Overview
- Kickoff is at 21:00 on February 18 at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium for the Champions League 2025/26 play-off first leg.
- Broadcast rights are split this season, but this fixture is not on free TV in Germany and is live only on DAZN, with ZDF carrying only the May 30 final.
- This is a two-legged play-off, and the winner advances to the last 16 to face either Bayern Munich or Arsenal, per the February 27 draw.
- Leverkusen arrive unbeaten in six competitive matches but are missing Eliesse Ben Seghir, Mark Flekken and Nathan Tella, with Issa Traoré not included.
- Olympiakos won the teams’ most recent meeting 2–0 in this season’s group stage, and a free but geoblocked stream is available via Digi Sport 3 in Romania.