Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Arsenal

E. Eze 36'

D. Rice 63'

Bayer Leverkusen

UEFA Champions League 2025/2026

Round of 16

March 17, 2026 8:00pm

Emirates Stadium, London

Key stats

Ball Possession

42%

58%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Arsenal 4-2-3-1

Bayer Leverkusen 3-4-2-1

Goalkeeper

David Raya

7.5

J. Blaswich

9.2

Defenders

P. Hincapié

8.5

E. Tapsoba

6.7

Gabriel Magalhães

7.9

R. Andrich

6.2

W. Saliba

7.0

J. Quansah

6.3

B. White

6.2

Midfielders

D. Rice

8.7

Álex Grimaldo

6.3

Martín Zubimendi

7.0

Aleix García

7.2

L. Trossard

6.3

E. Palacios

7.2

E. Eze

8.2

E. Poku

6.2

B. Saka

8.9

Forwards

V. Gyökeres

6.6

I. Maza

6.5

M. Terrier

6.2

Christian Kofane

6.2

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Highest rating

8.9

B. Saka

9.2

J. Blaswich

Match Summary

On March 17, 2026 during the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League match, Arsenal faced off against Bayer Leverkusen at Emirates Stadium, London. The game concluded with Arsenal securing a victory. With 42% possession, Arsenal versus Bayer Leverkusen's 58% and shots on goal at 12 to 2. Bayer Leverkusen had 88% successful passes (of 535 passes) over Arsenal which had 83% successful passes (of 383 passes). The outstanding efforts by B. Saka and J. Blaswich played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

3-4-2-1

Raya

7.5

Played:
90Min

Saves:
2 of 2

Accurate passes:
15/20

White

6.2

Played:
69Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
20/23

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/2

Saliba

7.0

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
52/58

Won duels:
3/4

Magalhães

7.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
37/40

Won duels:
9/10

Hincapié

8.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/20

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/11

Dribbles:
1/3

Zubimendi

7.0

Played:
68Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
33/41

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/7

Rice

8.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
44/52

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/6

Saka

8.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
26/31

Key passes:
5

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Eze

8.2

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
17/22

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
6/8

Dribbles:
2/2

Trossard

6.3

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
22/25

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
1/5

Gyökeres

6.6

Played:
89Min

Accurate passes:
12/20

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Kofane

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
16/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/12

Maza

6.5

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
32/38

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/10

Dribbles:
1/6

Terrier

6.2

Played:
60Min

Accurate passes:
14/15

Won duels:
1/5

Grimaldo

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
35/44

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/9

Dribbles:
0/2

García

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
86/91

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/4

Dribbles:
1/2

Palacios

7.2

Played:
70Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
45/46

Won duels:
4/8

Poku

6.2

Played:
60Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
21/24

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
2/4

Tapsoba

6.7

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
62/68

Won duels:
3/5

Andrich

6.2

Played:
83Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
56/62

Won duels:
0/3

Quansah

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
47/59

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Blaswich

9.2

Played:
90Min

Saves:
10 of 12

Accurate passes:
12/20

Won duels:
2/2

Dribbles:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

Mikel Arteta

Kepa

Ranson

Jesus

Havertz

6.9

Played:
21Min

Accurate passes:
5/9

Won duels:
4/7

Madueke

Martinelli

6.3

Played:
21Min

Accurate passes:
3/3

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Lewis-Skelly

Played:
1Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
0/1

Mosquera

6.7

Played:
21Min

Accurate passes:
5/7

Won duels:
1/3

Dowman

Nørgaard

6.6

Played:
22Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
8/10

Won duels:
3/4

Calafiori

Coach

Kasper Hjulmand

Omlin

Lomb

Schick

Fernández

Oermann

Hofmann

Tillman

6.5

Played:
30Min

Accurate passes:
17/19

Won duels:
1/2

Culbreath

6.9

Played:
30Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
17/18

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
2/2

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Stats

Ball Possession

Arsenal Arsenal: 42%

Bayer Leverkusen: 58%

Total Shots

Arsenal Arsenal: 21

Bayer Leverkusen: 9

Shots on Goal

Arsenal Arsenal: 12

Bayer Leverkusen: 2

Corner Kicks

Arsenal Arsenal: 10

Bayer Leverkusen: 8

Offsides

Arsenal Arsenal: 1

Bayer Leverkusen: 0

Fouls

Arsenal Arsenal: 4

Bayer Leverkusen: 8

Yellow Cards

Arsenal Arsenal: 0

Bayer Leverkusen: 1

Red Cards

Arsenal Arsenal: 0

Bayer Leverkusen: 0

Total Passes

Arsenal Arsenal: 383

Bayer Leverkusen: 535

Goals Prevented

Arsenal Arsenal: 0

Bayer Leverkusen: 0

Passes Accuracy

Arsenal Arsenal: 317 (83%)

Bayer Leverkusen: 470 (88%)

Key stats

Lineup

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Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Arsenal vs Bayer Leverkusen

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline