BATE vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

With a Champions League group involving Barcelona, AS Roma, and Bayer Leverkusen nobody really expected BATE to put up a fight.

However, four games in and they are still in with a improbably, but not impossible chance of qualifying. They sit at the bottom of Group E with three points from their opening four games, and only two points separates them from 2^nd place.

These three points came from an impressive 3-2 win at home to Roma on matchday two. They have lost their other three games, but the good news is that they have played group leaders Barcelona twice already.

This leaves them with this match at home to Bayer Leverkusen and a visit to Rome. Back to back wins and they would guarantee an unlikely qualification.

BATE have won five of their last seven games in all competitions, with only their duo of losses to Barcelona marring their record.

Bayer Leverkusen sit one point ahead of BATE in 3^rd position, and with Roma facing Barcelona it’s likely that a win for Bayer Leverkusen would move them into 2^nd place.

Bayer Leverkusen managed to win last time out as well, with a 3-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt ending their three match losing streak.

Away from home they have only won two of their last seven outings, although their three losses did come against the likes of Barcelona, Wolfsburg, and AS Roma.

The last time these two played it ended up 4-1 to Bayer Leverkusen, and that result also came in a spell of poor form.

Four of BATE’s last five games have ended with three or more goals scored in them, and Bayer Leverkusen have played their part in goalfests in each of their last seven outings. This makes odds of 8/11 for Over 2.5 Goals look really attractive, so that’s what I’m backing along with a 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen win at 12/1.