Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Match Preview

Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

Aviva Stadium in Dublin will host the first continental final of the season. Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen are set to battle it out in the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League final on Wednesday evening.

• Bayer Leverkusen stretched their continental record undefeated streak across competitions to 51 matches with a 2-1 win over Augsburg at the weekend.
• Atalanta showed weakness on the big stage by losing the Coppa Italia final to out-of-form Juventus seven days ago.
• The Werkself bagged two or more goals in each of the last six fixtures in all competitions.

Bayer Leverkusen have earned their place in football immortality on Saturday. A 2-1 home win over Augsburg on the final day of the domestic league made the Werkself the inaugural team to end a Bundesliga campaign without a single defeat. Xabi Alonso’s troops have also extended their continental record unbeaten thread in all competitions to 51 matches in the process.

Atalanta will also enter this final on a high. They responded well after narrowly falling to Juventus in the last week’s Coppa Italia final. The Dea saw off Lecce 2-0 on the road on Saturday. They win helped them seal the Champions League spot. Gianpiero Gasperini’s men are three points above Roma in 6th place going into the final day fixture. As they own the tiebreaker against the Giallorossi, Atalanta can’t fall below 5th position.

With all due respect to Atalanta and their solid campaign across multiple competitions this season, Bayer Leverkusen head into this as the obvious favourites. The Werkself are looking to complete a perfect season by winning all possible trophies. They lasted the entire Bundesliga campaign unbeaten and they did not face too many problems reaching the Europa League final either.

Atalanta, on the other side, showed their weakness in the last week’s 0-1 defeat to Juventus in the Coppa Italia final. We will back this impeccable Bayer Leverkusen team to get the victory inside the 90 minutes of action on Wednesday in Dublin at the 1.80 odds.

Bayer Leverkusen scored at least two goals in each of the last six games across competitions. Atalanta did the same in four of their previous five outings in all competitions. Both outfits have shown strong attacking form throughout the whole season and especially in recent weeks.

We must not forget that this Atalanta team managed to put three goals past Liverpool at the Anfield earlier in the competition. We see the value in backing goals at both ends here at the same 1.80 odds.

Steffen Schmidt- May 20, 2024

Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Leverkusen to win

OK

1.80 Odds

Over 2.5 goals

OK

1.98 Odds

Leverkusen 2-1

OK

8.50 Odds