{"id":4466,"date":"2022-03-16T10:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:05:32","slug":"bayer-leverkusen-vs-atalanta-predictions-and-odds-europa-league-3-17-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/soccer\/bayer-leverkusen-vs-atalanta-predictions-and-odds-europa-league-3-17-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer Leverkusen vs Atalanta Predictions and Odds | Europa League 3\/17\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bayer Leverkusen vs Atalanta Betting Preview<\/h2>\n

WagerTalk soccer handicapper Kevin Dolan offers his Bayer Leverkusen vs Atalanta betting preview for Thursday, March 17 in the UEFA Europa League. Both teams come off disappointing results ovrr the weekend in domestic action with Atalanta drawing at home against 19th-place Genoa and Bayer Leverkusen losing outright against FC Koln in a big derby game.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, March 17<\/th>\nUEFA Europa League Betting Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Bayer Leverkusen:<\/td>\n+135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atalanta:<\/td>\n+185<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Draw:<\/td>\n+275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total:<\/td>\n2.75 Goals (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Game Time:<\/td>\n10:45am ET \/ 7:45am PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Bayer Leverkusen vs Atalanta Analysis<\/h2>\n

After a pulsating 3-2 back and forth encounter in their first leg just last week, Atalanta make the return trip back to Germany on Thursday in order to see out the tie and progress on to the next round.<\/p>\n

Atalanta\u2019s Domestic vs European Road Form<\/h3>\n

While Atalanta slip ever further out of the top-four picture in Serie A, their road form this season has been absolutely solid, ranking as the third-best road team in the league overall this year with 30 points gained from just 14 games.<\/p>\n

However, that excellent road form hasn\u2019t translated over to European competition where they\u2019ve won just one of their last four European away games and have conceded an average of two goals per game across those four European road starts as well.<\/p>\n

Leverkusen\u2019s Lack of Luck<\/h3>\n

Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s preparation for this game was severely hampered at the weekend by the news of a season ending injury to young midfield star Florian Wirtz in their game against FC Koln.<\/p>\n

Wirtz provided an assist for Aranguiz\u2019s opening goal in that first leg against Atalanta and has averaged the Bundesliga\u2019s second-highest assist rate also behind only Thomas Muller of Bayern Munich this season, so his absence will be keenly felt for the Germans ahead of this game.<\/p>\n

Bayer Leverkusen vs Atalanta Prediction<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s difficult to look past more goals happening in this game between Atalanta and Leverkusen on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Leverkusen especially have been incredibly leaky at the back this season, keeping just one clean sheet across their last 17 competitive games in all and have conceded multiple goals in over half of those matchups also.<\/p>\n

While Wirtz will no doubt be a huge miss in link-up play here for the home side on Thursday, Leverkusen still have a ton of attacking threat at their disposal and the Germans have averaged a colossal 3.1 goals per game across their last ten home matches.<\/p>\n

We expect no different here and with Atalanta\u2019s patchy defensive record on the road over in Europe themselves, we\u2019re gonna look towards taking the over 2.75 (or 3) goals<\/strong> on Thursday between Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen over in the Europa League.<\/p>\n

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Stoppage Time | European Soccer Preview<\/h3>\n

Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Real Madrid have booked their ticket to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal. Who will join them? In this week’s episode of Stoppage Time, Carmine Bianco, Kevin Dolan, Pavlos Laguretos, and Nick Borrman break down this week’s Champions League and Europa League matches, including Manchester United vs Atletico Madrid; Lille vs Chelsea; and West Ham vs Sevilla.
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