# Arsenal 2–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Ratings and player of the match · 2025-26 Champions League | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Arsenal v Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2–0), Round of 16, 2025-26 Champions League. Player of the match: Aleix García (67). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-bayer-04-leverkusen-2026-03-17/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Champions League · 2025-26 · Round of 16 ## [Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/arsenal-19/2025-26/) 2 – 0 [Bayer 04 Leverkusen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/bayer-04-leverkusen-3321/2025-26/) - 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. 67 Player of the match ### [Aleix García](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/aleix-garcia-4574/) Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 90' Produced **1.55×** and cost **0.52×** their position's average Added - 17 final-third passes 3.0× - 91 passes 2.1× - 8 recoveries 1.8× Took away - 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. **Arsenal** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Declan Rice](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/declan-rice-5273/) | Midfielder | 90 | 66 | | [Eberechi Eze](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/eberechi-eze-7643/) | Midfielder | 69 | 66 | | [Bukayo Saka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bukayo-saka-16827155/) | Forward | 90 | 62 | | [Martín Zubimendi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/martin-zubimendi-530762/) | Midfielder | 68 | 60 | | [William Saliba](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/william-saliba-17544737/) | Defender | 90 | 59 | | [Gabriel Magalhães](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/gabriel-97811/) | Defender | 90 | 57 | | [David Raya](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/david-raya-3130/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 54 | | [Christian Nørgaard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/christian-nrgaard-31609/) | Midfielder | 22 | 49 | | [Leandro Trossard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/leandro-trossard-61780/) | Forward | 69 | 44 | | [Kai Havertz](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kai-havertz-32612/) | Forward | 21 | 43 | | [Viktor Gyökeres](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/viktor-gyokeres-194167/) | Forward | 90 | 42 | | [Gabriel Martinelli](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/gabriel-martinelli-10959356/) | Forward | 21 | 42 | | [Piero Hincapié](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/piero-hincapie-37261496/) | Defender | 90 | 33 | | [Ben White](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ben-white-3259/) | Defender | 69 | 32 | | [Cristhian Mosquera](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/cristhian-mosquera-37592228/) | Defender | 21 | 23 | | [Myles Lewis-Skelly](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/myles-lewis-skelly-37568815/) | Midfielder | 1 | no rating | **Bayer 04 Leverkusen** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Montrell Culbreath](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/montrell-culbreath-37706060/) | Forward | 30 | 74 | | [Aleix García](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/aleix-garcia-4574/) ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 67 | | [Exequiel Palacios](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/exequiel-palacios-335673/) | Midfielder | 70 | 53 | | [Malik Tillman](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/malik-tillman-23277869/) | Midfielder | 30 | 53 | | [Edmond Tapsoba](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/edmond-tapsoba-766659/) | Defender | 90 | 52 | | [Janis Blaswich](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/janis-blaswich-31934/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 51 | | [Jarell Quansah](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jarell-quansah-37259163/) | Defender | 90 | 51 | | [Robert Andrich](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/robert-andrich-34880/) | Midfielder | 83 | 41 | | [Ernest Poku](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ernest-poku-37568511/) | Forward | 60 | 40 | | [Christian Kofane](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/christian-kofane-37912237/) | Forward | 90 | 39 | | [Patrik Schick](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/patrik-schick-80675/) | Forward | 20 | 36 | | [Ibrahim Maza](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ibrahim-maza-37645233/) | Midfielder | 90 | 30 | | [Martin Terrier](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/martin-terrier-97292/) | Forward | 60 | 29 | | [Alejandro Grimaldo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alejandro-grimaldo-160208/) | Defender | 90 | 27 | | [Ezequiel Fernández](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ezequiel-fernandez-37342993/) | 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19662557)