UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Sparta Prague LLLLL 0
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Bayer Leverkusen WWWLD 2
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B04112
BayArena · 30,210 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Bayer Leverkusen beat Sparta Prague to reach Champions League last 16

A goal in each half sent Bayer Leverkusen into the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday with a comfortable 2-0 win over a toothless Sparta Prague side unable to offer much resistance to the German champions.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
10
8
Saves
1
29.3
Possession
70.7
12
SHOTS
26
1
ON GOAL
10
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
249
Accurate Passes
709
313
Passes
760
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
6
9
Crosses
32
0.6
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
42
20
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
6
11
Effective Tackles
6
18
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
5
41
Effective Clearances
6
41
Clearances
6

Head to Head

B04 leads series 1-0

Lineups

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 17Matej KovárG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  4. 23Nordi MukieleCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 25Exequiel PalaciosCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  9. 14Patrik SchickF
  10. 10Florian WirtzCF-L
  11. 19Nathan TellaCF-R

SPP · 3-5-2

  1. 1Peter Vindahl JensenG
  2. 19Adam SevinskyCD
  3. 25Asger SørensenCD-L
  4. 41Martin VitíkCD-R
  5. 20Qazim LaçiCM-L
  6. 18Lukas SadilekCM-R
  7. 6Kaan KairinenAM
  8. 30Jaroslav ZelenýLM
  9. 28Tomas WiesnerRM
  10. 14Veljko BirmancevicCF-L
  11. 7Victor OlatunjiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 32' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Sparta Prague 0. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
  2. 36' Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 63' Victor Olatunji (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 64' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Sparta Prague 0. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  5. 66' Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 67' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Lukás Haraslín replaces Victor Olatunji.
  7. 83' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Aleix García replaces Exequiel Palacios.
  8. 83' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Nathan Tella.
  9. 85' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Krystof Danek replaces Qazim Laçi.
  10. 85' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Martin Suchomel replaces Tomás Wiesner.
  11. 88' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Arthur replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
  12. 90' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Artem Stepanov replaces Patrik Schick.
  13. 90' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Florian Wirtz.
  14. 90'+2' Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Ermal Krasniqi replaces Jaroslav Zeleny.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Lukás Penxa replaces Veljko Birmancevic.

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