UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, March 17, 2026
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Arsenal WWWDW 2
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2nd Leg - Arsenal advance 3-1 on aggregate · Emirates Stadium · 57,537 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Eze stunner seals Arsenal spot in Champions League quarters

Eberechi Eze scored a stunning first Champions League goal as Arsenal beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 on Tuesday at the Emirates to march into the quarterfinals.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
4
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
10
10
Saves
2
58.5
Possession
41.5
9
SHOTS
21
2
ON GOAL
12
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
470
Accurate Passes
317
535
Passes
383
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
7
30
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.4
44
Long Balls
34
23
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
10
18
Effective Clearances
26
18
Clearances
26

Highlights

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Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 5Piero HincapiéLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 10Eberechi EzeAM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 36Martín ZubimendiRM
  9. 14Viktor GyökeresF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardAM-L
  11. 7Bukayo SakaAM-R

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 28Janis BlaswichG
  2. 8Robert AndrichCD
  3. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  4. 4Jarell QuansahCD-R
  5. 24Aleix GarcíaCM-L
  6. 25Exequiel PalaciosCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 19Ernest PokuRM
  9. 35Christian KofaneF
  10. 30Ibrahim MazaCF-L
  11. 11Martin TerrierCF-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Goal! Arsenal 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Eberechi Eze (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
  2. 46' Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Malik Tillman replaces Martin Terrier.
  4. 60' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Montrell Culbreath replaces Ernest Poku.
  5. 63' Goal! Arsenal 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Christian Nørgaard replaces Martín Zubimendi.
  7. 69' Substitution, Arsenal. Cristhian Mosquera replaces Ben White.
  8. 69' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Leandro Trossard.
  9. 69' Substitution, Arsenal. Kai Havertz replaces Eberechi Eze because of an injury.
  10. 70' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Patrik Schick replaces Exequiel Palacios.
  11. 83' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Ezequiél Fernández replaces Robert Andrich.
  12. 90' Substitution, Arsenal. Myles Lewis-Skelly replaces Viktor Gyökeres.

UEFA Champions League News

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