Match Centre: Arsenal vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Player of the match Janis Blaswich 8.6
First leg
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Arsenal 1–1Final aggregate
Arsenal 3–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
GolVolt rating 5.5GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Second leg with the tie in the balance, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 63′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 3.2 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.7 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Second leg with the tie in the balance, a clash of big clubs. Stakes: 9.6 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 8.6 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 5.5more watchable than 55% of Champions League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
2 goals1 card1 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 36' Goal: Eberechi Ezeassist: Trossard1:0
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' Exequiel Palaciosyellow card
- 60' 2 substitutionsCulbreath for PokuTillman for Terrier
- 63' Goal: Declan RiceArsenal2:0
- 68' SubstitutionNørgaard for Zubimendi
- 69' 3 substitutionsHavertz for EzeMartinelli for TrossardMosquera for White
- 70' SubstitutionSchick for Palacios
- 72' VAR Review
- 83' SubstitutionFernández for Andrich
- 90' SubstitutionLewis-Skelly for Gyökeres
- Full-time · 2:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Arsenal
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Arsenal
- 13 Kepa Arrizabalaga GK —
- 79 Khari Ranson GK —
- 3 Cristhian Mosquera DEF on
- 33 Riccardo Calafiori DEF —
- 49 Myles Lewis-Skelly DEF on
- 16 Christian Nørgaard MID on
- 56 Max Dowman MID —
- 9 Gabriel Jesus ATT —
- 11 Gabriel Martinelli ATT on
- 20 Noni Madueke ATT —
- 29 Kai Havertz ATT on
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- 18 Jonas Omlin GK —
- 36 Niklas Lomb GK —
- 15 Tim Oermann DEF —
- 16 Axel Tape DEF —
- 6 Ezequiel Fernández MID on
- 7 Jonas Hofmann MID —
- 10 Malik Tillman MID on
- 42 Montrell Culbreath MID on
- 14 Patrik Schick ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Emirates Stadium, London
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Bayer 04 Leverkusen Janis Blaswich
- 2. place · Arsenal Declan Rice
- 3. place · Arsenal Bukayo Saka
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