their ninth match against a German club; Leverkusen’s record against Spanish representatives, on the other hand, is less positive, with just eleven victories in 43 matches.
Betis Sevilla – Leverkusen Tip
From a purely statistical point of view, the best offensives in the Europa League group stage so far will face each other in the top match of Group G on Thursday evening. Betis Sevilla scored seven goals in the first two matchdays, Bayer Leverkusen also scored six times. The first tendency could therefore go in the direction that we will also see many goals in the direct duel.
The fact is that we are refusing to bet on the three-way market between Betis Sevilla and Leverkusen. There are currently too many eventualities that could influence the result. How will the Rhinelanders react to the debacle against Bayern? How badly do the home side still feel the effects of Monday night’s league match? And who will be more ambitious to win the group?
We therefore stay on the goal market and play the attractive betting odds on the over 2.5 between Betis Sevilla and Leverkusen.
