Bayer Leverkusen are currently in sixth place in the European Champions League standings with 10 points from 5 matches. They have recorded 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss. The team has scored 11 goals and conceded 5 goals, showing a fairly sharp attack but with a defense that needs to be strengthened to face this big match.

On the other side, Inter Milan is in second place in the standings with 13 points from 5 matches. They are unbeaten with a record of 4 wins and 1 draw. With a record of 7 goals without conceding, Inter has shown extraordinary toughness, both in attack and defense, making them one of the most solid teams in this competition.

In this match, Inter Milan is more favored to win. Their unbeaten record, coupled with a solid defense, are the main capital to face Bayer Leverkusen who also performed quite impressively. However, Leverkusen cannot be underestimated, especially if they play aggressively at home.

Before watching the excitement of the match between Bayer Leverkusen v Inter Milan in the European Champions League, check the score predictions, line-ups, and statistics of both teams below.

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While the Gunners were bested 1-0 by Newcastle United at the weekend, Simone Inzaghi’s side survived a huge scare at home to Venezia in Serie A and share their visitors’ seven-point total in Europe this season.

Match preview

Helplessly watching on for almost two months due to an ankle injury, Martin Odegaard was believed to have had an outside chance of coming back into the Arsenal team for their trip to Newcastle on Saturday lunchtime, but Mikel Arteta was without his captain and chief creator again.

The Norwegian’s absence has not been majorly felt in some matches over the past several weeks, but Arsenal were crying out for a touch of his ingenuity at St James’ Park, where Alexander Isak’s bullet header from Anthony Gordon’s pinpoint delivery made the difference.

With neither Bukayo Saka nor Gabriel Martinelli able to get the better of their inspired full-back opponents in Tino Livramento and Lewis Hall, Arsenal put in an incredibly toothless showing that we have not been accustomed to seeing from Arteta’s side, who are now outside the top four in the Premier League table and are seven points behind leaders Liverpool.

Enduring a miserable three-game winless streak in the Premier League, Arsenal have also been rocked by the news that award-winning sporting director Edu is set to leave the club, as Arteta prepares to wave goodbye to one of his closest allies at a time where he needs them more than ever.

However, an unconvincing 1-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk on Champions League matchday three moved Arsenal onto seven points from their opening three matches of the 2024-25 edition – a respectable tally that has them ninth in the 36-team table – and the visitors are still yet to concede a single goal in Europe this season.

The same is also true of Arsenal’s hosts Inter, renowned for their defensive mastery under Inzaghi, as the Nerazzurri held 2022-23 final foes Manchester City to a goalless draw in their opening fixture and are now seeking a third successive triumph in the tournament.

A 4-0 demolition of Red Star Belgrade preceded a narrow 1-0 victory over BSC Young Boys on matchday three, where Marcus Thuram was the hero of the hour for the reigning Serie A champions in second-half injury time, but it was almost the opposite for Inzaghi on Sunday.

Leading relegation-threatened Venezia thanks to a Lautaro Martinez header, Inter briefly threw two points down the drain right at the death, but Marin Sverko’s equaliser was disallowed for handball following a VAR review and the Nerazzurri survived by the skin of their teeth.

Thanks to Napoli’s slip-up against Atalanta BC, Inter are now just one point behind Antonio Conte’s leaders in the Serie A table and have now been victorious in seven of their last eight matches across all tournaments, the outlier being a frenetic 4-4 draw with Derby d’Italia Juventus.

Shutting Arsenal out on Wednesday will see Inter keep four Champions League/European Cup clean sheets in a row for the first time ever, but the Italian giants were famously ripped to shreds by Arsene Wenger’s Gunners in a 5-1 Milan mauling during the 2003-04 group stage, albeit after the Gunners had suffered a 3-0 Highbury humbling.

Inter Milan possible starting lineup:
Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu, Darmian; Taremi, Martinez.

Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Havertz, Partey, Merino; Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.

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He published his prediction through a picture spread on social media, indicating that City would win a full five goals without goals for Inter, so that Pep Guardiola would win his first Champions League championship outside Barcelona.

The tournament will also be the first in the history of Manchester City at the level of the most prominent European title.

Gareth Bale is now an official golf player after he was included in the data of the governing organizations of the game and participated in tournaments recognized at the highest level.

There was some talk of his return to playing football from the gate of Wrexham Club, but that is nothing but word sent and it is likely that the Welshman will not return in his decision to retire from football.

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Manchester City is preparing to face Inter in the Champions League final tomorrow evening at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, in search of a historic treble after achieving the English Premier League and the FA Cup.

Pep Guardiola said about the obsession with being crowned champions of the Champions League: “It is definitely a dream to achieve things. You must always have the right part of obsession and desire. Obsession is a positive word. It is a dream for all of us.”

Asked about being the best candidate to win, he replied: “Every game we play during the season we hear the same thing. We know how important the competition is. I don’t control people’s opinion, I just focus on what we have to do. I watched many Inter matches to know what we have to do in the end.” It’s a football game, the team that performs better for 95 minutes will win in history, Inter are bigger than us, it’s not important things, the important thing is tomorrow and that we do the best we can.”

And he continued: “I am not here to discuss Haaland’s average goals. If you have doubts about his performance, you are the only person I have no doubts about. Tomorrow he will be ready to help us win the Champions League.”

