Leverkusen vs Milan | UEFA Champions League | Pre Match
Leverkusen vs Milan
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
Bayer Leverkusen and Milan have never previously met in European competition. In their previous 12 games against Italian sides in the UEFA Champions League, Leverkusen have only managed two victories (D4 L6), and lost each of the last three in a row.
2
Milan have only lost one of their last eight games against German sides in the UEFA Champions League (W3 D4), although that one defeat did come in the most recent such game – 1-3 v last season’s finalists Borussia Dortmund in November 2023.
3
Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last nine home games in major European competition (W6 D3), while they’ve never previously gone 10 in a row without defeat in such matches.
4
Milan have only won their first away game in one of their previous seven UEFA Champions League campaigns (D5 L1), failing to do so in each of the last four (D1) since beating Zenit St Petersburg in 2012-13 (3-2).
5
Following Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-0 victory over Feyenoord last time out, they could win their opening two games of a UEFA Champions League campaign for the first time since 2001-02; a season in which they would go on to reach the final (1-2 defeat to Real Madrid).
