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Bayer Leverkusen v Villarreal : Champions League match betting preview, prediction and odds

BayArena, Leverkusen

Home advantage is often beneficial in the Champions League, and Kasper Hjulmand’s Bayer Leverkusen will have the joy of it on Wednesday night. Marcelino García Toral’s Villarreal are their visitors to the BayArena. Champions League statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) history included too. It's all on this page, with graphics and odds from leading bookmakers available for the biggest betting markets via the tabs.

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Bayer Leverkusen's next match is v St. Pauli at 14:30 on Saturday 14th February
Villarreal's next match is v Espanyol at 20:00 on Monday 9th February
The last European Champions League meeting between Leverkusen and Villarreal was on Wednesday 28th January 2026
European Champions League
January 28th 2026
Leverkusen 3
0 Villarreal
 
M. Tillman 12'
M. Tillman 35'
A. Grimaldo García 57'
 
B04
VIL
Shots On
7
2
Shots Off
5
2
Corners
4
1
Possession
65%
35%
Fouls
7
15
Yellow/red cards
3/0
 
LeverkusenVillarreal
 
J. Blaswich
J. Quansah
L. Badé
A. Grimaldo Garcíafootball icon (E. Tapsoba 89')
L. Vázquez Iglesias (A. de Matos Soares 62')
I. Fernández Carballo
R. Andrich
M. Tillmanfootball iconfootball icon
A. García Serrano (E. Palacios 70')
P. Schick (C. Kofane 62')
I. Maza (E. Poku 70')
R. Marín Zamora
R. Palma Veiga
(P. Gueye 83') S. Comesaña Veiga
(G. Mikautadze 46') T. Partey
(H. López Cortés 46') T. Buchanan
A. Tenas Ureña
S. Cardona Bermúdez
P. Navarro Badenes
(D. Parejo Muñoz 65') A. Diatta
(D. Budesca López 69') N. Pépé
T. Oluwaseyi

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Best Tip: Leverkusen to win

Studying the bookmakers' odds and collated statistics regarding the two sides ahead of this Champions League fixture, a bet on win / draw / win for Leverkusen to win on home turf is what we would suggest. We predict they will be too strong for Villarreal, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have done in the past. It may not all be plain sailing, but Leverkusen to win is the bet come Wednesday night.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Leverkusen are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 62% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.60.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Leverkusen
62%
4/7
15%
1/1000
18%
Draw
20%
10/3
17%
200/1
33%
Villarreal
18%
17/4
39%
1/50
21%
Leverkusen 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Draw 1-1
9%
15/2
14%
8/1
31%
Leverkusen 2-0
9%
8/1
11%
14/5
20%
Leverkusen 1-0
8%
17/2
6%
7/1
6%
Leverkusen 3-1
7%
10/1
8%
8/1
15%
Leverkusen 3-0
6%
11/1
20%
4/9
27%
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1
15%
20/1
18%
Villarreal 2-1
5%
16/1
13%
18/1
25%
Villarreal 1-0
4%
18/1
27%
11/1
15%
Leverkusen 3-2
4%
20/1
9%
55/1
Draw 0-0
4%
16/1
31%
10/1
30%
Leverkusen 4-1
4%
20/1
19%
22/1
19%
Leverkusen 4-0
3%
20/1
28%
18/5
26%
Villarreal 2-0
2%
28/1
48%
18/1
10%
Leverkusen 4-2
2%
33/1
17%
90/1
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
8/15
9%
1/4
6%
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
6/4
13%
27/10
10%
Home 1st Goal
56%
1/2
7%
11/20
11%
Away 1st Goal
42%
13/8
10%
7/4
12%
No 1st Goal
2%
16/1
31%
9/1
37%
BTTS - Yes
59%
8/1311/2
8%
BTTS - No
41%
6/51/12
9%
BTTS - Home Win
32%
15/8
18%
11/2
12%
BTTS - Draw
16%
4/1
11%
125/1
25%
BTTS - Away Win
11%
15/2
20%
1/50
23%
Home/draw
82%
1/6
6%
1/50
6%
Away/draw
38%
13/10
22%
125/1
29%
Home/away
80%
1/5
5%
1/200
10%
Over 1.5 Goals
84%
1/6
4%
1/14
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
16%
4/1
15%
13/2
13%
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
13/10
13%
17/10
8%
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
8/13
9%
4/9
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
3/1
13%
10/1
7%
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
1/4
4%
1/33
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
7/1
20%
40/1
6%
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/12
2%
1/1000
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
1/25
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
16/1
15%
9/1
37%
Home DNB
76%
2/9
10%
1/50
10%
Away DNB
32%
3/1
33%
1/50
30%
Leverkusen win to nil
29%
2/1
12%
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Villarreal win to nil
8%
10/1
38%
-
Leverkusen / Leverkusen
34%
13/10
20%
1/80
22%
Leverkusen / Villarreal
3%
33/1
21%
40/1
12%
Leverkusen / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
16/1
18%
Draw / Leverkusen
17%
15/4
10%
100/1
6%
Draw / Villarreal
7%
11/1
33%
100/1
29%
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1
17%
90/1
35%
Villarreal / Leverkusen
5%
18/1
10%
1/50
11%
Villarreal / Villarreal
10%
8/1
29%
1/50
15%
Villarreal / Draw
5%
16/1
13%
1/50
8%
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Win / draw / win Champions League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Leverkusen
Villarreal
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal88001924 
-
-
-
-
2
Bayern87011421 
-
-
-
-
3
Liverpool86021218 
-
-
-
-
4
Spurs85211017 
-
-
-
l
 
