Arsenal 2–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Eze 36'
- Rice 63'
17 March 2026
The match in data
Arsenal got the better of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 2–0, on 17 March 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (Round of 16).
Player of the match: Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 67, thanks above all to 17 final-third passes and 91 passes. García produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Arsenal, the highest-rated player was Eberechi Eze, with 66.
Aleix García
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 90'
Produced 1.55× and cost 0.52× their position's average
- 17 final-third passes 3.0×
- 91 passes 2.1×
- 8 recoveries 1.8×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 1 failed dribble 1.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 69 | 66 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 68 | 60 |
| William Saliba | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | 54 |
| Christian Nørgaard | Midfielder | 22 | 49 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 69 | 44 |
| Kai Havertz | Forward | 21 | 43 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 21 | 42 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Ben White | Defender | 69 | 32 |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 21 | 23 |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montrell Culbreath | Forward | 30 | 74 |
| Aleix García ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 67 |
| Exequiel Palacios | Midfielder | 70 | 53 |
| Malik Tillman | Midfielder | 30 | 53 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Janis Blaswich | Goalkeeper | 90 | 51 |
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Robert Andrich | Midfielder | 83 | 41 |
| Ernest Poku | Forward | 60 | 40 |
| Christian Kofane | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 20 | 36 |
| Ibrahim Maza | Midfielder | 90 | 30 |
| Martin Terrier | Forward | 60 | 29 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Ezequiel Fernández | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Arsenal player recovered the most balls?
Leandro Trossard, with 6 recoveries. Next: Bukayo Saka 5, Eberechi Eze 5.
Leandro Trossard led Arsenal with 6 ball recoveries in the 2–0 victory over Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze followed closely with 5 each.
Which Bayer 04 Leverkusen player won the most aerial duels?
Christian Kofane, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Edmond Tapsoba 3, Jarell Quansah 1.
In the 2–0 defeat against Arsenal, Christian Kofane led Bayer 04 Leverkusen with 4 aerial duels won. Edmond Tapsoba registered 3 and Jarell Quansah finished with 1.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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