Kai Havertz's successful penalty in the final minutes into his old team's net helped Arsenal gain an advantage before returning to London after the first leg.
Notably, in the last 22 home matches in European cups, Arsenal has only lost one match - against Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals of the 2024-2025 season.
Last weekend, the familiar scenario reoccurred when Arsenal decided the match in the final minutes to defeat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League. Victor Gyokeres' goals and 16-year-old young talent Max Dowman helped the London team widen the gap to 9 points compared to Manchester City.
Coincidentally, the gap between the leading team and the second-placed team in the Bundesliga is also 9 points, after Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 with Bayern Munich, thereby unintentionally energizing Dortmund in the title race.
The home team at BayArena is tending to draw, with 5/6 recent matches in all competitions ending in a draw.
Although only losing 1 in the last 14 matches in all competitions, Leverkusen's away record is not really convincing, with only 4 wins in the last 10 away trips. This is a difficult number to bring peace of mind to German team fans.
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