1-0A
5
Barcelona8512816 
-
-
-
-
6
Chelsea8512716 
-
-
-
-
7
S. Lisbon8512616 
-
-
-
-
8
Man City8512616 
-
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-2A
-
9
Real Madrid8503915 
-
-
-
-
10
Inter8503815 
-
-
-
-
11
PSG84221014 
l
 
2-7A
-
-
-
12
Newcastle84221014 
d
 
2-2F
-
-
-
13
Juventus8341413 
-
-
d
 
2-2F
-
14
A.Madrid8413213 
-
-
-
-
15
Atalanta8413013 
-
-
-
-
16
Leverkusen8332-112 
-
-
-
l
 
3-0A
17
Dortmund8323211 
-
-
-
l
 
4-0A
18
Olympiakos8323-411 
-
l
 
2-0A
-
-
19
Brugge8314-210 
-
-
-
-
20
Galatasaray8314-210 
-
-
-
-
21
Monaco8242-610 
-
-
-
-
22
Qarabag8314-810 
-
-
-
-
23
Bodø8233-19 
-
-
-
-
24
Benfica8305-29 
-
w
 
0-1F
-
-
25
Marseille8305-39 
-
-
-
-
26
Paphos8233-39 
-
-
-
l
 
1-0A
27
Union SG8305-99 
-
-
-
-
28
PSV822408 
d
 
1-1F
-
-
-
29
A.Bilbao8224-58 
-
-
-
-
30
Napoli8224-68 
-
-
-
-
31
Kobenhavn8224-98 
-
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-3A
-
32
Ajax8206-136 
-
-
l
 
1-2F
-
33
E.Frankfurt8116-114 
-
-
-
-
34
Slavia8035-143 
-
-
-
-
35
Villarreal8017-131 
w
 
