Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Olympique Marseille prediction and preview

Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Olympique Marseille

Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2026, 20:00 UTC · BayArena, Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Olympique Marseille · Europa League predictions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen welcome Olympique Marseille at BayArena in Leverkusen on Thursday 5 November 2026 (20:00 UTC) in the Europa League. Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 2nd in the table with 9 points from 3, while Olympique Marseille sit 34th on 0 points after 3 matches.

Recent form: Bayer 04 Leverkusen L-L-W-W-W, Olympique Marseille W-W-L-W-L (most recent first). Over their last 6, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored 2.3 and conceded 1.8 goals per game, with 5 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Olympique Marseille average 2.2 scored and 1.2 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen list 10 absentees, including Moussa Diaby (injury), Christian Kofane (injury) and Loïc Badé (injury). Moussa Diaby and Christian Kofane have featured heavily in recent matches. Olympique Marseille are without Derek Cornelius (injury). Orel Grinfeeld is the appointed referee. Across 64 earlier matches in our data the average is 4.5 yellow cards per game and 0.3 penalties per game, and home sides won 56% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make Bayer 04 Leverkusen clear favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.