Club Brugge vs Bayer Leverkusen, 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
· UEFA Champions LeagueTeenager Sylla earns Club Brugge winning start in Group B
Teenager Abakar Sylla scored the only goal just before halftime as hosts Club Brugge beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Foul by Bjorn Meijer (Club Brugge).
- 3': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 4': Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Attempt saved. Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
- 13': Corner, Club Brugge. Conceded by Odilon Kossounou.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andreas Skov Olsen.
- 13': Corner, Club Brugge. Conceded by Piero Hincapié.
- 16': Denis Odoi (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Mitchel Bakker (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 21': Attempt blocked. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Piero Hincapié with a cross.
- 21': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Abakar Sylla.
- 21': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross following a corner.
- 25': Ferran Jutglà (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Odilon Kossounou (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 28': Attempt saved. Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Odilon Kossounou.
- 28': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Lukás Hrádecky tries a through ball, but Patrik Schick is caught offside.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Casper Nielsen (Club Brugge) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamal Sowah.
- 35': Offside, Club Brugge. Denis Odoi tries a through ball, but Andreas Skov Olsen is caught offside.
- 36': Attempt missed. Ferran Jutglà (Club Brugge) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Hans Vanaken.
- 41': Corner, Club Brugge. Conceded by Piero Hincapié.
- 42': Goal! Club Brugge 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Abakar Sylla (Club Brugge) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andreas Skov Olsen with a cross following a corner.
- 43': Attempt missed. Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Mitchel Bakker (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charles Aránguiz.
- 43': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high.
- 44': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 44': Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 45'+1': Corner, Club Brugge. Conceded by Lukás Hrádecky.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Club Brugge 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Club Brugge 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.
- 45': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Charles Aránguiz.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
- 47': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Brandon Mechele.
- 51': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Foul by Ferran Jutglà (Club Brugge).
- 51': Attempt missed. Mitchel Bakker (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Odilon Kossounou with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
- 52': Attempt saved. Ferran Jutglà (Club Brugge) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kamal Sowah.
- 52': Casper Nielsen (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 53': Casper Nielsen (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 56': Attempt blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 56': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Casper Nielsen.
- 57': Foul by Odilon Kossounou (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 57': Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich tries a through ball, but Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
- 59': Bjorn Meijer (Club Brugge) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 59': Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 59': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 60': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Callum Hudson-Odoi tries a through ball, but Mitchel Bakker is caught offside.
- 61': Ferran Jutglà (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 62': Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
- 64': Substitution, Club Brugge. Roman Yaremchuk replaces Ferran Jutglà.
- 65': Corner, Club Brugge. Conceded by Moussa Diaby.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Bjorn Meijer (Club Brugge) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Andreas Skov Olsen with a cross.
- 66': Corner, Club Brugge. Conceded by Piero Hincapié.
- 67': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Kerem Demirbay replaces Robert Andrich.
- 67': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Mitchel Bakker.
- 68': Foul by Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 68': Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': Offside, Club Brugge. Bjorn Meijer tries a through ball, but Kamal Sowah is caught offside.
- 73': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Andreas Skov Olsen.
- 73': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Callum Hudson-Odoi tries a through ball, but Jonathan Tah is caught offside.
- 73': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 75': VAR Decision: No Goal Club Brugge 1-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
- 77': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Callum Hudson-Odoi tries a through ball, but Patrik Schick is caught offside.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Roman Yaremchuk (Club Brugge) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamal Sowah.
- 78': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge).
- 78': Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Attempt missed. Andreas Skov Olsen (Club Brugge) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Roman Yaremchuk.
- 82': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios tries a through ball, but Patrik Schick is caught offside.
- 83': Substitution, Club Brugge. Éder Balanta replaces Raphael Onyedika.
- 83': Substitution, Club Brugge. Cisse Sandra replaces Andreas Skov Olsen.
- 86': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
- 86': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Sardar Azmoun replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
- 87': Attempt missed. Nadiem Amiri (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Sardar Azmoun.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piero Hincapié.
- 88': Attempt missed. Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nadiem Amiri.
- 89': Substitution, Club Brugge. Eduard Sobol replaces Kamal Sowah.
- 90': Denis Odoi (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 90'+2': Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Éder Balanta (Club Brugge).
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90'+3': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonathan Tah tries a through ball, but Sardar Azmoun is caught offside.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Club Brugge 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.
- 0': Match ends, Club Brugge 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.
Statistics
 B04 |
BRU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 4 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 7 | Offsides | 2 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 52.2 | Possession | 47.8 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 433 | Accurate Passes | 396 |
| 523 | Passes | 483 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 20 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 45 | Long Balls | 65 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 17 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 20 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 9 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 9 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion
Location: Brugge, Belgium
Attendance: 21,235
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion
Location: Brugge, Belgium
Attendance: 21,235
Line-Ups
Club Brugge (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Simon Mignolet (GK) |
| 94 | Abakar Sylla |
| 44 | Brandon Mechele |
| 14 | Bjorn Meijer |
| 6 | Denis Odoi |
| 15 | Raphael Onyedika |
| 20 | Hans Vanaken |
| 27 | Casper Hojer Nielsen |
| 9 | Ferran Jutglà |
| 19 | Kamal Sowah  |
| 7 | Andreas Skov Olsen |
Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lukas Hradecky (GK) |
| 3 | Piero Hincapié |
| 4 | Jonathan Tah |
| 5 | Mitchel Bakker |
| 6 | Odilon Kossounou |
| 19 | Moussa Diaby |
| 8 | Robert Andrich |
| 20 | Charles Aránguiz |
| 14 | Patrik Schick |
| 17 | Callum Hudson-Odoi |
| 30 | Jeremie Frimpong |
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