Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen is one of two matches that will be played on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, in Group D of the Champions League. Both teams are going through a shorter period, the European competition going to help them save, as much as possible, at the beginning of the season. Both aim for a positive result in the match scheduled at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid.

Atletico Madrid is a favorite to qualify from Group D

Atletico Madrid can be considered quite satisfied with how the hostilities in this group proceeded. After the first two stages it occupies the second position, which brings the qualification into eight, with four points. He has a direct victory, even on the move, at the 3rd place, Lokomotiv Moscow (2-0). He managed not to miss the meeting with the favorite of this group, Juventus Torino (2-2). In the 69th minute the score was 2-0 for the Italian team, but the final assault, with all the lines, brought the Spaniards an unexpected equal, which can count a lot in the end.

In La Liga the results are below what was wanted. Let’s not forget that he only managed to win only once in the last six stages. However, their focus is on the Champions League, where they have a very strong campaign at home, with 18 successes in the last 23 matches. It remains to be seen how badly injured Joao Felix will be in an offensive line, lately.

Bayer Leverkusen without victory in October

Bayer Leverkusen is in a rather weak period. He lost both meetings in Group D of the Champions League and we find him only in the ninth place in the last hierarchy in the Bundesliga. In October he failed to win any of the three disputed meetings. On Saturday, they lost 0-3, the game from Frankfurt. This failure came in the conditions in which in the field were the nine of the holders we find and in the formula of the match with Juventus. Only Tah and Aranguiz, the last injured person, were missing.
Leverkusen has only two victories, in the last 15 matches, in the Champions League, but has qualified in the final eight in seven of the last eight in the competition groups. Kevin Volland is the most dangerous attacker of the guests.

Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen Picks

Precisely because it is a meeting between two teams that does not go through a period too fast it is difficult to predict what will happen. In the Champions League, the fighters put aside any problems and seek to play the best football. Atletico is a favorite, but that zero by Leverkusen’s score makes me think it won’t be that simple. I prefer to choose a combined bet, in which a possible equal result is included.

Our Prediction: 1x

Odds: 1.52