In Group H of the Europa League, apart from the rivals for the match in Leverkusen, Karabakh and Molde will also play. Of course, the German club is the clear favourite in this quartet. In May this year, Bayer finished at the semi-final stage in the Europa League of the past draw, which the team got into after the departure from the Champions League. The new European Cup season "pharmacists" start right from the group stage of the second continental tournament by status, having taken the final sixth place in the last Bundesliga. Hecken became Swedish champions for the first time last year, so they started their European journey with Champions League qualification. After losing to sensational Faroese Klaksvik in the second round, the Wasps were faced with having to go through two rounds of Europa League qualification to qualify for the group stage. The Swedish champions took on Zalgiris and Aberdeen in succession, failing to win just one of their four games. Bookmakers consider the home team the clear favorites, offering odds of 1.18 on their victory.

In the off-season Bayer spent quite an active transfer campaign. Grimaldo, Boniface, Dzaka, Hofmann and Arthur were added to the squad. Moussa Diaby, who moved to London West Ham for 55 million euros, as well as Demirbay, Bakker and Paulinho left the "pharmacists". The transfer policy proved successful and turned out to be three wins over Leipzig, Borussia Gladbach and Darmstadt 98. In the fourth Bundesliga game, the Leverkusen players shone with their willpower in Munich and got back on track with a draw against Bayern in extra time. The hosts will certainly be in high spirits and well rested, as they played their last league match last Friday.

Hecken are once again struggling to win the Allsvenskan this season. Despite the fact that the team has had a lot of misfires in the championship due to the immersion in European Cup qualification, the Wasps are now only two points behind the leading Malmo. Hecken have scored the most in the Swedish league, but have also conceded quite a lot. Bayer will expose all the problems of a less classy opponent and achieve a confident victory.