Bayer Leverkusen vs Newcastle prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-12-09 20:00.
[p]Two sides separated by a point and looking to make inroads to the top eight clash as Bayer Leverkusen welcome Newcastle in this UEFA Champions League (UCL) matchday six clash. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Back-to-back league losses have left Leverkusen 14 points off the title pace in Germany, although they can now put that to the back of their mind as they seek a third straight UCL victory (W2, D2, L1). This Leverkusen side are still some way behind the 2024/25 UCL team which finished sixth, although current manager Kasper Hjulmand finds himself on the cusp of history as he seeks to secure a third straight UCL win without reply for the first time in club history. Achieving that here will be tough if they produce the kind of defensive display they did in their 7-2 mauling against PSG in their last European home outing. [/p]
[p]Newcastle will arrive with confidence after securing a fourth straight unbeaten Premier League game over the weekend, beating Burnley 2-1 to make it seven wins from their last 11 competitive games (D1, L3). One of those defeats came in Newcastle’s last UCL outing, which ended their run of three straight European wins without reply and saw them drop out of the top eight. Eddie Howe’s men ought not to be deterred by their defeat against Marseille on matchday five, as that 2-1 reversal was only their third across the Magpies’ last 14 European group/league phase road trips (W5, D6). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Newcastle won both of their prior H2Hs against Leverkusen 3-1 back in 2002/03, but are more recently winless in each of their last three games against German sides (D1, L2). Leverkusen have won two of their last three games against English sides (L1), including against City in the previous round. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Leverkusen have scored six of their eight UCL goals this term after half-time. [/p]
[p]Only three UCL sides have committed fewer than Leverkusen’s 46 fouls. [/p]
[p]Newcastle’s last five away games saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Newcastle are the only side yet to concede a first-half UCL goal.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Edmond Tapsoba isn’t afraid to get amongst the action for Leverkusen, picking up four yellow cards across his last five UCL appearances and fouling at least twice in each of his last two. Bruno Guimarães has been fouled at least twice in nine of his last 11 UCL games, and the Newcastle man enters this with supreme confidence after scoring directly from a corner over the weekend. [/p]
[p]Leverkusen have no fresh injury concerns, while Newcastle defender Sven Botman remains sidelined.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given the end-to-end nature of Newcastle’s recent games, we’re backing a seventh straight match for the Magpies to see both teams to score and over 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Matthew Billon[/i][/p]