On Mar 17th, Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen will play a match in Leverkusen in a Europa League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Köln. Kingsley Schindler scored the first goal for Köln in the 67th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bayer Leverkusen couldn’t muster any offence and Köln ran away with the shutout win. Bayer Leverkusen should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Atalanta recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Genoa. Neither Atalanta nor Genoa could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Atalanta is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Gewiss Stadium, Atalanta was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Charles Aránguiz scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 11th minute, then Ruslan Malinovskyi tied it up for Atalanta in the 23rd minute on a feed from Luis Muriel Finally they completed the comback victory in the 25th minute on a goal by Luis Muriel to cap off a wild match.
Ruslan Malinovskyi has been the most prolific scorer on Atalanta in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Bayer Leverkusen’s top weapon lately has been Moussa Diaby, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches.