Hamburg - Bayer leverkusen 1 @ 2.10
This round of 16 match between the German title chasers is finely poised after an evenly fought first leg. Bayer Leverkusen lead by the solitary goal, and with no away goal against them will start as slight favourites. However, HSV will be confident of getting a result at home with their strong defence.
Both back lines looked strong in the first leg with clear chances few and far between, but with 13 minutes left Greek international Theofanis Gekas rose to meet a Tranquillo Barnetta corner giving the HSV keeper Frank Rost no chance and Bayer a 1-0 win
A 1-0 lead from the first leg and an impressive 2-0 win over Hannover at the weekend has given Bayer Leverkusen a great deal of self-confidence ahead of their trip North to face Hamburg in the second leg of this Uefa Cup tie.
Michael Skibbe’s side have put themselves in the driving seat with the 1-0 victory achieved last week at the Bay-Arena. They also believe that the omens are on their side as they beat fellow German side Werder Bremen on the way to lifting the trophy 20 years ago.
Omens or no omens the form shown by the Werkself this season on their travels is enough to have them confident of achieving the minimum result of a draw they need.
Probable starting XI: Rost, Boateng, Reinhardt, Mathijsen, Brecko, Demel, Jarolim, van der Vaart, Trochowski, Guerrero, Olic
Probable starting XI: Adler, Castro, Haggui, Friedrich, Sarpei, Vidal, Rolfes, Schneider, Barbarez, Barnetta, Kießling
Both back lines looked strong in the first leg with clear chances few and far between, but with 13 minutes left Greek international Theofanis Gekas rose to meet a Tranquillo Barnetta corner giving the HSV keeper Frank Rost no chance and Bayer a 1-0 win
A 1-0 lead from the first leg and an impressive 2-0 win over Hannover at the weekend has given Bayer Leverkusen a great deal of self-confidence ahead of their trip North to face Hamburg in the second leg of this Uefa Cup tie.
Michael Skibbe’s side have put themselves in the driving seat with the 1-0 victory achieved last week at the Bay-Arena. They also believe that the omens are on their side as they beat fellow German side Werder Bremen on the way to lifting the trophy 20 years ago.
Omens or no omens the form shown by the Werkself this season on their travels is enough to have them confident of achieving the minimum result of a draw they need.
Probable starting XI: Rost, Boateng, Reinhardt, Mathijsen, Brecko, Demel, Jarolim, van der Vaart, Trochowski, Guerrero, Olic
Probable starting XI: Adler, Castro, Haggui, Friedrich, Sarpei, Vidal, Rolfes, Schneider, Barbarez, Barnetta, Kießling
posted by Midnight Sun @ 02:31,
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