3-0F
-
-
-
36
Kairat Almaty8017-151 
-
-
-
-
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Win / draw / win form
5
Villarreal have lost 5 consecutive european games
7
Villarreal have not won in 7 consecutive european games
3
Villarreal have failed to score in 3 consecutive away european games
Leverkusen 20TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Leverkusen2 - 2Newcastle
Leverkusen2 - 7PSG
Leverkusen1 - 1PSV
Leverkusen0 - 2Bayern
Leverkusen2 - 0Sparta
Leverkusen1 - 0Inter
Leverkusen5 - 0Salzburg
Leverkusen1 - 0Milan
Leverkusen2 - 2Roma
Leverkusen2 - 0West Ham
Leverkusen3 - 2Qarabag
Leverkusen5 - 1Molde
Leverkusen5 - 1Qarabag
Leverkusen4 - 0Häcken
Leverkusen0 - 0Roma
Leverkusen1 - 1Union SG
Leverkusen2 - 0Ferencvaros
Leverkusen2 - 3Monaco
Leverkusen0 - 0Brugge
Leverkusen0 - 3Porto
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALeverkusen0 - 2Olympiakos
HLeverkusen2 - 2Newcastle
ALeverkusen2 - 0Man City
ALeverkusen1 - 0Benfica
HLeverkusen2 - 7PSG
HLeverkusen1 - 1PSV
ALeverkusen2 - 2Kobenhavn
HLeverkusen0 - 2Bayern
ALeverkusen0 - 3Bayern
HLeverkusen2 - 0Sparta
ALeverkusen1 - 2A.Madrid
HLeverkusen1 - 0Inter
HLeverkusen5 - 0Salzburg
ALeverkusen0 - 4Liverpool
ALeverkusen1 - 1Brest
HLeverkusen1 - 0Milan
ALeverkusen4 - 0Feyenoord
ALeverkusen0 - 3Atalanta
HLeverkusen2 - 2Roma
ALeverkusen2 - 0Roma
Villarreal 35TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
5
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dortmund4 - 0Villarreal
Paphos1 - 0Villarreal
Spurs1 - 0Villarreal
Marseille4 - 0Villarreal
Rennes2 - 3Villarreal
M. Haifa1 - 2Villarreal
Panathinaikos2 - 0Villarreal
Anderlecht1 - 1Villarreal
Lech Poznan3 - 0Villarreal
Austria Wien0 - 1Villarreal
Beer Sheva1 - 2Villarreal
Hajduk Split0 - 2Villarreal
Liverpool2 - 0Villarreal
Bayern1 - 1Villarreal
Juventus0 - 3Villarreal
Atalanta2 - 3Villarreal
Young Boys1 - 4Villarreal
Man Utd2 - 1Villarreal
Arsenal0 - 0Villarreal
D. Zagreb0 - 1Villarreal
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HVillarreal1 - 2Ajax
HVillarreal2 - 3Kobenhavn
AVillarreal0 - 4Dortmund
AVillarreal0 - 1Paphos
HVillarreal0 - 2Man City
HVillarreal2 - 2Juventus
AVillarreal0 - 1Spurs
HVillarreal3 - 1Marseille
AVillarreal0 - 4Marseille
AVillarreal3 - 2Rennes
HVillarreal0 - 0M. Haifa
HVillarreal3 - 2Panathinaikos
AVillarreal2 - 1M. Haifa
HVillarreal1 - 0Rennes
AVillarreal0 - 2Panathinaikos
HVillarreal0 - 1Anderlecht
AVillarreal1 - 1Anderlecht
AVillarreal0 - 3Lech Poznan
HVillarreal2 - 2Beer Sheva
AVillarreal1 - 0Austria Wien
Goal Statistics

Villarreal have been dreadful at the back of late, conceding 2 or more goals in 3 consecutive Champions League matches. This run could continue, with Bayer Leverkusen's PG an impressive 2.2.

Leverkusen 20th Villarreal 35th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.2
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
25%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
17%
There is a 63% probability that Leverkusen will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Villarreal will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-9
Leverkusen’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-16
Villarreal have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Champions League - 2025/2025 season
Leverkusen
PG (predicted goals)
Villarreal
2.2
1.1
Attack rating
12%
better
B04
VIL
view stats
Games scored16
13
Failed to score4
7
Scored first12
12
Goals scored34
33
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.7
Avg. shots per game11
11
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.9
1.8
KickOff rating
+12%
Defence rating
3%
better
B04
VIL
view stats
Games conceded12
14
Clean sheets8
6
Conceded first8
8
Goals conceded29
27
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded11
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against14%
15%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.4
KickOff rating
+3%

The line-ups for the Champions League match between Leverkusen v Villarreal will show here when available.

Leverkusen Champions League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8423
A GrimaldoA GrimaldoI MazaE Tapsoba
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Blaswich GLK2
-
J Quansah DEF7
-
R Andrich DEF5
1
L Badé DEF8
-
L Vázquez MID31
1
-
E Fernández MID5
-
A García MID82
1
-
A Grimaldo MID841
1
-
M Tillman FWD72
1
-
I Maza FWD82
1
-
P Schick  FWD621
-
Subs
J Omlin GLK
-
N Lomb GLK
-
E Tapsoba DEF6
3
-
Arthur DEF6
-
A. Tape-Kobrissa DEF1
-
E Palacios MID1
-
M. Amare Culbreath MID1
-
E Poku FWD8
1
-
C. Kofane FWD811
2
-
Villarreal Champions League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8213
R VeigaT OluwaseyiR MarínP Gueye
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Tenas GLK3
-
P. Navarro Badenes DEF3
1
-
R Marín DEF51
2
-
R Veiga DEF81
2
-
S Cardona DEF8
-
T Buchanan MID7
-
S Comesaña MID81
1
-
T Partey MID5
1
-
A. Diatta MID1
-
T Oluwaseyi FWD72
-
N Pépé FWD81
1
-
Subs
L Júnior GLK5
-
D Conde GLK
-
A Pedraza DEF51
2
-
D. Budesca López DEF1
-
D Parejo MID7
-
P Gueye MID7
3
-
A Moleiro MID7
1
-
G Moreno FWD2
-
G Mikautadze FWD71
-
H. Lopez FWD1
-