Liverpool FC vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Champions League 2024-25 LEAGUE STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Liverpool FC vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen — Champions League at Anfield.
- Liverpool FC 8 games · 18 pts (2025/26)
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 games · 12 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Danny Makkelie
- Assistant 1 Hessel Steegstra
- Assistant 2 Jan de Vries
16 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 7.2 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern München 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodø/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC København 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Nov Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 4–0 W 02 Nov Brighton & Hove Albion FC H 2–1 W 27 Oct Arsenal FC A 2–2 D 23 Oct RB Leipzig A 1–0 W 20 Oct Chelsea FC H 2–1 W 05 Oct Crystal Palace FC A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Nov Liverpool FC A 0–4 L 01 Nov VfB Stuttgart H 0–0 D 29 Oct SV 07 Elversberg H 3–0 W 26 Oct SV Werder Bremen A 2–2 D 23 Oct Stade Brestois 29 A 1–1 D 19 Oct Eintracht Frankfurt H 2–1 W Season Stats
Liverpool FC Bayer 04 Leverkusen #3 Position #16 18 Points 12 8 Played 8 6 / 0 / 2 W / D / L 3 / 3 / 2 20 Scored 13 8 Conceded 14 +12 GD -1 2.25 PPG 1.50 75% Win % 38% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history42% Clean Sheets
Liverpool FC this season42% Clean Sheets
Bayer 04 Leverkusen this seasonLiverpool FC are 3rd (18 pts). Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 16th (12 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
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Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Anfield will turn into a battlefield for Liverpool FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
- 5' The travelling Bayer 04 Leverkusen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Bayer 04 Leverkusen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Aleix Garcia, as he is very good at scoring at Anfield with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 25' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 26' Bayer 04 Leverkusen receives a card for a hard tackle on 26.
- 31' Liverpool FC is showing some good football. However, Liverpool FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 36' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Bayer 04 Leverkusen that had 541 games and scored 751 goals.
- 41' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Bayer 04 Leverkusen needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 46' Liverpool FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
- 56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 60' A meaty challenge results in booking for Lukas Hradecky on 60.
- 61' Luis Diaz puts Liverpool FC on the lead.
- 63' GOAL! Cody Gakpo scores on 63. Assisted by Mohamed Salah
- 68' Ibrahima Konate needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 42 Yellow cards this season.
- 73' The Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager makes a substitution. Aleix Garcia departs to be replaced by Robert Andrich.
- 74' The Liverpool FC manager makes a substitution. Curtis Jones departs to be replaced by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 79' Bayer 04 Leverkusen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 79.
- 81' Another substitution for Liverpool FC to replace Cody Gakpo by Darwin Nunez on 81 minute.
- 83' Luis Diaz with the second goal in the match!
- 88' Jarell Quansah has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ibrahima Konate on 88 minute.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
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Lineups
Liverpool FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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18
Cody Gakpo ↓ Darwin Nunez 81'
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- 66
- 4
- 17
- 38
- 5
- 21
- 7
- 10
- 62
Bench
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26
Andrew Robertson ↑ 81'
- 3
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8
Dominik Szoboszlai ↑ 74'
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Darwin Nunez ↑ 81'
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- 95
- 80
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Conor Bradley ↑ 81'
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78
Jarell Quansah ↑ 88'
Coach Arne SlotBayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
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- 1
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24
Aleix Garcia ↓ Robert Andrich 73'
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- 20
- 12
- 30
- 10
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Victor Boniface ↓ Patrik Schick 81'
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Bench
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Jonas Hofmann ↑ 73'
- 36
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Robert Andrich ↑ 73'
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Patrik Schick ↑ 81'
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Nathan Tella ↑ 81'
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- 40
Coach Xabi Alonso -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Luis Diaz 3 Cody Gakpo 1 Head to Head
Liverpool FC Form
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form
2024-11-05 Liverpool FC 4–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2024-11-01 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0–0 VfB Stuttgart D 2024-10-29 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–0 SV 07 Elversberg W 2024-10-26 SV Werder Bremen 2–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen D 2024-10-23 Stade Brestois 29 1–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen D 2024-10-19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 43.17 Liverpool FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.69 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xGI would bet for: Liverpool FC to win 76% + Over 2.5 goals 72%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Liverpool FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.86Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 89% 11% ± 2.5 72% 28% ± 3.5 52% 48% ± 4.5 33% 67% Double Chance
Liverpool FC or Draw 91%Draw or Bayer 04 Leverkusen 24%Liverpool FC or Bayer 04 Leverkusen 86%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 123 – 0 11.1%2 – 0 11%4 – 0 Actual3 – 1 7.5%2 – 1 7.2%1 – 0 6.9%4 – 1 6%5 – 0 5.5%1 – 1 5.2%5 – 1 3.9%0 – 0 3.1%6 – 0 3%Asian Handicap — Liverpool FC
Handicap Liverpool FC covers Push Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers -2.5 45% — 55% -2 45% 21% 34% -1.5 66% — 34% -1 66% 17% 16% -0.5 84% — 16% +0.5 95% — 5% +1 95% 3% 1% +1.5 99% — 1% +2 99% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Liverpool FC keeps clean sheet 51% ✓Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet 5% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.