Europa League

Europa League | Group Stage

Sep 21, 2023 at 5.45pm UK

BayArena

B. Leverkusen
4 - 0
Hacken

Wirtz (10'), Adli (16'), Okoh Boniface (66'), Hofmann (70')
Tapsoba (30')

FT(HT: 2-0)

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Europa League clash between Bayer Leverkusen and Hacken, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Bayer Leverkusen

All competitions

Last Game: Bayern 2-2 B. Leverkusen
Friday, September 15 at 7.30pm in Bundesliga

Goals
for

Hacken

All competitions

Europa League

Last Game: Hacken 3-2 Halmstad
Sunday, September 17 at 4.30pm in Swedish Allsvenskan

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Hacken

Leverkusen have begun the campaign in a rich vein of form, and we think that they will get the better of the Swedish champions to claim maximum points and extend their unbeaten run to the season to six matches across all competitions. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Bayer Leverkusen win with a probability of 40.09%. A win for Hacken had a probability of 36.88% and a draw had a probability of 23%.

The most likely scoreline for a Bayer Leverkusen win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.48%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.26%) and 2-0 (5.27%). The likeliest Hacken win was 1-2 (8.09%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.06%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Bayer Leverkusen would win this match.

Result
Bayer Leverkusen	Draw	Hacken
40.09% ( -0.17)	23.04% ( -0)	36.88% ( 0.17)

Both teams to score 65.13% (

0.05)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

63.91% (

0.05)

36.1% (

-0.05)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

41.8% (

0.06)

58.2% (

-0.05)

Bayer Leverkusen Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.44% (

-0.05)

18.56% (

0.05)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.19% (

-0.09)

49.82% (

0.09)

Hacken Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.98% (

0.11)

20.03% (

-0.11)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.77% (

0.17)

52.23% (

-0.17)

Score Analysis

Bayer Leverkusen 40.09%

Hacken 36.88%

Draw 23.03%

Bayer Leverkusen	Draw	Hacken
2-1 @ 8.48% ( -0.02) 1-0 @ 6.26% ( -0.03) 2-0 @ 5.27% ( -0.03) 3-1 @ 4.76% ( -0.02) 3-2 @ 3.83% ( -0) 3-0 @ 2.96% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 2% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.61% ( -0) 4-0 @ 1.25% ( -0.01) Other @ 3.67% Total : 40.09%	1-1 @ 10.06% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 6.82% ( 0) 0-0 @ 3.72% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 2.05% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.39% Total : 23.03%	1-2 @ 8.09% ( 0.02) 0-1 @ 5.98% ( 0) 0-2 @ 4.81% ( 0.02) 1-3 @ 4.34% ( 0.03) 2-3 @ 3.65% ( 0.02) 0-3 @ 2.58% ( 0.02) 1-4 @ 1.74% ( 0.01) 2-4 @ 1.47% ( 0.01) 0-4 @ 1.04% ( 0.01) Other @ 3.18% Total : 36.88%