Comments and predictions for Chelsea vs Bayer Leverkusen: Rain of goals

Latest Chelsea vs Bayer Leverkusen team information

Chelsea continue to spend heavily, with a total of nearly £250 million on eight new signings, with Joao Pedro likely to make his home debut.

Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez were mainstays in midfield last season, and they will continue to be used to improve their fitness ahead of the new campaign.

Reece James is expected to captain the side, and could feature in defence alongside Nathaniel Chalobah, Levi Colwill and Marc Cucurella.

On Leverkusen's side, new signing Malik Tillman could make his debut in one of two supporting positions behind striker Christian Kofane.

With Xhaka leaving the team, two experienced midfielders Exequiel Palacios and Robert Andrich are the leading candidates for the midfield.

Centre-back Jarell Quansah – one of the new signings – is likely to start at the heart of a three-man defence, alongside Piero Hincapie and Edmond Tapsoba.

Latest Chelsea vs Bayer Leverkusen expected lineup

Chelsea:

Sanchez; James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer, Gittens; Pedro

Bayer Leverkusen:

Flekken; Tapsoba, Quansah, Hincapie; Arthur, Palacios, Andrich, Grimaldo; Tella, Tillman; Kofane

Latest Chelsea vs Bayer Leverkusen football commentary

Chelsea's performance against PSG has given coach Enzo Maresca a huge boost ahead of the 2025-26 campaign, with many viewing the Champions League winners as the best team in the world. However, Chelsea scored three goals in the first half and did not allow the French side to create any serious chances in the opening 45 minutes.

Some fans are concerned that participation in the Club World Cup could negatively impact the upcoming season, as Maresca's players have played more games than their domestic rivals.

Chelsea finished last season in fifth place in the Premier League with 69 points – six more than in 2023-24 – and were just five points behind second-placed Arsenal.

Scoring 64 goals and conceding 43, Chelsea finished the season with the 7th highest scoring record (tied) and the 3rd best defence in the league, just 2 goals behind champions Liverpool.

Chelsea's late 2024-25 form has been extremely impressive, as they have won 14 of their last 16 games and lost just twice in that period.

A win over Leverkusen would extend Chelsea's winning streak at Stamford Bridge to five games, and their 11th win in their last 13 home games.

Leverkusen endured a difficult 2024-25 season as Bayern Munich stripped them of the Bundesliga title, finishing 23 points behind the Bavarians.

The team has been in decline in all aspects, scoring just 72 goals and conceding 43 in the Bundesliga – 17 fewer and 19 more than they scored in the 2023-24 season.

Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has been appointed to replace Xabi Alonso, who left Leverkusen to manage Real Madrid.

Stars like Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz and Granit Xhaka also left the club this summer, significantly weakening Leverkusen's squad.

Ten Hag led the team to four pre-season friendlies. Despite losing 1-5 to Flamengo’s youth team in their first match on July 18, they won three consecutive matches, scoring seven goals and conceding just one.

Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last four away games of the 2024-25 season, but have drawn three of those games.

Latest Chelsea vs Bayer Leverkusen score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Chelsea vs Bayer Leverkusenas follows:

• Sportsmole:Chelsea 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen

• WhoScore:Chelsea 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen
• Our newspaper predicts:Chelsea 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen

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