Last Chance: Deciding Matches in CL & EL Groups

A faint opportunity for the German club to progress from group D in the Champions League. This chance is purely theoretical, and to use it, the team needs to beat Juventus right now.

The Germans are in a great shape: they haven’t lost in 6 games in a row, interrupted Bayern’s victorious streak, and their leader Volland is working wonders on the field, handing out assists and scoring himself. In the second round of the group stage, Bayer already played against Juventus. Back then they were playing on the Italians’ turf and got 3 goals scored against them without scoring anything in return. Whether Bayer will be able to reciprocate remains to be seen.

Juventus is the leader of group D, and has already secured a place in the playoffs with 13 points (the closest pursuer being Atlético Madrid with 7 points). At the same time, Old Signora is not devoid of issues. The club is not as efficient as they’d like to be and are experiencing defense troubles due to Chiellini’s injury. With the lineup being far from perfect and the fact the team already achieved its tournament goal, they are unlikely to overexert themselves to beat the Germans in the Bay Arena in Leverkusen.

In light of the teams’ statistics, you could expect a surge of performance in the final part of the match. In matches played by Bayer this season, goals were scored 12 times after 75 minutes (4 scored, 8 conceded), and in case of Juventus - 14 goals were scored (11 by the Italians and 3 against them). Goal scored after 75 minutes - YES with odds of 1.88 in 22Bet line.

Porto - Feyenoord

In group G of the League of Europe things aren’t simple. In anticipation of the 6th round, it’s not clear which of the four teams is progressing to the playoffs, the difference between the first and last places in the group being only 3 points. Which, all by itself, is making the match in Dragau between Porto and Feyenoord a beautiful finale of the group stage.

Porto is far from being in their best shape, but there is little reason to doubt its success. The Portuguese are the favorite of the match, even despite the defeat in the first leg. This happened on the road. In their own home stadium Porto hasn’t lost since August 13 - 9 victories at home since that time, with a total score of 22-1 in favor of the hosts. Be that as it may, a theoretical draw in this match could suffice for the Portuguese to progress from the group in the playoffs of the Europa League.

As for Feyenoord, they will remain in the tournament only if they defeat Porto in this match. And only as long as the other rivals contribute. The Swiss Young Boys are to lose to the Glasgow Rangers, placed first in the group. At home in Holland the once formidable club from Rotterdam is now far from being first, fighting for the points with average teams like Vitesse and Utrecht. An opportunity to stay in the CL & EL is all the more valuable to Feyenoord in light of that.

This season, the Portuguese vice-champion beat the rivals with a difference of 2 goals or more 10 times, including in 6 out of 10 home matches. Feyenoord already has 5 defeats with a 2-goal difference, plus the Dutch are desperately bad away - only 2 wins in 11 matches, one of which was against the weaker team from Israel - Hapoel Be’er Sheva. Porto to win with -1.5 handicap comes with excellent odds of 2.26 in 22Bet line.