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FT Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Bayer Leverkusen WWLWW 1
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Arsenal WWWWL 4
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Emirates Stadium · 50,000 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal thrash Bayer Leverkusen as Xhaka makes Emirates return

Arsenal cruised to a 4-1 win over Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen at the Emirates Stadium as they ramped up their preparations for the new season.

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Head to Head

ARS leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 22David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 17Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 20JorginhoCM
  7. 29Kai HavertzLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 21Fabio VieiraRF

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 17Matej KovárG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  4. 6Odilon KossounouCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 24Aleix GarcíaCM-R
  7. 3Piero HincapiéLM
  8. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  9. 21Amine AdliF
  10. 11Martin TerrierCF-L
  11. 10Florian WirtzCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Arsenal 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
  2. 9' Goal! Arsenal 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
  3. 38' Goal! Arsenal 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  4. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Bukayo Saka replaces Fábio Vieira.
  5. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Declan Rice replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  6. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Jakub Kiwior replaces William Saliba.
  7. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Myles Lewis-Skelly replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  8. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
  9. 62' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Jonathan Tah.
  10. 62' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Florian Wirtz.
  11. 62' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface replaces Amine Adli.
  12. 63' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Arthur replaces Piero Hincapié.
  13. 63' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Martin Terrier.
  14. 63' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeanuël Belocian replaces Odilon Kossounou.
  15. 63' Substitution, Arsenal. Thomas Partey replaces Jorginho.
  16. 63' Substitution, Arsenal. Ethan Nwaneri replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  17. 65' Goal! Arsenal 4, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  18. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Josh Nichols replaces Ben White.
  19. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Ayden Heaven replaces Gabriel Magalhães.
  20. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Kai Havertz.
  21. 76' Goal! Arsenal 4, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nathan Tella.
  22. 80' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Gustavo Puerta replaces Granit Xhaka.
  23. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Leandro Trossard.
  24. 89' Gustavo Puerta (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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