Bayer Leverkusen look for the second trophy of their historic treble chase keeping their unbeaten record intact against Atalanta, in their first European final, in Dublin.
ATN vs LEV Match Details
Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2024 / Thursday, 23 May 2024
Time: 21:00 (CET), 00:30 (IST)
Venue: Dublin Arena, Dublin
ATN vs LEV Match Preview
Atalanta’s journey to their first-ever European final in the Europa League has been remarkable. Winning their group without losing a game, La Dea beat the likes of Sporting CP in the last-16 stage and remarkably beat title favourites Liverpool in the quarterfinal with a 3-0 win at Anfield before overcoming Marseille’s challenge. Additionally, they reached the Coppa Italia final but lost it to Juventus while they have a neck-in-neck battle with AS Roma for the Champions League places. Winning the Europa League will give them an automatic berth in the top-tier competition. With that, they could be the first team to beat Bayer Leverkusen this season by clinching not only the first European title in their history to decorate their immense rise as a club over the years under coach Gian Piero Gasperini. Despite his great efforts, the manager has failed to give them silverware with their only trophy coming as the Coppa Italia silverware in 1963. Atalanta’s only meeting with Leverkusen came in this competition itself, winning both legs of the round of 16 clash in 2022.
Another thrilling story has been crafted by Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen this season who are looking to break every record possible. Die Werkself won the Bundesliga for the first time in their history and set a record of being invincible in an entire league campaign. The team have reached an unprecedented feat of staying unbeaten for 51 matches in all competitions and will continue on the streak if they triumph in the Europa League final. They reached the stage by making repeated comebacks including against Roma in the semis. Alonso’s also have the DFB Pokal final against Kaiserslautern just three days later which will complete an unbeaten treble not done before in football history. The Spaniard did an extraordinary task for the German side who had the curse of their given name ‘Neverkusen’ for their failures at a crucial stage which left them empty-handed. Now Bayer are determined to change their past by triumphing on the European platform reaching a UEFA competition for the first time since 2002.
Recent Form (all competitions)
ATN: WLWWW
LEV: WWDWW
Recent Form (Europa League)
ATN: WDLWW
LEV: DWDWW
ATN vs LEV Predicted Lineups
Atalanta
Musso; Djimsiti, Hien, Scalvini; Zappacosta, Pasalic, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners, De Ketelaere; Scamacca
Bayer Leverkusen
Kovar; Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapie; Frimpong, Xhaka, Andrich, Grimaldo; Hofmann, Wirtz; Boniface
ATN vs LEV Head-to-Head
Played - 2
ATN won - 2
Drawn - 0
LEV won - 0
ATN vs LEV Dream11 Match Prediction
Having not lost a game so far and having a knack for rescuing matches even at difficult times, Bayer Leverkusen could edge over Atalanta to crown themselves Europa League winners. We predict an engrossing final with a 3-2 victory for Xabi Alonso's side.
ATN vs LEV Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Gianluca Scamacca
Vice-captain Pick: Florian Wirtz
Others: Victor Boniface
Our top picks for the ATN vs LEV Dream11 team are Gianluca Scamacca (6 goals in 10 Europa League matches) and Florian Wirtz (4 goals and 4 assists in 10 Europa League matches). The other top pick is Victor Boniface (5 goals and 1 assist in 7 Europa League matches).
ATN vs LEV Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Musso (Cr - 7.5)
DEF: Grimaldo (Cr - 8.5), Tah (Cr - 8), Stanisic (Cr - 7.5)
MID: De Ketelare (Cr - 9), Koopmeiners (Cr - 8.5), Pasalic (Cr - 8), Frimpong (Cr - 8.5)
FW: Scamacca (Cr - 9), Boniface (Cr - 9, Pts - 1474), Wirtz (Cr - 9)
Vice-captain: Florian Wirtz
Captain: Gianluca Scamacca
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