Arsenal

vs

Bayer Leverkusen

Injuries & Suspensions

• Arsenal: M. Merino (Leg Injury), M. Odegaard (Knee Injury), J. Timber (Injury), L. Trossard (Injury)
• Bayer Leverkusen: Arthur (Ankle Injury), L. Bade (Muscle Injury), E. Ben Seghir (Ankle Injury), M. Flekken (Knee Injury), Lucas (Calf Injury), I. Traore (Inactive), A. Garcia (Injury), M. Terrier (Injury)

Form (Last 5)

• Home: W W W W D
• Away: L W W D D

H2H (Last 5)

• 2026-03-11 · Bayer Leverkusen · 1-1 · Arsenal
• 2024-08-07 · Arsenal · 4-1 · Bayer Leverkusen

Match Preview

First leg ended 1-1; both sides cautious. Arsenal strong at home but injuries; Leverkusen resilient away. Expect another tight game and a draw.

Key Notes

This tie looks finely poised after a 1-1 draw at the BayArena. Arsenal arrive with excellent recent form - 8 wins and 1 draw - and top standing metrics (24 points, +19 goal difference), which underline their domestic and continental form. However, they carry selection doubts: Mikel Merino is definitely missing and Martin Ødegaard, Jurrien Timber and Leandro Trossard are all listed as questionable. Those absences reduce Arsenal’s creative depth and defensive options at the back.

Bayer Leverkusen have a typically resilient away record in Europe this season (4 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses). They are missing several first-team contributors, perhaps most crucially goalkeeper M. Flekken and attacking option Elye Ben Seghir, plus L. Bade and Arthur - absences that blunt both defensive reliability and attacking rotation. Despite this, Leverkusen’s tendency to draw away and their compact approach in knockout fixtures make them hard to break down.

Head-to-head context favours parity: the recent first-leg draw shows both teams found ways to cancel each other out. Arsenal’s home advantage and superior overall season form push them as favourites, but the combination of Arsenal’s late injury doubts and Leverkusen’s away resilience points to a low-scoring, controlled game.

Given the restricted market options, the draw is the logical outcome to back. Expect Arsenal to press for the win but perhaps struggle to field their strongest XI, while Leverkusen will likely sit in and force a tight match. A draw is the conservative, value-based selection here - not the most glamorous pick, but the most consistent with injuries, recent head-to-head and Leverkusen’s away tendencies.

Prediction

Draw • Odds 6.17 • Confidence 6/10