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Bayer Leverkusen

2 — 0 Sep 17, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

NK Celje

Europa League · Round 1

Venue BayArena, Leverkusen

Referee Jasper Vergoote

Attendance 27,945

Player of the Match Aleix García 8.6 90' played

Match Events

15' Home ⚽ Svit Sešlar (own goal) — 1-0

HT

60' Home ↔ Jarell Quansah → Lucas Vázquez

60' Home ↔ Equi Fernández → Malik Tillman

60' Home ↔ Afonso Moreira → Martin Terrier

61' Away ↔ Matic Ivanšek → Yaya Dukuly

61' Away ↔ Blaž Kramer → Armandas Kučys

68' Away ↔ Veton Tusha → Benjamin Verbič

71' Home ↔ Christian Kofane → Patrik Schick

74' Home ⚽ Facundo Medina — 2-0

80' Home ↔ Eliesse Ben Seghir → Moussa Diaby

80' Away ↔ Papa Daniel → Luka Tičić

FT

Match Stats

56 44

Ball possession

2.40 0.89

Expected goals (xG)

17 5

Total shots

8 3

Shots on target

29 9

Touches in opposition box

5 3

Big chances

5 3

Big chances missed

545 (88%) 440 (88%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

6 2

Corners

Lineups

Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Carles Martínez

Starting XI

1 Mark Flekken 8.3

17 Lucas Vázquez 7.3

5 Loic Badé 8.1

12 Edmond Tapsoba 7.8

2 Facundo Medina 8

8 Robert Andrich 7.1

24 Aleix García 8.6

11 Martin Terrier 7

10 Malik Tillman 6.8

19 Moussa Diaby 6.9

14 Patrik Schick 7.1

Substitutes

4 Jarell Quansah 6.9

6 Equi Fernández 6.5

9 Afonso Moreira 6.3

35 Christian Kofane 6.5

29 Eliesse Ben Seghir 6.6

28 Janis Blaswich

36 Niklas Lomb

3 Miguel Gutiérrez

NK Celje (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Zoran Zeljković

Starting XI

1 Žan-Luk Leban 8.3

2 Pijus Širvys 6.6

44 Łukasz Bejger 6

6 Artemijus Tutyškinas 6.8

11 Milot Avdyli 7.5

14 Luka Tičić 6.5

19 Mark Zabukovnik 7

91 Yaya Dukuly 6.2

10 Svit Sešlar 5.8

7 Benjamin Verbič 6.3

47 Armandas Kučys 5.9

Substitutes

9 Blaž Kramer 5.9

77 Matic Ivanšek 6.2

25 Veton Tusha 6

13 Papa Daniel 6.3

12 Luka Kolar

23 Žiga Frelih

20 Alpha Diounkou

4 Darko Hrka

33 Leonárdo Koútris

8 Mario Kvesić

31 Dejan Suhovrsnik