Atlético de Madrid – Bayer Leverkusen today: schedule and where to watch online TV, Champions League

He Atlético de Madrid receive today Bayer Leverkusen in it Riyadh Air Metropolitan stadiumon the occasion of the seventh day of the league phase of this edition of the Champions League.

Simeone’s men come into this match after seeing how Leganés managed to break their streak of fifteen consecutive victories in all competitions last Saturday; while the team led by Xabi Alonso will seek tonight what would be its thirteenth consecutive victory to maintain its classification in the Champions League.

Both teams are in excellent shape.so tonight’s match at the Metropolitano promises not to disappoint. He Atlético de Madrid is currently eleventh in the Champions League standingsalthough it is barely a point away from the German team, which with thirteen points occupies fourth position.

Simeone’s men will try to get three very valuable points tonight, to surpass the Germans in the standings and finish the day in the top eight.

For its part, Bayer Leverkusen of Xabi Alonso and company arrives in Spain with the aim of continuing to maintain its great streak of results. The German team has managed to win each of its last twelve games in all competitionsand will seek to leave the Metropolitano tonight with a positive result.

Xabi Alonso press conference for Bayer 04 Leverkusen – UEFA Champions LeagueAFP7 via Europa PressEuropa Press

The colchoneros do not have very good memories of the German team’s last visit to their stadium back in October 2022. And Xabi Alonso’s team managed to tie the game to leave Atlético de Madrid out of any European competition that season.

The red and white fans will always remember that fateful penalty missed by Carrasco in the last minute of stoppage time of the match. Simeone’s men will seek to give a twist to history tonight, to beat a Leverkusen that will not make it easy for them at the Metropolitano.

Schedule and where to watch Atlético de Madrid – Bayer Leverkusen, UEFA Champions League online today on TV

The match will start at 9:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time) and will be broadcast live on Movistar +available on their channels Movistar Champions League 2 (M61 0016), Movistar Champions League 4 (M180 0276) and Movistar Plus + (M7).

In addition, you can follow all the coverage of the match with the preview, lineups, live narration and the most notable subsequent statements on LARAZÓN.es.

Possible alignments

Cholo Simeone will not be able to count on Alexander Sorloth facing this Champions League match at the Metropolitano, so Antoine Griezmann and Julián Álvarez will have to take a step forward when it comes to leading the Colchoneros’ attack.

Atlético de Madrid

Probable eleven Atlético de Madrid: Oblak, Llorente, Le Normand, Lenglet, Galán, Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Lino, Griezmann and Álvarez.

Atlético de Madrid training
Atlético de Madrid trainingKiko HuescaEFE Agency

Bayer Leverkusen

The Spanish team will have to be careful with Florian Wirtz who has already established himself as the great star of the team led by Xabi Alonso. Patrik Schick’s goals this year in the Bundesliga are also being fundamental for his team to be in second position, so the red and white defenders will have to pay close attention to the Czech forward tonight.

Probable XI Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky, Mukiele, Tah, Tapsoba, Hincapié, Xhaka, Andrich, Frimpong, Wirtz, Grimaldo and Schick.

match referee: Davide Massa (Italy).