Bayer Leverkusen v NK Celje: Europa League team news and predicted line-ups | OneFootball

Bayer Leverkusen open their Europa League campaign on Wednesday, hosting Slovenian champions NK Celje at the BayArena at 21:00 CEST.

As reported by BuLi News, Carles Martinez’s side have started inconsistently, beating Wehen 4-0 in the DFB-Pokal, losing 3-2 to newly-promoted SV Elversberg, then defeating Union Berlin 4-0 before a 2-2 draw with Augsburg.

Celje crashed out of Champions League qualifying to Slovan Bratislava, and domestically they have won one and lost three.

A 2-1 defeat to Bravo prompted the dismissal of head coach Vitor Campelos, six months into his tenure.

Zoran Zeljkovic has arrived from FC Koper and will take charge for the first time on Wednesday. This is the clubs’ first-ever meeting.

Leverkusen are sweating over the fitness of attacking midfielder Ibrahim Maza, who missed Tuesday’s training with an infection. Kennet Eichhorn, Monrell Culbreath and Nathan Tella are unavailable through injury.

For the visitors, Jost Pisek remains out with a cruciate ligament tear.

Source: BuLi News

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