Arsenal 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 17 March 2026

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Champions League · Tuesday 17 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Arsenal beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 17 March 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Eberechi Eze opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Eberechi Eze (36') and Declan Rice (63'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 25 points from 9 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 17th on 17 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Janis Blaswich of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.6), ahead of Declan Rice (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 2 draws and 0 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Eberechi EzeArsenal · 1-0
  • 46'Yellow card · Exequiel PalaciosBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 63'Goal · Declan RiceArsenal · 2-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.

Team news

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Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Piero Hincapié, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, Leandro Trossard, Viktor Gyökeres

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Janis Blaswich, Jarell Quansah, Robert Andrich, Edmond Tapsoba, Ernest Poku, Exequiel Palacios, Aleix García, Alejandro Grimaldo, Martin Terrier, Ibrahim Maza, Christian Kofane