And he continued: “An inspiration for Arab youth who are looking forward to training? I have good players, I had Messi in the past, and I have Haaland now. This is the secret of my success. I am not kidding. I make them feel that they alone cannot succeed. Together we are a strong team. We have the same idea. They follow me here. People who don’t believe in me won’t be here. Every successful manager has strong skills and good players. A coach never scores.”

And about the lessons learned from the 2021 final, the Spanish coach said: “I would like to tell you the lessons, but I do not know that it is a different match, two years have passed, and different players two seasons ago. Tomorrow if we implement the plan it will be fine, we are ready and the players will give everything, knowing and respecting the opponents.”

And he concluded: “There are moments, there are no tactics, only desire, they are the masters of defense and you have to be patient. The most important thing is that when we look at the result of the 0-0 tie, we feel that we are losing, while the Italian teams believe that they are winning. The most important thing is that we be focused and stable to win.”

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Manchester City is preparing for a decisive confrontation against Inter Milan next Saturday in the Champions League final for the 2023 season.

And according to the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”, Manchester City star Kyle Walker may not participate in the match, and the English defender suffers from a problem in his back, and for this reason he has not decided his decision to participate in the final.

Guardiola said, commenting on the matter: “He had a problem with his back yesterday and he was not feeling well and today he is a little better. We did not want to take any chances with him and we will see how he is in the coming days.”

Walker did not participate in the training session open to the public, which was conducted by Manchester City on Tuesday.

Walker, 33, participated in 38 official matches this season and did not shine much during the Champions League semi-final match against Real Madrid.

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Joao Mario’s handling violation earned the Belgian international a penalty, which he converted to secure a 2-0 victory at the Estadio da Luz.

Assisting on Alessandro Bastoni’s cross, Nicol Barella scored the game’s first goal with his first header while wearing the Nerazzurri jersey.

“The penalty is all a matter of mentality and concentration. I don’t listen to anyone, not even my teammates,” When asked how he managed to keep a spot-on record, Lukaku told Sport Mediaset.

“Considering my prior performances, I can see their reasons. I support the squad in whatever way I can while also working to get back in shape. We have a duty to represent this club well, so we must perform well against Monza right away.

“That’s a secret; I’ll reveal it at the end of the season. We played a smart game today, we probably would have added three or four more goals. Even yet, a score of 2-0 is a good result, and we now need to repeat this performance in Serie A.

“We must discuss why we aren’t doing in the same manner in Serie A since it is an important competition”.

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After a closely contested first half, Nicolo Barella scored the game’s opening goal by heading in a cross from Alessandro Bastoni early in the second. Romelu Lukaku, a substitute, scored the game’s winning penalty in the closing seconds, giving Benfica a steep uphill battle in the return match.

Inter Milan delivered a professional and patient performance when it meant the most, demonstrating their clinical finishing, despite recently being out of form. In their previous five games in all competitions prior to this game, they had only managed to score two goals. But, they executed a perfect and merciless finale in Lisbon to match that total.

Benfica struggled to contain Inter Milan’s aggressive pressing style and failed to produce any clear chances throughout the entire game. They were stopped by Inter Milan’s organised defence even when they attempted to include attacker Goncalo Ramos.

Inter Milan has a good chance of setting up an all-Italian semifinal matchup against either Napoli or local rivals AC Milan thanks to the win. Benfica will be eager to make up for their errors in the return leg, but they will need to perform far better than they did in the first to stand a hope of overcoming the gap.

The second leg of the Champions League match between Inter Milan and Benfica will take place on Wednesday, April 19, at the San Siro. Based on their strong performance in Lisbon, Inter Milan will be heavy favourites to go to the semifinals.

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And footage spread on social media showing that hundreds of Inter fans did not enter the “Dragao” stadium at the start of the match.

Porto had announced before the match yesterday, Tuesday, that Inter fans who had purchased tickets in the stands of the host team would not be allowed to enter, even if it was through the club itself.

For his part, Inter claimed that he had reached an agreement to allow his fans to attend the match if they wore neutral colors. UEFA confirmed yesterday, Wednesday, that it would consider this matter.

A UEFA spokesperson said: “UEFA is aware that a large group of away fans have purchased tickets in the home team’s part of the stadium.”

He added, “UEFA regulations stipulate that 5 percent of the stadium’s capacity must be for the visiting team in an area separate from the home team’s fans.”

Inter Milan had qualified for the quarter-finals at the expense of Porto, after imposing a goalless draw on it yesterday, Tuesday, in the second leg of the round of sixteen, to qualify by winning 1-0 on aggregate.

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Darmian signed a contract for an additional season, that is, ending in the summer of 2024.

Darmian’s contract with Inter was supposed to expire at the end of the current season.

This comes a day after he scored the tambourine of Inter’s victory against Atalanta in the Italian Cup final price.

Italian defender was among the starting line-up for the absent Italian league title since the 2009-2010 season.

Darmian joined Inter from Parma in the summer of 2020.

Darmian previously played for AC Milan, Padova, Palermo and Turin before moving to Manchester United in 2015 and spending 3 unsuccessful seasons with him.

Darmian has participated with Inter since his arrival in 91 matches, during which he scored 8 goals and assisted 9 others.

Italian defender played 22 games with Inter this season, scoring two goals and making the same.

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