Bayer Leverkusen v AEK Larnaca Betting Tips: 1 AH-1, 2018-10-04

Bayer Leverkusen to record straightforward win over AEK Larnaca

Europa League Tips

BAYER LEVERKUSEN v AEK LARNACA

Thursday 4th October 2018 – Kickoff: 1855hrs

Football – Europe – Europa League Betting Tips

Bayer Leverkusen take on AEK Larnaca at the BayArena with further betting tips from the Europa League with the hosts looking to put some daylight at the top of Group A.

The hosts currently sit joint top of the group alongside Swiss club, Zurich ahead of tonight’s clash in Leverkusen, and although they lost 4-2 at home to Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on the weekend, the home side had previously put together a three-match winning streak with wins against Ludogorets, Mainz and Fortuna Dusseldorf.

In addition, Bayer Leverkusen have lost just twice in their last 12 matches on home turf in the Europa League which were to Villarreal and Benfica but these two opponents are streets ahead of tonight’s Cypriot visitors, AEK Larnaca. Bayer Leverkusen opened their account with a 3-2 win away at Ludogorets.

Onto AEK then, and they were handed a 1-0 defeat against Zurich at their AEK Arena on match day one which has left them joint bottom of the group along with Ludogorets who also lost their opening match in Group A.

AEK Larnaca’s route to this season’s Europa League involved a fairly lengthy qualifying period which saw them record wins over Irish club Dundalk 4-0 on aggregate, a crushing 7-0 aggregate win over Sturm Graz and a 4-1 win over Trencin.

The visitors have played modest opponents in their last eight away matches at this level, but they’ve managed just two wins (at Cork City and Sturm Graz), and have lost at Slovan Liberec and Viktoria Plzen.

The fact that they failed to assert their authority away at Lincoln Red Imps, Dundalk and Trencin in recent times suggest they’ll come up short at Bayer Leverkusen tonight.

My betting tips suggest a home win and to cover the asian line too.

Pick: Bayer Leverkusen AH-1 @ 1.52 bet365 (odds taken at 02:23, 04 Sept 2018)