Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Olympique Marseille prediction and preview
Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2026, 20:00 UTC
Match facts
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Olympique Marseille
Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2026, 20:00 UTC · BayArena, Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Olympique Marseille · Europa League predictions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Olympique Marseille preview
Bayer 04 Leverkusen welcome Olympique Marseille at BayArena in Leverkusen on Thursday 5 November 2026 (20:00 UTC) in the Europa League. Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 2nd in the table with 9 points from 3, while Olympique Marseille sit 34th on 0 points after 3 matches.
Recent form: Bayer 04 Leverkusen L-L-W-W-W, Olympique Marseille W-W-L-W-L (most recent first). Over their last 6, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored 2.3 and conceded 1.8 goals per game, with 5 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Olympique Marseille average 2.2 scored and 1.2 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen list 10 absentees, including Moussa Diaby (injury), Christian Kofane (injury) and Loïc Badé (injury). Moussa Diaby and Christian Kofane have featured heavily in recent matches. Olympique Marseille are without Derek Cornelius (injury). Orel Grinfeeld is the appointed referee. Across 64 earlier matches in our data the average is 4.5 yellow cards per game and 0.3 penalties per game, and home sides won 56% of those games.
Bookmaker prices make Bayer 04 Leverkusen clear favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.
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Form and table
- Bayer 04 LeverkusenLast five: W W W L L
- Olympique MarseilleLast five: L W L W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | WWW |
| 34 | Olympique Marseille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | LLL |
Team news
Unavailable
- Kennet Eichhorn
- Victor Boniface
- Tim Oermann
- Guéla Doué
- Eliesse Ben Seghir
- Christian Kofane
- Derek Cornelius
- Martin Terrier
- Loïc Badé
- Moussa Diaby
- Nathan Tella
Bayer 04 Leverkusen expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Janis Blaswich, Lucas Vázquez, Jarell Quansah, Facundo Medina, Miguel Gutiérrez, Equi Fernández, Aleix García, Jonas Hofmann, Malik Tillman, Afonso Moreira, Patrik Schick
Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jeffrey de Lange, Timothy Weah, Bamo Meïté, Nayef Aguerd, Ulisses Garcia, Tochukwu Nnadi, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Amine Harit, Angel Gomes, Igor Paixão, Amine Gouiri
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