On the 13th of September, in this week 2 match, Bayer Leverkusen hosts Atlético Madrid at Bayarena in a meeting of these two Champions League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. Bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Club Brugge. Sylla struck first for Club Brugge in the 42nd minute on a feed from Andreas Skov Olsen, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Bayer Leverkusen was frustrated by Club Brugge’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Club Brugge ended the match with the shutout victory. Bayer Leverkusen looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while atlético Madrid is fresh off their 2-1 win against Porto. Hermoso struck first for Atlético Madrid in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Ángel Correa, but Mateus Uribe got the equalizer for Porto in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 6th of November, Bayer Leverkusen hosted Atlético Madrid in their last match together. Bayer Leverkusen was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 28000 fans. Thomas Partey scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen on an own goal in the 41st minute, then Kevin Volland added another in the 55th minute.
Atlético Madrid is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Morata and Antoine Griezmann each having 3 goals in their last 5. Bayer Leverkusen’s most prolific scorer has been Jeremie Frimpong. The English attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.