Leverkusen’s footballers reached the round of 16 of the Europa League after winning a double-header with Monaco, Bayer is not doing so well in the domestic competition, after 23 rounds it is in ninth place. Leverkusen and Ferencváros met in the group stage of the Europa League in December 2021, when Ferencáros celebrated a win at home (1:0), and Bayer celebrated in the return match (2:1).
Manchester United will welcome Spain’s Betis in today’s second Europa League match. In the fight for the round of 16, the Red Devils eliminated Barcelona after results of 2:2 and 2:1, but last time they had to experience a historic debacle in the Premier League when they lost to Liverpool 0:7. Betis is currently in excellent form, they are in fifth place in the Spanish league, they have won three of their last four matches, the last point they lost was a draw with Real Madrid.
Cypriot Larnaca will try to surprise West Ham in the round of 16 of the Conference League. Larnaca reached the top sixteen after eliminating Ukrainian Dnipro (1:0, 0:0). In the domestic league, Larnaca is second with a two-point loss to APOEL.
West Ham is having a miserable season. The team of Vladimír Coufal and Tomáš Souček is floundering in 16th place in the domestic competition, the last time they suffered a debacle on the field of Brighton 0:4.
Italy’s Fiorentina reached the round of 16 of the Conference League after a comfortable win over Dutch Braga (4:0, 3:2). In Serie A, Antonín Barák’s team has won the last two matches, but still they are in 12th place.
The Turkish Sivasspor is very well known especially to Slavia fans. In the basic group of the Conference League, the team of Prague drew 1:1 with Sivasspor twice, but the Turkish team celebrated progressing to the next stage. However, the team is not doing well in the domestic league, as it belongs to the 14th place with a two-point lead on the relegation positions.
