Bayer Leverkusen — Celje 2:0, 16 September: match result

match finished UEFA Europa League · Matchday 1 Wednesday 16 September · 19:00 UTC

Bayer Leverkusen 3th · 3 pts WW

2 : 0 1st half 1:0

Celje 35th · 0 pts LL

BayArena · referee J. Vergoote

Match predictionBold

Celje +1.5

85%

Prediction missed. We predicted “Celje +1.5”, and the match finished 2:0.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen 44% draw 26% Celje 30%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Bayer Leverkusen win, and the match finished 2:0. Fans backed Bayer Leverkusen win — they got it right.

fans 36 votes

Bayer Leverkusen 50% draw 19% Celje 31%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

S. Seslar own goal 1-0 15'

J. Quansah for Lucas 60'

M. Ivansek for Y. Dukuly 61'

E. Fernandez for M. Tillman 61'

A. Moreira for M. Terrier 61'

B. Kramer for A. Kucys 61'

V. Tusha for B. Verbic 69'

C. Kofane for P. Schick 71'

F. Medina assist: A. Garcia 2-0 74'

P. Daniel for L. Ticic 80'

E. Ben Seghir for M. Diaby 80'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Bayer Leverkusen 4-2-3-1 · Carles Martinez 4-2-3-1 · Vitor Campelos Celje

Mark Flekken  
Lucas Vázquez  5 Loïc Badé  12 Edmond Tapsoba  2 Facundo Medina  
Robert Andrich  24 Aleix García  
Martin Terrier  10 Malik Tillman  19 Moussa Diaby  
Patrik Schick  

Armandas Kučys  
Yaya Dukuly  10 Svit Sešlar  7 Benjamin Verbič  
Luka Tičić  19 Mark Zabukovnik  
Pijus Širvys  44 Łukasz Bejger  6 Artemijus Tutyškinas  11 Milot Avdyli  
Žan-Luk Leban  

Bayer Leverkusen bench

9Afonso Moreira
35Christian Kofane
29Eliesse Ben Seghir
6Ezequiel Fernández
28Janis Blaswich
4Jarell Quansah
3Miguel Gutiérrez
36Niklas Lomb

Celje bench

20Alpha Diounkou
9Blaž Kramer
4Darko Hrka
31Dejan Suhovrsnik
33Leonardo Koutris
12Luka Kolar
8Mario Kvesić
77Matic Ivanšek
13Papa Daniel
25Veton Tusha
23Žiga Frelih

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

56%Possession44%

17Shots5

8Shots on target3

5Shots off target1

4Blocked shots1

11Shots inside box4

6Shots outside box1

134Attacks67

63Dangerous attacks29

6Corners2

2Offsides1

16Fouls10

3Saves7

619Passes500

546Accurate passes441

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Bayer Leverkusen

CeljeThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Bayer Leverkusen and Celje met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Europa League on 16 September at BayArena. Final score — 2:0.

Bayer Leverkusen sit 3th on 3 points after 2 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses), won 2 matches in a row. Celje sit 35th on 0 points after 2 matches (0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Bayer Leverkusen last five Celje

WW form LL

2 Matches 2

2 — 0 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 0 — 2

6 — 0 Scored — conceded 0 — 5

3 Points per game 0

3 Goals scored per game 0

2 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 2

unbeaten in 2 Current streak winless in 2

Bayer Leverkusen at home: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 2—0, 3 points per match.

Celje away: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 0—2, 0 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Juventus FC	2	2	0	0	7—1	6
2	Bayer Leverkusen	2	2	0	0	6—0	6
3	Benfica	2	2	0	0	6—1	6
…
34	Ararat-Armenia	2	0	0	2	2—7	0
35	Celje	2	0	0	2	0—5	0
36	Lech Poznań	2	0	0	2	0—8	0

Full UEFA Europa League table