UEFA Champions League

Bayer Leverkusen vs PSV Eindhoven, 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

· UEFA Champions League
Bayer Leverkusen
  • 65': Christian Kofane
FT
1 - 1
PSV Eindhoven
  • 72': Ismael Saibari

Ismael Saibari strikes to give PSV draw with Bayer Leverkusen

Ismael Saibari hit the equaliser as PSV Eindhoven frustrated Bayer Leverkusen with a 1-1 draw at the BayArena.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 2': Foul by Dennis Man (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 4': Offside, PSV Eindhoven. Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
  • 4': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Ivan Perisic (PSV Eindhoven) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 6': VAR Decision: No Goal Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-0 PSV Eindhoven.
  • 7': Foul by Ezequiél Fernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 7': Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the left post with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Ernest Poku.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Malik Tillman (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 11': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Armando Obispo.
  • 12': Corner, PSV Eindhoven. Conceded by Mark Flekken.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Ernest Poku (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Matej Kovár (PSV Eindhoven). Assisted by Mark Flekken.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ezequiél Fernández.
  • 15': Axel Tape (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Malik Tillman (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Kofane.
  • 18': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Mauro Júnior.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross following a corner.
  • 20': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Joey Veerman.
  • 21': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Christian Kofane is caught offside.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Malik Tillman (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matej Kovár (PSV Eindhoven). Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a through ball.
  • 26': Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Mauro Júnior (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 29': Axel Tape (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 29': Foul by Joey Veerman (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 31': Dennis Man (PSV Eindhoven) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 31': Foul by Ezequiél Fernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joey Veerman with a cross.
  • 31': Corner, PSV Eindhoven. Conceded by Loïc Badé.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Guus Til.
  • 33': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Ernest Poku is caught offside.
  • 34': Corner, PSV Eindhoven. Conceded by Jarell Quansah.
  • 36': Axel Tape (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 36': Foul by Ivan Perisic (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 37': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Yarek Gasiorowski.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Loïc Badé (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross following a corner.
  • 38': Foul by Loïc Badé (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 38': Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (PSV Eindhoven) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dennis Man following a fast break.
  • 41': Delay in match because of an injury Axel Tape (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 42': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Arthur replaces Axel Tape because of an injury.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Ernest Poku (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 45'+2': Guus Til (PSV Eindhoven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, PSV Eindhoven 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, PSV Eindhoven 0.
  • 46': Foul by Christian Kofane (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 46': Mauro Júnior (PSV Eindhoven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Offside, PSV Eindhoven. Dennis Man is caught offside.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Ernest Poku (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Malik Tillman.
  • 51': Armando Obispo (PSV Eindhoven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Malik Tillman (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 52': Attempt missed. Joey Veerman (PSV Eindhoven) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ismael Saibari.
  • 55': Foul by Yarek Gasiorowski (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 55': Malik Tillman (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Yarek Gasiorowski.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Loïc Badé (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross following a corner.
  • 61': Foul by Loïc Badé (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 61': Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 64': Arthur (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Guus Til (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 64': Guus Til (PSV Eindhoven) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Ernest Poku (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo.
  • 65': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, PSV Eindhoven 0. Christian Kofane (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 66': Substitution, PSV Eindhoven. Ryan Flamingo replaces Armando Obispo.
  • 72': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, PSV Eindhoven 1. Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Guus Til.
  • 73': Substitution, PSV Eindhoven. Couhaib Driouech replaces Ivan Perisic.
  • 73': Substitution, PSV Eindhoven. Esmir Bajraktarevic replaces Dennis Man.
  • 73': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Eliesse Ben Seghir replaces Ernest Poku.
  • 74': Foul by Yarek Gasiorowski (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 74': Malik Tillman (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Delay in match because of an injury Christian Kofane (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 77': Corner, PSV Eindhoven. Conceded by Jarell Quansah.
  • 80': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Claudio Echeverri replaces Christian Kofane.
  • 80': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Ibrahim Maza replaces Malik Tillman.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jerdy Schouten.
  • 81': Delay in match because of an injury Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 85': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Mauro Júnior.
  • 86': Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Yarek Gasiorowski (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 88': Foul by Jarell Quansah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 88': Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Eliesse Ben Seghir (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahim Maza.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Jerdy Schouten.
  • 90'+2': Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 90'+2': Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Matej Kovár (PSV Eindhoven). Assisted by Ibrahim Maza.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Couhaib Driouech (PSV Eindhoven).
  • 90'+4': Jarell Quansah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Delay in match because of an injury Loïc Badé (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
  • 90'+5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, PSV Eindhoven 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, PSV Eindhoven 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 0
53.6 Possession 46.4
6 SHOTS 14
1 ON GOAL 4
0.2 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
503 Accurate Passes 445
573 Passes 499
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 3
16 Crosses 13
0.2 Cross % 0.2
53 Long Balls 34
27 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 4
5 Effective Tackles 11
22 Tackles 12
0.2 Tackle % 0.9
7 Interceptions 6
15 Effective Clearances 22
15 Clearances 22

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 30,210

UEFA Champions League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Bayern Munich 2 +6 6
2 Real Madrid 2 +6 6
3 Paris Saint-Germain 2 +5 6
4 Internazionale 2 +5 6
Full Table

Line-Ups

B04 Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Mark Flekken (GK)
5 Loïc Badé
12 Edmond Tapsoba
4 Jarell Quansah
6 Ezequiel Fernández
24 Aleix García
20 Alejandro Grimaldo
16 Axel Tape
35 Christian Kofane
19 Ernest Poku
10 Malik Tillman
Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes:
Arthur, Claudio Echeverri, Ken Izekor, Ibrahim Maza, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Niklas Lomb, Janis Blaswich, Jeanuël Belocian.

PSV PSV Eindhoven (4-4-2)

No. Name
32 Matej Kovar (GK)
3 Yarek Gasiorowski
4 Armando Obispo
2 Anass Salah-Eddine
17 Mauro Júnior
23 Joey Veerman
22 Jerdy Schouten
5 Ivan Perisic
27 Dennis Man
20 Guus Til Yellow Card
34 Ismael Saibari
PSV Eindhoven Substitutes:
Paul Wanner, Niek Schiks, Noah Fernandez, Nick Olij, Esmir Bajraktarevic, Couhaib Driouech, Adamo Nagalo, Ryan Flamingo, Robin Van Duiven.

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