Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen will host 2023 Champions League finalists Inter on Tuesday in Germany after the two teams had a good start of the League Phase and are aiming to end up in the top eight spots of the first part of the tournament. Inter, in particular, are sitting second in the table with 13 points and are yet to concede their first goal of the competition, while Xabi Alonso's side are currently sixth with ten points Here's our storylines, how you can watch the match and more:
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How to watch and odds
- Date: Tuesday, December 10 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
- Location: BayArena - Leverkusen, Germany
- Watch: Paramount+
- Odds: Bayer Leverkusen +120; Draw +240; Inter +220
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League phase schedule
Bayer Leverkusen: Inter (home), Atletico de Madrid (away), Sparta Praha (home).
Inter: Bayer Leverkusen (away), Sparta Praha (away), Monaco (home).
Team news
Bayer Leverkusen: Bayer are currently suffering some injury issues as Xabi Alonso lost some key strikers ahead of the game against Inter since both Victor Boniface (thigh problem) and Patrik Schick are both injured and won't be able to play agains the Italian giants.
Possible Bayer XI: Kovar; Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapie; Frimpong, Xhaka, Andrich, Garcia, Grimaldo; Wirtz, Tella.
Inter: Coach Simone Inzaghi is dealing with the injuries of defender Francesco Acerbi and Denzel Dumfries who wasn't included in the squad ahead of Tuesday's clash. Former Porto striker Mehdi Taremi is expected to join Lautaro Martinez in the attacking duo against Bayer.
Possible Inter XI: Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Bastoni, Darmian, Zielinski, Calhanoglu, Barella, Dimarco; Taremi, Lautaro.
Prediction
It should be a close one considering how well these two sides are playing, but Inter are slightly favourites also due to the injuries Bayer is facing. Pick: Bayer Leverkusen 1, Inter 1.
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