Team announced Feyenoord Dutch andBayer Leverkusen Germany The formation of the confrontation that will bring them together shortly at the first stadium within the league stage competitions in the championship Champions League For the current season 2024-25.
Feyenoord vs Bayer Leverkusen lineup
Feyenoord’s lineup was as follows:
Feyenoord formation
Bayer Leverkusen’s lineup is as follows:
Bayer Leverkusen formation
Feyenoord vs Leverkusen
Feyenoord hopes to take advantage of the home advantage and the fans to beat its competitor Bayer Leverkusen and achieve the three points, especially after the team recently won the Dutch Super Cup title and presented excellent levels at the local level.
In contrast, Bayer Leverkusen will be hoping to capitalise on their late revival in the Bundesliga by winning away at Feyenoord after recently beating Hoffenheim 4-1 in the previous round of the Bundesliga.
Historically, Feyenoord and Bayer Leverkusen met in two matches in the UEFA Cup in 1987, and the first match ended in a 2-2 draw between them before the German league champion won the second leg 1-0.
Bayer Leverkusen have the upper hand in market value with €627m, compared to €286m for home side Feyenoord, while Florian Wirtz tops the list of most expensive players in the match with €130m.
The Champions League system has changed, with 36 teams participating, divided into 4 categories, and two teams from each category will play together in a home-and-away system. The teams in positions 1 to 8 qualify directly to the second round, and the teams in positions 9 to 24 will play a home-and-away play-off to determine the 8 teams that will participate in the second round, in addition to the eight qualifiers.
The Champions League prize money has risen to nearly €2.5 billion ($2.79 billion), with the winner able to pocket more than €86 million in prize money alone, not counting the €700,000 bonus for each point earned in the league phase, or revenue from television rights.