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

Bayer Leverkusen

Bruno Guimarães 13' (OG)

Álex Grimaldo 88'

Newcastle

A. Gordon 51'

L. Miley 74'

UEFA Champions League 2025/2026

League Stage - 6

December 10, 2025 8:00pm

BayArena, Leverkusen

Key stats

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Bayer Leverkusen 3-4-2-1

Newcastle 4-3-3

Goalkeeper

M. Flekken

6.2

A. Ramsdale

7.5

Defenders

E. Tapsoba

7.0

L. Hall

6.5

R. Andrich

6.6

D. Burn

6.6

J. Quansah

6.3

M. Thiaw

6.7

T. Livramento

6.2

Midfielders

Álex Grimaldo

8.0

Joelinton

6.2

Aleix García

7.3

Bruno Guimarães

7.0

I. Maza

7.3

S. Tonali

6.9

Arthur

6.2

Forwards

E. Poku

6.6

A. Gordon

8.3

M. Tillman

6.3

N. Woltemade

6.9

P. Schick

7.2

H. Barnes

6.9

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Highest rating

8.0

Álex Grimaldo

8.3

A. Gordon

Match Summary

On December 10, 2025 during the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League match, Bayer Leverkusen faced off against Newcastle at BayArena, Leverkusen. The game ended in a draw. With Bayer Leverkusen possessing 51% of the ball compared to Newcastle's 49%, and shots on goal at 7 to 5. Newcastle had 85% successful passes (of 414 passes) over Bayer Leverkusen which had 84% successful passes (of 432 passes). The outstanding efforts by Álex Grimaldo and A. Gordon played a key role

Lineup

3-4-2-1

4-3-3

Flekken

6.2

Played:
90Min

Saves:
4 of 6

Accurate passes:
18/32

Won duels:
0/1

Quansah

6.3

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
22/25

Won duels:
1/2

Andrich

6.6

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
47/53

Won duels:
4/7

Tapsoba

7.0

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
57/64

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/5

Arthur

6.2

Played:
89Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
15/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Maza

7.3

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
26/31

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
6/13

Dribbles:
3/3

García

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
76/81

Won duels:
2/2

Grimaldo

8.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
46/57

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
5/6

Tillman

6.3

Played:
85Min

Accurate passes:
18/21

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Poku

6.6

Played:
71Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
17/20

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
0/2

Schick

7.2

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
5/7

Won duels:
4/6

Gordon

8.3

Played:
89Min

Accurate passes:
24/25

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
2/3

Woltemade

6.9

Played:
89Min

Accurate passes:
6/13

Won duels:
4/5

Barnes

6.9

Played:
78Min

Accurate passes:
32/33

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Joelinton

6.2

Played:
60Min

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
20/23

Won duels:
2/9

Guimarães

7.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
40/46

Key passes:
5

Won duels:
2/7

Tonali

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
46/53

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/7

Hall

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
41/49

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Burn

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
42/51

Won duels:
6/8

Thiaw

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
41/44

Won duels:
5/8

Livramento

6.2

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
42/47

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Ramsdale

7.5

Played:
90Min

Saves:
6 of 8

Accurate passes:
14/23

Substitutes

Coach

Kasper Hjulmand

Blaswich

Lomb

Badé

Played:
1Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Won duels:
1/1

Echeverri

6.5

Played:
10Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
0/2

Tape

Seghir

Tella

6.5

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
6/6

Won duels:
0/2

Kofane

6.3

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
6/7

Won duels:
3/4

Belocian

Coach

Eddie Howe

Harrison

Thompson

Schär

Wissa

Played:
1Min

Won duels:
0/1

Elanga

Murphy

6.5

Played:
12Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
0/1

Willock

Murphy

Ramsey

Played:
1Min

Miley

7.3

Played:
30Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
4/6

Won duels:
0/2

Stats

Ball Possession

Bayer Leverkusen: 51%

Newcastle: 49%

Total Shots

Bayer Leverkusen: 17

Newcastle: 13

Shots on Goal

Bayer Leverkusen: 7

Newcastle: 5

Corner Kicks

Bayer Leverkusen: 9

Newcastle: 6

Offsides

Bayer Leverkusen: 0

Newcastle: 0

Fouls

Bayer Leverkusen: 9

Newcastle: 11

Yellow Cards

Bayer Leverkusen: 2

Newcastle: 2

Red Cards

Bayer Leverkusen: 0

Newcastle: 0

Total Passes

Bayer Leverkusen: 432

Newcastle: 414

Goals Prevented

Bayer Leverkusen: 0

Newcastle: 0

Passes Accuracy

Bayer Leverkusen: 364 (84%)

Newcastle: 353 (85%)

Bayer Leverkusen vs Newcastle

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

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