Atletico Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Champions League, 21 Jan 2025

📅21/01/2025 · 🕒23:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 2-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
47%
2.25
Draw
25%
3.11
Away
28%
2.94
Under/Over 2.5
Under
45%
1.68
Over Pick
55%
2.07
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.82
No
49%
1.88
Total Goals
0-1
25%
2.72
2-3
39%
1.74
4-5
27%
4.01
6+
9%
19.15
Value flag · 4-5 at 4.01 — our 27% vs market 18.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
24%
3.37
1/2
6%
34.5
1/X
8%
12.85
X/1
13%
5.14
X/2
7%
6.34
X/X
10%
4.09
2/1
10%
29.0
2/2
15%
4.66
2/X
7%
13.25
Value flag · 2/1 at 29.0 — our 10% vs market 1.5%. Landed.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our Pick
Over 2.5 — 55%
Fair price · no betting value
Every market fairly priced — no value edge at these odds. Our Pick = the most likely outcome, not a value bet.
STRENGTH Home Win Over 2.5 BTTS Yes — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Selection The Market
47%
Home Win
41%
+6.0pp
26%
Draw
29%
-3.1pp
28%
Away Win
30%
-2.8pp
45%
Under 2.5
56%
-10.2pp
55%
Over 2.5
44%
+10.2pp
51%
BTTS Yes
51%
+0.6pp
49%
BTTS No
49%
-0.6pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — the market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Atletico Madrid The Market 44%
Head to Head
AWAY Bayer Leverkusen The Market 34%
+14% / +14% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -20% / -20%
1.47/2.55 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.41/1.15
+45% / -4% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -75% / -22%
51% Ball Possession 49%
14 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
360 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 412 · 82%
14.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.0
13.3 Crosses 15.0
2.9 Yellow Cards 3.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Atletico Madrid
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Bayer Leverkusen
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.33
1.45 xG 1.32
48% Ball Possession 52%
13 Total Shots 15
6 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 6
382 Passes 414
79% Pass Accuracy 82%
23 Box Touches 20
20 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
26.10.2022 Atletico Madrid Atletico Madrid 2-2 HT 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen ŞMP
13.09.2022 Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 HT 0-0 Atletico Madrid Atletico Madrid ŞMP
06.11.2019 Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 HT 1-0 Atletico Madrid Atletico Madrid ŞMP
22.10.2019 Atletico Madrid Atletico Madrid 1-0 HT 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen ŞMP
15.03.2017 Atletico Madrid Atletico Madrid 0-0 HT 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen ŞMP
21.02.2017 Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen 2-4 HT 0-2 Atletico Madrid Atletico Madrid ŞMP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Atletico Madrid
2-1
AWAY Bayer Leverkusen
0.77 xG 0.82
30% Ball Possession 70%
5 Total Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 4
228 Passes 654
76% Pass Accuracy 92%
12 Box Touches 18
10 Crosses 19
2 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Atletico Madrid edged past Bayer Leverkusen 2-1. It was 0-1 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Atletico Madrid as the likeliest winner at 47%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (55%) came in.

On the day, Atletico Madrid had 30% of the ball to Bayer Leverkusen's 70%, shots finished 5-13, expected goals 0.77 to 0.82.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Atletico Madrid and 1.33 for Bayer Leverkusen.

What was the final score of Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen?

Atletico Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on 21/01/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen?

Before kick-off our model rated a Atletico Madrid win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Atletico Madrid 47%, draw 26%, Bayer Leverkusen 28%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Atletico Madrid), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Atletico Madrid) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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