UEFA Europa League | League Phase Matchday 3 | 2026-10-23 01:45 JST
Match summary
The UEFA Europa League League Phase Matchday 3 fixture between OFI Crete and Bayer Leverkusen was played on October 23. Bayer Leverkusen beat OFI Crete 2-0, keeping a clean sheet. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-0 at half-time. The score did not change in the second half.
Bayer Leverkusen's scorers: J. Hofmann (2 goals). Assists: Bayer Leverkusen – M. Tillman.
Bayer Leverkusen controlled the game with 63% possession and 33 shots (6 for their opponents). Bayer Leverkusen scored 2 from 15 shots on target. Yellow cards: OFI Crete 1, Bayer Leverkusen 3.
Team stats
3-4-3
4-2-3-1
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| OFI Crete | Stat | Bayer Leverkusen |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4-3 | Formation | 4-2-3-1 |
| 37% | Possession | 63% |
| 0.28 | Expected goals (xG) | 3.42 |
| 6 | Shots | 33 |
| 2 | Shots on target | 15 |
| 3 | Shots off target | 11 |
| 1 | Blocked shots | 7 |
| 3 | Shots inside the box | 23 |
| 3 | Shots outside the box | 10 |
| 5 | Corner kicks | 10 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 5 | Fouls | 21 |
| 398 | Passes | 682 |
| 330 | Accurate passes | 626 |
| 12 | Goalkeeper saves | 2 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskiy
Player stats
OFI Crete
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | G. Apostolakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(57%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.08 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1(1) | |
| FW | G. Theodosoulakis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.38 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3(2) | |
| FW | Thanasis Sitmalidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | |
| FW | T. Romano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | D. Nikolaou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GK | P. Katsikas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | Z. Karachalios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | G. Kanellópoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Pavlos Kenourgiakis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Borja González | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(100%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.72 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2(0) | |
| FW | T. Fountas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.37 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | |
| GK | K. Lilo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(46%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | K. Kostoulas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.85 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 10(1) | |
| DF | A. Poungouras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33(89%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.48 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | |
| DF | K. Krizmanić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(100%) | 3 | 0 | 46(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 4(4) |
| MF | L. Dickmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(100%) | 0 | 0 | 27(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.22 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 3(1) |
| MF | T. Androutsos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40(91%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.53 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 6(5) | |
| MF | A. Bouchalakis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(100%) | 0 | 0 | 50(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.73 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 4(2) |
| MF | N. Athanasiou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0%) | 2 | 0 | 33(75%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.08 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 5(3) |
| FW | Aitor Cantalapiedra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.22 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1(0) | |
| FW | K. Kodro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(69%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 6(5) | |
| FW | T. Nuss | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(72%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.84 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 8(7) |
Bayer Leverkusen
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | N. Tella | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6(86%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.57 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | |
| GK | J. Blaswich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21(91%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.13 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | |
| DF | L. Badé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77(95%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7.41 | 90 | 0 | 4 | 8(2) | |
| MF | E. Fernández | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1(100%) | 2 | 1 | 76(95%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7.2 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 7(3) |
| MF | Andrés García | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 114(94%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 4(2) | |
