Gerardo Seoane's Bayer Leverkusen hasn't been playing well recently, and is on a three-game winless streak. They will host Atalanta for the second leg of the UEFA Europa League round of sixteen, after losing 3-2 in the first game. Bayer was a worse side in the first duel, as Atalanta showed much more than their opponent. Gian Piero Gasperini's men are having a poor season in the Italian top division, and are focusing on winning the Europa League. "La Dea" is coming from a goalless draw against Genoa in Serie A, while the hosts come from a 1-0 home defeat to FC Koln. This season, Atalanta has been much better on away games than at their own field. Thirty of the guests' forty-eight league points have been earned away from home. The hosts are also doing poorly at home, being only the tenth-best Bundesliga home team.

Injuries could be a huge problem for Leverkusen, as they miss Florian Wirtz, Karim Bellarabi, Andrey Lunev, Patrik Schick, Robert Andrich, Julian Baumgartlinger and Jeremie Frimpong. Meanwhile, the visitors go into the clash without only two players, those being Duvan Zapata and Josip Ilicic. Bayer won just one of its previous five matches, only defeating a poor side Arminia Bielefeld at home. Gerardo Seoane's men are expected to drop from the third place if they continue to play like this, also with all of RB Leipzig, Freiburg, and Hoffenheim being in great form lately.

Atalanta is currently seventh-placed in Italy, after finishing third last season. However, Gasperini's team has played a game less than its main opponents, and could easily climb to fifth place if they win their next league duel. German sides, except Bayern, have been bad in European competitions this season. With a 3-2 win in Italy, I expect the guests to avoid the defeat and to advance to the UEL quarter-finals. Good luck!

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热拉尔多·西恩(Gerardo Seoane)执教的勒沃库森(Bayer Leverkusen)最近踢得不太好，而且连赢三场。他们将在欧联16强第二回合主场迎战亚特兰大，在第一场比赛中以3-2负于亚特兰大。拜耳在第一次决斗中是一个较差的对手，因为亚特兰大比他们的对手表现得要好得多。吉安·皮耶罗·加斯佩里尼的球队在意大利顶级联赛中经历了一个糟糕的赛季，现在正集中精力赢得欧罗巴联赛冠军。在意甲与热那亚的比赛中，意大利0:1战平热那亚，而东道主则在主场1-0负于科隆。这个赛季，亚特兰大在客场的表现比在主场要好得多。宾客们的48个联赛积分中有30个是在客场赢得的。东道主在主场的表现也很糟糕，在德甲主队中排名第十。

伤病对勒沃库森来说可能是个大问题，因为他们失去了弗洛里安·维尔茨、卡里姆·贝拉比、安德烈·吕内夫、帕特里克·希克、罗伯特·安德里奇、朱利安·鲍姆加特林格和杰里米·弗里姆蓬。与此同时，客队在没有两名球员的情况下进入比赛，这两名球员是萨帕塔和伊利西奇。拜耳在此前的五场比赛中只赢了一场，只是在主场击败了实力较弱的比勒费尔德。热拉尔多·西恩的球队如果继续这样打下去，预计会从第三名滑落，而且莱比锡、弗莱堡和霍芬海姆最近的状态都很好。

亚特兰大目前在意大利排名第七，上个赛季排名第三。然而，加斯佩里尼的球队比他们的主要对手少打了一场比赛，如果他们赢得下一场联赛，他们可以轻松地升至第五名。除了拜仁之外，德国球队本赛季在欧洲赛场上表现不佳。在意大利以3比2获胜后，我希望客人们能避免失败，并进入UEL的四分之一决赛。好运！