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Last Updated 17th September 2024 at 21: 59 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. UEFA Champions League All competitions Feyenoord and Bayer Leverkusen’s only previous meeting was in the last 16 of the 1987-88 UEFA Cup – the German side prevailed 3-2 on aggregate on their way to winning the trophy that season. Bayer Leverkusen have never lost a major European game against a Dutch side in six previous meetings (W3 D3), though this is their first since a 0-0 draw with PSV in the UEFA Cup in September 1994. Feyenoord have lost 12 of their last 15 matches in the UEFA Champions League (W3), including each of their last eight in a row away from home. Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso made 119 appearances in the UEFA Champions League in his playing career, appearing for four different clubs (47 Real Madrid, 39 Liverpool, 25 Bayern Munich, 8 Real Sociedad). The only other Spaniard to play 100+ times in the competition and later manage in it is Xavi (151 games for Barcelona, who he would later manage). Feyenoord had the second-youngest starting XIs in terms of average age in the UEFA Champions League last season (24y 127d), with only FC Red Bull Salzburg having a younger XI (22y 241d). Bayer Leverkusen scored 31 goals in 13 games in the UEFA Europa League last season; the most of any club side in European competition in 2023/24 (excluding qualifying matches). Feyenoord manager Brian Priske managed six matches in the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League game as FC Midtjylland boss, failing to register a win (D2 L4). Of the previous six Feyenoord managers to charge of them in the competition, two have won their first match: Leo Beenhakker in 1997-98 vs Juventus and Arne Slot last season vs Celtic. This game could see Florian Wirtz’s UEFA Champions League debut for Bayer Leverkusen. Across the previous four Europa League seasons, Wirtz has been involved in the most goals (12 goals, 12 assists) and created the most chances (88) of any player. Feyenoord’s Calvin Stengs created 17 chances in last season’s UEFA Champions League group stage; the joint-most of any player in that round (level with Luis Alberto and Ivan Rakitic). Victor Boniface scored five goals in eight UEFA Europa League appearances last season for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, averaging a goal every 76 minutes and scoring in all his four starts for Leverkusen. Ulf Kirsten is the only Leverkusen player to score in five major European starts in a row, doing so twice in runs ending in 1994 and 1999. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.