| MF | J. Hofmann | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37(92%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.55 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 3(1) | |
| DF | L. Vázquez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51(88%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.74 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 1(0) | |
| DF | F. Medina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51(89%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | 63 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Afonso Moreira | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1(33%) | 1 | 2 | 32(80%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.51 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 8(4) |
| DF | J. Quansah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65(100%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.09 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 4(0) | |
| FW | P. Schick | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13(81%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 3(3) | |
| MF | M. Tillman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1(33%) | 1 | 0 | 35(90%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 9(3) |
| FW | M. Diaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0%) | 0 | 0 | 5(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.47 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) |
| GK | M. Flekken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Miguel Gutiérrez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16(84%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.48 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | |
| DF | B. Hawighorst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GK | N. Lomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | I. Maza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(100%) | 0 | 0 | 15(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 6(4) |
| DF | E. Tapsoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.04 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) |
Lineups
OFI Crete
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 1 | K. Lilo |
| Starter | DF | 5 | K. Kostoulas |
| Starter | DF | 15 | A. Poungouras |
| Starter | DF | 2 | K. Krizmanić |
| Starter | MF | 24 | L. Dickmann |
| Starter | MF | 14 | T. Androutsos |
| Starter | MF | 41 | A. Bouchalakis |
| Starter | MF | 3 | N. Athanasiou |
| Starter | FW | 10 | Aitor Cantalapiedra |
| Starter | FW | 19 | K. Kodro |
| Starter | FW | 18 | T. Nuss |
| Bench | MF | 21 | G. Apostolakis |
| Bench | FW | 11 | T. Fountas |
| Bench | DF | 17 | Borja González |
| Bench | FW | 71 | Thanasis Sitmalidis |
| Bench | FW | 46 | G. Theodosoulakis |
Show unused substitutes (7)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | DF | 90 | Pavlos Kenourgiakis |
| Bench | GK | 23 | L. Benetton |
| Bench | MF | 8 | G. Kanellópoulos |
| Bench | MF | 6 | Z. Karachalios |
| Bench | GK | 13 | P. Katsikas |
| Bench | DF | 43 | D. Nikolaou |
| Bench | FW | 30 | T. Romano |
Bayer Leverkusen
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 28 | J. Blaswich |
| Starter | DF | 17 | L. Vázquez |
| Starter | DF | 4 | J. Quansah |
| Starter | DF | 5 | L. Badé |
| Starter | DF | 2 | F. Medina |
| Starter | MF | 6 | E. Fernández |
| Starter | MF | 24 | Andrés García |
| Starter | MF | 7 | J. Hofmann |
| Starter | MF | 10 | M. Tillman |
| Starter | MF | 9 | Afonso Moreira |
| Starter | FW | 14 | P. Schick |
| Bench | FW | 23 | N. Tella |
| Bench | FW | 19 | M. Diaby |
| Bench | DF | 3 | Miguel Gutiérrez |
| Bench | MF | 30 | I. Maza |
| Bench | DF | 12 | E. Tapsoba |
Show unused substitutes (4)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 1 | M. Flekken |
| Bench | DF | 43 | B. Hawighorst |
| Bench | GK | 36 | N. Lomb |
| Bench | MF | 45 | L. Benetton |
Match events
| Time | Team | Event | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1H 15' | Bayer Leverkusen | 🟨 Yellow card | L. Benetton | |
| 1H 25' | Bayer Leverkusen | 🟨 Yellow card | Andrés García | |
| 1H 35' | Bayer Leverkusen | ⚽ Goal | J. Hofmann | 0-1 |
| 1H 38' | Bayer Leverkusen | ⚽ Goal | J. Hofmann | 0-2 |
| 2H 16' | OFI Crete | 🔄 Substitution | OUT K. Kodro → IN T. Fountas | |
| 2H 18' | Bayer Leverkusen | 🔄 Substitution | OUT F. Medina → IN Miguel Gutiérrez | |
| 2H 19' | Bayer Leverkusen | 🔄 Substitution | OUT J. Hofmann → IN I. Maza | |
| 2H 19' | Bayer Leverkusen | 🔄 Substitution | OUT P. Schick → IN N. Tella | |
| 2H 27' | OFI Crete | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Aitor Cantalapiedra → IN G. Theodosoulakis | |
| 2H 27' | OFI Crete | 🔄 Substitution | OUT A. Bouchalakis → IN G. Apostolakis | |
| 2H 29' | Bayer Leverkusen | 🔄 Substitution | OUT L. Vázquez → IN E. Tapsoba | |
| 2H 29' | Bayer Leverkusen | 🔄 Substitution | OUT M. Tillman → IN M. Diaby | |
| 2H 34' | Bayer Leverkusen | 🟨 Yellow card | J. Quansah | |
| 2H 38' | OFI Crete | 🔄 Substitution | OUT K. Kostoulas → IN Borja González | |
| 2H 38' | OFI Crete | 🔄 Substitution | OUT T. Nuss → IN Thanasis Sitmalidis | |
| 2H 41' | Bayer Leverkusen | 🟨 Yellow card | E. Fernández | |
| 2H 42' | OFI Crete | 🟨 Yellow card | Borja González |
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