UEFA Europa League Final: Atalanta v Bayer Leverkusen - Match Preview & Odds

UEFA Europa League Final: Atalanta v Bayer Leverkusen - Match Preview & Odds

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Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen meet on Wednesday evening in the UEFA Europa League final. As we look ahead to this huge match at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium here at betting.bet you’ll find the latest team news, match insights and expert betting tips as well as the best pre-match odds and free bet offers from our partners at bet365.

Road To Dublin

Both Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen joined the UEFA Europa League at the groups stage and have been two of the best-performing clubs throughout the competition. Atalanta topped Group D, winning four and drawing two of their six group games against Sporting, Sturm Graz and Rakow Czestochowa.

In the first knockout stage Atalanta again met Portuguese side, Sporting and won 3-2 on aggregate. The Italians shocked tournament favourites, Liverpool in the quarter-final, winning 3-0 at Anfield en route to a 3-1 aggregate win before earning a dominant 4-1 semi-final over French giants, Marseille.

Bayer Leverkusen won all six of their group games, winning home and away against Qarabag, Molde and BK Hacken. An edgy 5-4 aggregate win over Qarabag followed in the round of 16 before impressive victories over West Ham United and Roma in the quarter-final and semi-finals respectively.

Bayer Leverkusen’s Invincibles

Bayer Leverkusen’s record-breaking season has left them on the verge of winning the treble without losing a single game in any competition. Xabi Alonso’s side have already clinched a first ever Bundesliga title without losing any of their 34 matches. The Germans also remain unbeaten in the Europa League and still have the DFB-Pokal final against Kaiserslautern to come on Saturday.

Atalanta’s domestic campaign hasn’t been quite as successful as Bayer Leverkusen’s but they will be playing Champions League football next season if they can take at least one point from their last two Serie A matches. Atalanta currently sit fifth in Serie A and could yet finish as high as third. However, they are 27 points adrift of runaway champions, Inter Milan.

Betting Tips & Offers

Bayer Leverkusen’s superb unbeaten run makes them the bookies’ favourites to win Wednesday’s Europa League final. At bet365, the Germans look good value to win the tie inside 90 minutes at 3/4. Xabi Alonso’s side have scored several crucial late goals this season and incredibly 11 of the 12 goals they have scored in the Europa League knockout stage have come after half-time. Five of those 12 goals have actually been scored in stoppage time at the end of the match and bet365 are offering odds of 21/20 that the second-half of Wednesday’s final produces more goals than the first.

Victor Boniface has often been Bayer Leverkusen’s match winner this season and the Nigerian international has 21 goals in all competitions this season. Boniface has five goals already in this season’s Europa League and will prove hugely popular in the various goalscorer markets. Teammate, Patrik Schick has reserved some of his best performances for this season’s Europa League with five of his 13 goals for the season coming in the Europa League. 

Meanwhile, Gianluca Scamacca could be the main danger for Atalanta. The Italian international has scored six times in the Europa League this season, a tally only bettered by Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang and Romelu Lukaku. Scamacca is not Atalanta’s top goalscorer this season with Dutch international, Teun Koopmeiners outsourcing his teammate in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia. Koopmeiners is yet to score in the Europa League this season but with 15 goals in all competitions, he remains a real threat.

Below are several goalscorer markets to consider involving Boniface, Schick, Scamacca and Koopmeiners.

Victor BonifacePatrik SchickGianluca ScamaccaTeun Koopmeiners
To score at anytime6/513/811/49/2
First goalscorer10/39/215/212/1
Last goalscorer10/39/215/212/1
To score 2 or more6/19/120/140/1
To score a hat-trick25/150/1100/1150/1

Match Odds

AtalantaDrawBayer Leverkusen
7/214/53/4

Method Of Victory

Atalanta to winBayer Leverkusen to win
90 minutes7/23/4
Extra Time18/19/1
Penalties12/111/1
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