Bayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th March 2026

Arsenal are gearing for a clash against Bayer Leverkusen at BayArena on Wednesday in the first leg of the of 16 qualifying round for the Champions League.

Bayer Leverkusen secured a place in this tie by knocking out Olympiacos in the round 1/16. Although only drawing the return leg, a win in the first was more than enough to see them through with an aggregate score of 2-0.

Odds are stacked against Arsenal who require a minor miracle to see the next round. Losing 2-0 in the first leg is never good. Losing 2-0 at your own ground makes for a massive task away from home. It has the look of a final stop for the visitors this season in the Champions League.

Bayer Leverkusen only average a modest 1.5 goals per game from their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded 14 for an average of 1.4 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring five times.

Arsenal scored 24 goals, conceded seven and held on for a clean sheet in five of their last ten matches in this tournament.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal Prediction

Bayer Leverkusen Form

Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last three games after drawing 1-1 with Mainz 05, beating Hamburger SV 0-1 and drawing 3-3 with Freiburg. Bayer Leverkusen only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at BayArena in the Champions League. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored eight and conceded 12 goals.

Arsenal Form

Arsenal are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Chelsea got left behind in a 2-1 win, before Brighton got hammered in a 0-1 victory. Mansfield was the most recent victim in a 1-2 win for Arsenal. Arsenal have been outstanding on their travels lately, winning five of their previous six away matches in the Champions League. They saw no draws but lost once, while scoring 14 and conceding four goals.

Neither Arsenal nor Bayer Leverkusen score many goals, but they are decent at keeping things tight at the back, and we don't see a goal fest happening at BayArena.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal Team News

Arsenal have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Bayer Leverkusen this coming Wednesday. Myles Lewis-Skelly, Christian Noergaard, Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Arsenal travelling party for their next match.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal H2H

The Gunners dished out a serious shellacking in their latest matches against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League. They hammered their upcoming opponents by 4-1 and 4-1 respectively. Entering the clash against Arsenal at BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen have a 0-1-2 record in their past three encounters against their upcoming visitors.

Both teams to find their way to the target looks like a very decent prospect, when Arsenal come visiting Bayer Leverkusen. This paid out in their last 3 meetings and is best priced at 10/11 with the bookies to happen again.

Bayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal Results

Bayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Viktor Gyoekeres has been hitting the net regularly and now has four goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Wednesday, it is because Arsenal bank on him to build on these numbers against Bayer Leverkusen. The latter relies on Alejandro Grimaldo, who found the target three times in six games.

Bayer Leverkusen were able to win five of their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing three of the games. They suffered defeat in two of these outings. Arsenal won seven of their last 10 games away, drew three and suffered defeat in zero of them. Bayer Leverkusen managed to open the scoring no less than six of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from Arsenal performed a similar feat as they scored the opener in eight of their last 10 away games.

In the last three encounters between Bayer Leverkusen and Arsenal over 2.5 goals came out two times, as Bayer Leverkusen averaged 0.99 goals a game. Arsenal scored an average of 2.99 goals in these, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Bayer Leverkusen’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.8 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Arsenal, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.4 times goals per game themselves.