Atalanta BC – Bayer Leverkusen prediction 22.05.2024 Europa League
The stage is set for a cracking Europa League final as Italian side Atalanta attempt to put a halt to German Champions Bayer Leverkusen’s 51 game unbeaten run this season. These two teams lock horns in Dublin, with Leverkusen looking to complete a dream treble season while the Italians look for their maiden European trophy.
Plenty of good markets and odds available for this game. But for our Europa League predictions here, we have opted to pick 1xBet and Mozzartbet.
ATALANTA
Having overcome Marseille in the semis, after topping Group D and then eliminating new Portuguese champions Sporting and Premier League giants Liverpool, La Dea have every reason to dream of a first ever European silverware
Coach Gian Piero Gasperini’s arrival at the club eight years ago has completely changed perceptions and habits in the club and made them a regular feature on the European stage. He is yet to lift any silverware but has come close including a 1-0 loss to Juventus in Coppa Italia just a couple of weeks ago – his third loss in the cup’s final.
Atalanta have adopted a more measured approach in the Europa League as compared to their free-flowing style on the domestic scene. The tactical battle between him and his younger counterpart Alonso on the other side will be interesting to see.
BAYER LEVERKUSEN
Bayer Leverkusen have completely destroyed narratives and labels that have tagged as “Neverkusen” over the years in dramatic fashion. Stuck in the lower half of the table when Xabi Alonso took over the reins less than two years ago, they have risen to the top cream, completing an improbable golden season by winning the Bundesliga with an ‘invincible’ 34-game campaign.
That effectively ended Bayern Munich’s 11-year reign of dominance of the German top division and now they have a new sheriff in town. Alonso’s free-flowing attacking philosophy has yielded and incredible 135 goals across all competitions while only conceding 39 in what is already a historic season that will be go down as the stuff of legends.
Leverkusen are targeting a treble with another final awaiting them against lower division side Kaiserslautern in the DFB-Pokal final just three days after this.
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
ATALANTA
- Musso
- Djimsiti
- Hien
- Scalvini
- Zappacosta
- Pasalic
- Ederson
- Ruggeri
- Koopmeiners
- De Ketelaere
- Scamacca
- COACH: Gian Piero Gasperini
- MISSING PLAYERS: Holm, Kolasinac
BAYER LEVERKUSEN
- Kovar
- Tapsoba
- Tah
- Hincapie
- Frimpong
- Xhaka
- Andrich
- Grimaldo
- Hofmann
- Wirtz
- Schick
- COACH: Xabi Alonso
- MISSING PLAYERS: Kossounou
ATALANTA VS BAYER LEVERKUSEN PREDICTIONS
Leverkusen has all the motivation coming into this match as they look to cement their season as one the greatest performances in club football history. We fancy them to come out firing out of the gates from the start and we are backing them open the scoring here @ 1.67 with Mozzartbet as the first of our betting tips today.
This is likely to be an open ended encounter with plenty of goal mouth activity on both ends. We are therefore backing the match to have at least 10 corners at 1.90 with 1xBet app as our final shout for this clash.
Performance
Atalanta performance of the last 6 home matches