On Thursday, Bayer Leverkusen welcomes Hapoel Beer Sheva on behalf of the 4th day of Group C of the Europa League. Bayer Leverkusen is aiming for 1st place in the group while Hapoel Beer Sheva hopes to return to the top two places.
After finishing 5th in the standings last year in the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen was unable to secure a Champions League ticket and therefore have to settle for playing in the Europa League. Very well returned to this group after a very convincing victory against Nice (6-2), the Germans were surprised by Slavia Prague (1-0) after playing for more than an hour at 10 against 11 before recovering during of the next match against Hapoel Beer Sheva (2-4). Despite these two successes, they remain in 2nd position in the standings behind Slavia Prague which has a particularly favourable goal difference. In the league, Peter Bosz’s men are also in very good shape. Unbeaten, they remain on 5 successes in a row and snatched the victory last Saturday against Arminia Bielefeld (1-2) to climb on the podium.
Opposite, Hapoel Beer Sheva took 4th place last year in Israel behind Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem. Tomb of Laci (1-2), Motherwell (3-0) and Viktoria Plzen (1-0) in play-offs, the club was, therefore, able to land a precious ticket for this C3. In its first match, Hapoel made a good move by winning ahead of Slavia Prague (3-1). But he quickly became disillusioned by losing against Nice (1-0) than against Bayer Leverkusen (2-4) on the last day and he found himself last in this group. In their championship, the Israelis are in the rough and they took only 6 points during the first 6 days. Moreover, they lost this weekend against MS Ashdod (1-0) this weekend.
Leverkusen cannot count on Aranguiz, Palacios, Arias and Paulinho who are in the infirmary. In addition, important defender Tapsoba has tested positive for Covid. In great form since the start of the season, Argentinian striker Alario has scored 7 league goals while Jamaican Bailey has distinguished himself by scoring a brace in the first leg in Israel.
For ‘Hapoel Beer Sheva, we find the holder of last season Biton is the only player absent from this formation. Among the main known heads of this team, Portuguese defender Miguel Victor (ex Benfica) and midfielder Josué (ex Galatasaray and FC Porto) are the only players who have played at a very high level.
The match will be played behind closed doors.
Coaches have the possibility of making 5 substitutions during the game.
Largely superior to this Hapoel team, Bayer Leverkusen should win quite easily in this meeting. Bayer Leverkusen victory!
Betting Tips: Bayer Leverkusen
Odds: 1.14
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