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OFI Crete
Europa League
16:45
UTC, Thursday 22 October 2026
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Leverkusen

OFI Crete vs Leverkusen: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

OFI Crete host Bayer Leverkusen at Pankritio Stadium on Thursday 22 October 2026, kick-off 16:45 UTC, in the Europa League (round 3). Prediction markets make Leverkusen the favourite at 78%, with the draw at 14% (Polymarket). OFI Crete have had 4 days of rest since playing Kalamata (Greek Super League); Leverkusen have had 4 after facing Freiburg and travel about 2,268 km. OFI Crete are without 4 players (Nikos Christogeorgos, Aaron Iseka, Christos Sielis and others); Leverkusen are missing 6 (Kennet Eichhorn, Montrell Culbreath, Guéla Doué and others). Oleksiy Derevinskyi is the referee, averaging 4.2 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.5. The forecast at kick-off is 23°C, dry.

Win chances

OFI Crete 9%Draw 14%Leverkusen 78%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

OFI Crete 3-4-2-1

Coach: Christos Kontis

  1. 31 Nikos Christogeorgos GK
  2. 5 Konstantinos Kostoulas DEF
  3. 43 Dimitrios Nikolaou DEF
  4. 2 Krešimir Krizmanić DEF
  5. 17 Borja González MID
  6. 6 Zisis Karachalios MID
  7. 8 Giorgios Kanellopoulos MID
  8. 3 Nikolaos Athanasiou MID
  9. 18 Thiago Nuss FWD
  10. 7 Anastasios Chatzigiovanis FWD
  11. 19 Kenan Kodro FWD

Bench

  • 1 Klidman Lilo GK
  • 13 Panagiotis Katsikas GK
  • 15 Achilleas Poungouras DEF
  • 52 Konstantinos Lagoudakis DEF
  • 90 Pavlos Kenourgiakis DEF
  • 41 Andreas Bouchalakis MID
  • 71 Athanasios Sitmalidis MID
  • 21 Giannis Apostolakis MID
  • 24 Lorenzo Dickmann MID
  • 14 Thanasis Androutsos MID
  • 30 Thiago Romano MID
  • 46 Giannis Theodosoulakis FWD

Leverkusen 4-2-3-1

Coach: Carles Martínez

  1. 1 Mark Flekken GK
  2. 4 Jarell Quansah DEF
  3. 12 Edmond Tapsoba DEF
  4. 2 Facundo Medina DEF
  5. 3 Miguel Gutiérrez MID
  6. 24 Aleix García MID
  7. 6 Equi Fernández MID
  8. 19 Moussa Diaby FWD
  9. 30 Ibrahim Maza MID
  10. 9 Afonso Moreira FWD
  11. 14 Patrik Schick FWD

Bench

  • 28 Janis Blaswich GK
  • 5 Loic Badé DEF
  • 8 Robert Andrich DEF
  • 15 Tim Oermann DEF
  • 7 Jonas Hofmann MID
  • 17 Lucas Vázquez MID
  • 10 Malik Tillman MID
  • 23 Nathan Tella MID
  • 22 Victor Okoh Boniface FWD

Injuries and suspensions

OFI Crete

  • Nikos Christogeorgos injury, back About 1-2 weeks
  • Aaron Iseka injury, back A few weeks
  • Christos Sielis injury, back A few weeks
  • Nikos Marinakis injury, back Unknown

Leverkusen

  • Kennet Eichhorn injury, back Late October 2026
  • Montrell Culbreath injury, back Late October 2026
  • Guéla Doué injury, back A few weeks
  • Eliesse Ben Seghir injury, back About 1-2 weeks
  • Martin Terrier injury, back Early December 2026
  • Christian Kofane injury, back A few weeks