BayArena could witness Atlético's last stand

Bayer 04 Leverkusen are looking ahead to the knockout phase, but Club Atlético de Madrid's UEFA Europa League title defence could easily end at the BayArena, with Quique Sánchez Flores's side dependent on the other Group B result going their way.

• Leverkusen are already certain of finishing top of the section, but – due to their inferior head-to-head record – Atlético need to secure a better Matchday 6 result than Aris Thessaloniki FC get at home against the side destined to finish bottom, Rosenborg BK, if they are to avoid an early exit.

Previous meetings
• A second-half penalty from Simão earned the holders a share of the spoils on Matchday 2 after Eren Derdiyok had put Leverkusen ahead before the break in Madrid. That was the sides' first meeting in UEFA club competition.

• Atlético's record in 29 games against German sides reads W13 D5 L11 (W4 D2 L7 in Germany).

• Leverkusen's 20 games against Spanish sides have ended W6 D4 L10 (W4 D2 L3 at home, with all but one of those games – a 0-0 1987/88 UEFA Cup quarter-final draw against FC Barcelona, staged in Cologne while their stadium was under construction – played in Leverkusen).

• Leverkusen lifted their only European trophy, the 1987/88 UEFA Cup, after beating another Spanish club, RCD Espanyol, 3-2 on penalties following a 3-3 aggregate draw.

Match background
• A 3-2 loss against Aris on Matchday 5 ended a run of 15 UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League home fixtures without defeat for Atlético, stretching back to a 3-1 to Parma FC in the 1998/99 semi-finals.

• Leverkusen are unbeaten in eight European games (six wins and two draws) since a 4-1 home loss to FC Zenit St Petersburg in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

• Leverkusen boast the best defensive record in the group stage, having conceded just once in their five Group B fixtures.

Team facts
• A fine striker in his day, Leverkusen coach Jupp Heynckes won the 1972 UEFA European Championship and 1974 FIFA World Cup with West Germany, and also claimed four domestic titles, a German Cup and the 1974/75 UEFA Cup with VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach. As a coach, he also won two league titles with FC Bayern München. He took charge at Leverkusen in June 2009.

• Heynckes knows plenty about Spanish football having coached Athletic Club and CD Tenerife as well as Real Madrid CF, whom he led to UEFA Champions League glory in 1997/98.

• Both his Liga derbies against Atlético as Madrid coach in 1997/98 ended in 1-1 draws.

• Atlético coach Quique Flores won a Spanish title with Real Madrid as a right-back in 1994/95, and also coached Getafe CF, Valencia CF and SL Benfica. He reached his peak this year, winning the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup with Atlético, who hired him in October 2009.

• Quique Flores's only meeting with German opposition as a coach prior to Matchday 2 came when his Benfica side drew 1-1 at Hertha BSC Berlin in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage.

• The heaviest defeat of his European playing career came against a German team when he was in the Valencia side thrashed 7-0 at Karlsruher SC in the second leg of a 1993/94 UEFA Cup tie. Valencia had won the home leg 3-1.