UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, February 18, 2016
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1st Leg · Estádio José Alvalade · 26,201 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

Karim Bellarabi goal enough for Bayer Leverkusen to beat 10-man Sporting

Bayer Leverkusen beat 10-man Sporting Lisbon 1-0 in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 clash away in Portugal.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
42.3
Possession
57.7
14
SHOTS
2
3
ON GOAL
1
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
222
Accurate Passes
375
364
Passes
504
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
1
18
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.1
77
Long Balls
65
28
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
0
35
Effective Tackles
18
47
Tackles
26
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
21
23
Clearances
26

Lineups

SCP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 35Rúben SemedoCD-L
  3. 13Sebastián CoatesCD-R
  4. 4JeffersonLB
  5. 21João PereiraRB
  6. 36Carlos ManéAM
  7. 14William CarvalhoLM
  8. 6Alberto AquilaniRM
  9. 19Teófilo GutiérrezF
  10. 20Bryan RuizAM-L
  11. 17João MárioAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Adrien SilvaSUB
  2. 60Gelson MartinsSUB
  3. 5Ewerton AlmeidaSUB
  4. 73Matheus PereiraSUB
  5. 9Islam SlimaniSUB
  6. 47Ricardo EsgaioSUB
  7. 26Azbe JugSUB

B04 · 4-4-2

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 21Ömer ToprakCD-L
  3. 4Jonathan TahCD-R
  4. 18WendellLB
  5. 16Tin JedvajRB
  6. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluCM-L
  7. 23Christoph KramerCM-R
  8. 14Admir MehmediLM
  9. 38Karim BellarabiRM
  10. 19Julian BrandtCF-L
  11. 11Stefan KiesslingCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Roberto HilbertSUB
  2. 2André RamalhoSUB
  3. 5Kyriakos PapadopoulosSUB
  4. 25Dario KresicSUB
  5. 37Marlon FreySUB
  6. 35Vladlen YurchenkoSUB
  7. 39Benjamin HenrichsSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Tin Jedvaj (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Goal! Sporting Lisbon 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tin Jedvaj with a cross.
  3. 30' Admir Mehmedi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 46' Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Rúben Semedo (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Adrien Silva replaces Alberto Aquilani.
  7. 62' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Islam Slimani replaces Teófilo Gutiérrez.
  8. 66' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Kyriakos Papadopoulos replaces Julian Brandt.
  9. 73' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Ewerton replaces Sebastián Coates.
  10. 74' Second yellow card to Rúben Semedo (Sporting Lisbon) for a bad foul.
  11. 79' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Benjamin Henrichs replaces Admir Mehmedi.
  12. 85' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Roberto Hilbert replaces Tin Jedvaj.

UEFA Europa League News

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