Final placings at stake in Zurich

Both sides are through to the Round of 32, but concerns over their final rankings should keep FC Zürich and Bayer 04 Leverkusen sharp as they end their Group E commitments.

• Teams that end top of their sections are guaranteed a tie against third-placed finishers in the Round of 32. Second-placed sides will earn a game against one of the eight clubs who switch from the UEFA Champions League. The teams that finish first and second in the sections will also be sure of a home fixture in the second leg of their Round of 32 ties.

• Zürich won their opening games against eliminated AC Sparta Praha and Toulouse FC, but lost 1-0 at FC Spartak Moskva to drop into second in the section.

• Leverkusen claimed 1-0 home wins against Toulouse and Sparta either side of a 2-1 defeat in Moscow, and are third in the section – level on points with Zürich but with an inferior goal difference.

• The form book would not seem to favour Michael Skibbe's side, despite good results in the Bundesliga. Leverkusen have not won an away game in UEFA club competition since winning 2-0 at Maccabi Haifa FC in the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League group stage. Their last 18 UEFA competition away games have produced five draws and 13 defeats.

• Zürich, by contrast, are unbeaten in their last nine home games since losing 2-1 at home against KRC Genk in the first round of the 2000/01 UEFA Cup.

• The two teams have never met in UEFA club competition.

• Zürich have played eight games against sides from over the border in Germany since meeting 1. FC Dynamo Dresden – then in the former East Germany – in the quarter-finals of the 1976/77 European Champion Clubs' Cup, winning on away goals before losing to Liverpool FC in the semi-finals

• In total, they have won twice and lost six times against German clubs, with both of those victories coming at home. However, they have not played against a German side since reunification.

• Leverkusen’s only previous game against a Swiss side came in last season’s UEFA Cup first round, as they drew 0-0 at FC Sion before winning 3-1 at home in the second leg to qualify for the group stage.

• Leverkusen boast two Swiss stars in their squad in the form of midfielders Tranquillo Barnetta and Pirmin Schwegler.

• Swiss international Barnetta, 22, started his career with Zürich's Super League rivals FC St. Gallen before moving to Hannover 96 in 2004 and on to Leverkusen the following year.

• The 20-year-old Schwegler played for FC Lucerne and BSC Young Boys before joining Leverkusen in 2006. His brother Christian still plays in Switzerland with Young Boys.

• Zürich's Rafael Araujo and Florian Stahel are within a booking of a one-match ban, as is Leverkusen's Gonzalo Castro.

• The draw for the Round of 32 and Round of 16 will be held in Nyon on 21 December from 13.00CET.