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Europa League · League phase, matchday 3 Match report

OFI Crete 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

OFI Crete crest OFI Crete
0-2Full time
Bayer Leverkusen crest Bayer Leverkusen
Pankritio Stadio, Iraklio (Heraklion)

Our picks against the result

7 of 12 right

  • Result Bayer Leverkusen win75% 0-2
  • Double chance Bayer Leverkusen or draw (X2)90% 0-2
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.570% 2 goals
  • More corners Bayer Leverkusen81% Bayer Leverkusen (5-10)
  • Yellow cards Below average 4 yellow cards · league 3.6
  • Yellow cards 4 yellow cards 3.5 Under65% 4.5 Under82% 5.5 Under92%
  • Corners Around average 15 corners · league 9.8
  • Corners 15 corners 8.5 Over66% 9.5 Over56% 10.5 Under54%

Match stats

OFI Crete Bayer Leverkusen
  • 0 Goals 2
  • 1 Yellow cards 3
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 5 Corners 10

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

In the Europa League league phase, matchday 3, OFI Crete vs Bayer Leverkusen takes place at the Pankritio Stadio on Thursday 22 October 2026; our model goes for a Leverkusen win, with Leverkusen win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model makes Leverkusen clear favourites: the gap on our strength rating is wide and shows at both ends, with the visitors second in the league phase on two wins, six goals scored and none conceded, and OFI 18th. The counter is OFI's 2‑0 home win over Hoffenheim. It does not shake the pick: over their last five matches OFI trail the league average by a clear margin for possession, shots and big chances created, and concede shots at a rate above it, while Leverkusen's big-chance creation sits clearly above average and their big chances conceded clearly below. The call is clear.

Form guide

OFI Crete

  • L 3-4 at Kalamata (A) Super League 1 · 18 Oct
  • L 1-2 at Rennes (A) Europa League · 15 Oct
  • L 0-3 at AEK Athens (A) Super League 1 · 10 Oct
  • D 2-2 vs Asteras Tripolis (H) Super League 1 · 20 Sep
  • W 2-0 vs Hoffenheim (H) Europa League · 17 Sep

Bayer Leverkusen

  • W 2-1 vs Freiburg (H) Bundesliga · 18 Oct
  • W 4-0 at Lech Poznań (A) Europa League · 15 Oct
  • W 4-3 at Mainz 05 (A) Bundesliga · 10 Oct
  • W 2-0 vs RB Leipzig (H) Bundesliga · 20 Sep
  • W 2-0 vs NK Celje (H) Europa League · 16 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

OFI CreteBayer Leverkusen
Attack 9 94 1.5 goals per match this season3.0 goals per match this season
Defence 3 89 1.0 conceded per match this season0.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

OFI Crete and Bayer Leverkusen have not met in our records since 2010.

Europa League so far

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
2 Bayer Leverkusen 2 200 6:0 +6 6
18 OFI Crete 2 101 3:2 +1 3

Positions in our table of 36 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Europa League, League phase, matchday 3
Kick-off
Venue
Pankritio Stadio, Iraklio (Heraklion)

Questions and answers

What was the score of OFI Crete vs Bayer Leverkusen?

OFI Crete 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League (League phase, matchday 3) on Thursday 22 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for OFI Crete vs Bayer Leverkusen right?

Yes: our result pick was Bayer Leverkusen win, and the score after 90 minutes was 0-2. 7 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in OFI Crete vs Bayer Leverkusen?

4 yellow cards (OFI Crete 1, Bayer Leverkusen 3), no red cards and 15 corners (OFI Crete 5, Bayer Leverkusen 10).

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