Olympiakos and Bayer Leverkusen have faced on three previous occasions in the UEFA Champions League – the Greek side have won two of those (L1), with the most recent coming last month: a 2-0 home win on MD7 of the league phase.
Bayer Leverkusen have only won one of their five away games against Greek sides in Europe (4-1 v Panathinaikos in October 1993), failing to win on each their four trips there since the turn of the millennium (D2 L2), and failing to score in three of those.
Olympiakos won their final three matches of this season’s league phase and will be looking to win four consecutive games in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history (this will be their 165th match across the two competitions).
Of teams with 10+ matches played in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen have the worst win percentage (11%), winning just two of their 19 played (D4 L13).
In the league phase of this season’s UEFA Champions League Olympiakos made the most high-intensity pressures in the opposition half (1,737) and in the final third (1,063) of any team, as well as forcing the most high turnovers across their eight matches (90).
Bayer Leverkusen have the second highest ball-in-play average in the UEFA Champions League this season (63.3%), only behind Manchester City (63.8%). In fact, the game with the highest ball-in-play average in the 2025-26 edition was between Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City in November (75%).
Mehdi Taremi has been directly involved in four goals in the UEFA Champions League this season (2 goals, 2 assists), while the last player with more in a single edition for Olympiakos was Ieroklis Stoltidis in 2007-08 (5 – 3 goals, 2 assists).
Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Aleix García made the most line-breaking passes (133) in the league phase of this season’s UEFA Champions League. Indeed, his 32 against Olympiakos on MD7 was the joint-most by any player in a single game in this edition (also 32 for Bayern Munich’s Aleksandar Pavlovic v Union Saint-Gilloise on MD7).
Olympiakos winger Daniel Podence has completed 71.4% of his dribbles in the UEFA Champions League this season (15/21); the best success rate of any player with 20+ attempts.
Bayer Leverkusen’s Loïc Badé has completed 78% of his forward passes under high-intensity pressure in the UEFA Champions League this season (47/60); the highest success rate by any defender to have attempted 50+ in this edition.