Honestly , Leverkusen is playing so smooth that I wouldn't be surprise to see them in the finals or even winning it because right now they seem to be one of the first candidates alongside Liverpool to win the trophy this year.
It would be great if we could see the final between Bayern Leverkusen vs Liverpool, right? I know it's still too early because when enter the knockout round everything can change a lot, and in that round teams can't make mistakes that could result in them being eliminated, but if the two favorite teams continue to perform well then this will be an ideal final and very interesting to watch, but I still favor Liverpool to win the European League this season, maybe the feel not the same when winning the champions league but at least it's better because ending the season without a title is very unpleasant.
That's only happen if leverkusen and liverpool will able to beat the rest of teams int he competition but this is unlikely to happen. Im not skeptic with the possibility of final between leverkusen and liverpool but im concerning about there will be alot of strong teams to come. Leverkusen was doing a good deal of progress since xabi was coming to the club. It will be very interesting to have that final between liverpool vs leverkuen but the chance is pretty small.
Leverkusen can lose anytime like previous season even though xabi's team is well prepared this season but im still feeling skeptic. Sevilla may also able to enter this competition again as king of europa league.