Bayer Leverkusen take on the visitors Porto in the round 4 match of UEFA Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Wednesday, October 12th at BayArena (Leverkusen).
Bayer is trying to fix things with a new mentor. The "Aspirins" in 2021 made a bet on Gheorardo Seoane. And the Swiss gave the result immediately - he managed to return to the top 4. Another question is that in the new draw everything started to fall from the very beginning. The Grand from Leverkusen flew out of the cup from the very first opponent, the most modest Elfersberg, losing 3-4 on their field. In the Bundesliga, the team had only 1 win and 5 points after 8 rounds. The only thing that saved the mentor was that in the Champions League after 0-1 in Brugge it was possible to beat Atlético. But after the international break, the club lost 0-4 to Bayern in the Bundesliga and 0-2 to Porto in the Champions League. And immediately got a new mentor - Xabi Alonso. For the Spaniard, with all his experience as a football player, this is the first such coaching experience.
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Porto literally grabbed the last chance. The "Dragons" - 1 of the giants of Portuguese football. And the most experienced European Cup fighter, who repeatedly took part in the playoffs of the Champions League, and relatively recently, under Mourinho, took the title. In the last cycle, there was 3rd place, but in the group with Liverpool, Atlético and Milan, they overtook the latter. The same autumn on the international stage started unsuccessfully: in the very end they lost in Madrid (Griezmann's goal in the 11th added minute was decisive). And then there was a shocking spanking from Brugge in the form of a 4-0 on the "Dragau". Previous match against the Germans was crucial and they managed to get ready for the decisive match as much as possible, and as a result, in the 2nd half, Sanusi and Galeno scored goals from Taremi's assists.
Before this fall, the sides only once crossed at the official level - in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League, in February 2020. Then Bayer turned out to be stronger both times: 2-1 at home, 3-1 in Portugal. Judging by the odds, experts are waiting for revenge from Bayer. But it is important for both clubs to achieve a result, so we do not expect particularly open football and we bet on "under 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
