UEFA Champions League

Bayer Leverkusen vs Olympiacos, 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, Knockout Round Playoffs

· 2nd Leg - Bayer Leverkusen advance 2-0 on aggregate
Bayer Leverkusen
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2nd Leg - Bayer Leverkusen advance 2-0 on aggregate
Olympiacos

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Bayer Leverkusen are hosting Olympiacos at BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Offside, Olympiakos. Gelson Martins is caught offside.
  • 4': Attempt saved. Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Konstantinos Tzolakis (Olympiakos). Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
  • 4': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Konstantinos Tzolakis.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a through ball.
  • 7': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Robert Andrich.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Chiquinho (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christos Mouzakitis following a corner.
  • 10': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Panagiotis Retsos.
  • 12': Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 12': Konstantinos Tzolakis (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Dani García (Olympiakos).
  • 14': Ibrahim Maza (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Chiquinho (Olympiakos).
  • 16': Jarell Quansah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 21': Foul by Panagiotis Retsos (Olympiakos).
  • 21': Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 31': Mehdi Taremi (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 34': Foul by Rodinei (Olympiakos).
  • 34': Ibrahim Maza (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann is caught offside.
  • 37': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 37': Gelson Martins (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 41': Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 41': Lorenzo Pirola (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 44': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Alejandro Grimaldo is caught offside.
  • 45': Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Dani García (Olympiakos).
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Olympiakos 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Olympiakos 0.
  • 48': Offside, Olympiakos. Santiago Hezze is caught offside.
  • 49': Foul by Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 49': Mehdi Taremi (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Gelson Martins (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Janis Blaswich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen). Assisted by Mehdi Taremi.
  • 56': Offside, Olympiakos. Gelson Martins is caught offside.
  • 56': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Ernest Poku replaces Ibrahim Maza because of an injury.
  • 57': Foul by Mehdi Taremi (Olympiakos).
  • 57': Jarell Quansah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Lucas Vázquez.
  • 60': Foul by Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 60': Lorenzo Pirola (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the bar with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Ernest Poku.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Gelson Martins (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Hezze.
  • 63': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Edmond Tapsoba.
  • 66': Substitution, Olympiakos. Ayoub El Kaabi replaces Mehdi Taremi.
  • 66': Substitution, Olympiakos. André Luiz replaces Chiquinho.
  • 70': Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Foul by Gelson Martins (Olympiakos).
  • 71': Attempt missed. Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ernest Poku.
  • 72': Attempt missed. André Luiz (Olympiakos) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christos Mouzakitis.
  • 73': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Ezequiél Fernández replaces Exequiel Palacios.
  • 73': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Montrell Culbreath replaces Jonas Hofmann.
  • 74': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Rodinei.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross following a corner.
  • 76': Delay in match because of an injury Lucas Vázquez (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 77': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Arthur replaces Lucas Vázquez because of an injury.
  • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 79': Substitution, Olympiakos. Lorenzo Scipioni replaces Christos Mouzakitis.
  • 82': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Panagiotis Retsos.
  • 83': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Edmond Tapsoba is caught offside.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Scipioni (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lorenzo Pirola.
  • 89': Substitution, Olympiakos. Clayton replaces Dani García.
  • 89': Substitution, Olympiakos. Bruno Onyemaechi replaces Gelson Martins.
  • 90': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Arthur.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. André Luiz (Olympiakos) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Scipioni.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Edmond Tapsoba.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aleix García with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Lorenzo Pirola (Olympiakos).
  • 90'+3': Montrell Culbreath (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+3': Lorenzo Pirola (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Rodinei (Olympiakos) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Clayton.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Olympiakos 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Olympiakos 0.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 3
5 Corner Kicks 4
1 Saves 1
53.3 Possession 46.7
7 SHOTS 7
1 ON GOAL 1
0.1 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
436 Accurate Passes 388
528 Passes 475
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 6
30 Crosses 11
0.1 Cross % 0.5
73 Long Balls 57
36 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 0
4 Effective Tackles 10
7 Tackles 15
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
18 Interceptions 8
10 Effective Clearances 42
10 Clearances 42

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 30,210

Line-Ups

B04 Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
28 Janis Blaswich (GK)
8 Robert Andrich
12 Edmond Tapsoba
4 Jarell Quansah
24 Aleix García
25 Exequiel Palacios
20 Alejandro Grimaldo
21 Lucas Vázquez
14 Patrik Schick
30 Ibrahim Maza
7 Jonas Hofmann
Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes:
Christian Kofane, Arthur, Ernest Poku, Jonas Omlin, Axel Tape, Ezequiel Fernández, Montrell Culbreath, Tim Oermann, Niklas Lomb.

OLY Olympiacos (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
88 Konstantinos Tzolakis (GK)
5 Lorenzo Pirola Yellow Card
45 Panagiotis Retsos
3 Francisco Ortega
23 Rodinei
32 Santiago Hezze
96 Christos Mouzakitis
14 Dani García
99 Mehdi Taremi
22 Chiquinho
10 Gelson Martins
Olympiacos Substitutes:
Costinha, Argyrios Liatsikouras, Nikolaos Botis, Diogo Nascimento, Lorenzo Scipioni, Alexios Kalogeropoulos, Giulian Biancone, Alexandros Paschalakis, André Luiz, Clayton, Ayoub El Kaabi, Bruno Onyemaechi.

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