UEFA Europa League

FK Qarabag vs Bayer Leverkusen, 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
FK Qarabag
    FT
    0 - 1
    Bayer Leverkusen
    • 90'+4': Victor Boniface (P)

    About

    FK Qarabag are hosting Bayer Leverkusen at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 5': Foul by Yassine Benzia (Qarabag).
    • 5': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Victor Boniface.
    • 8': Foul by Abdellah Zoubir (Qarabag).
    • 8': Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Leandro Andrade.
    • 14': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Marko Vesovic.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdellah Zoubir.
    • 17': Corner, Qarabag. Conceded by Piero Hincapié.
    • 17': Corner, Qarabag. Conceded by Piero Hincapié.
    • 20': Hand ball by Yassine Benzia (Qarabag).
    • 22': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Júlio Romão.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
    • 23': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 23': Juninho (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Foul by Kevin Medina (Qarabag).
    • 25': Kevin Medina (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Amine Adli following a set piece situation.
    • 28': Corner, Qarabag. Conceded by Nathan Tella.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Leandro Andrade (Qarabag) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yassine Benzia.
    • 29': Foul by Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 29': Marko Vesovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Marko Vesovic (Qarabag).
    • 35': Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 35': Marko Vesovic (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leandro Andrade.
    • 38': Attempt saved. Juninho (Qarabag) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
    • 40': Foul by Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 40': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 40': Delay in match because of an injury Elvin Cafarquliyev (Qarabag).
    • 41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 42': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz tries a through ball, but Nathan Tella is caught offside.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Juninho (Qarabag) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Abdellah Zoubir with a headed pass.
    • 44': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 44': Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Abdellah Zoubir (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Qarabag 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Qarabag 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.
    • 46': Delay in match because of an injury Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 47': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 50': Foul by Abdellah Zoubir (Qarabag).
    • 50': Josip Stanisic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 52': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 52': Juninho (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Corner, Qarabag. Conceded by Granit Xhaka.
    • 55': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz tries a through ball, but Victor Boniface is caught offside.
    • 58': Foul by Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 58': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong replaces Nathan Tella.
    • 61': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Amine Adli.
    • 62': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 62': Juninho (Qarabag) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 64': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 64': Juninho (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Elvin Cafarquliyev (Qarabag) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marko Vesovic with a cross.
    • 66': Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann.
    • 67': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 67': Júlio Romão (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 69': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
    • 69': Júlio Romão (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card.
    • 70': Foul by Júlio Romão (Qarabag).
    • 70': Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 75': Attempt blocked. Leandro Andrade (Qarabag) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yassine Benzia.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Juninho (Qarabag) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 75': Andrey Lunev (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Foul by Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 77': Delay in match because of an injury Andrey Lunev (Qarabag).
    • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Elvin Cafarquliyev with a cross.
    • 80': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Elvin Cafarquliyev.
    • 81': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Elvin Cafarquliyev.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann with a cross following a corner.
    • 81': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Marko Jankovic.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
    • 83': Substitution, Qarabag. Patrick Andrade replaces Leandro Andrade.
    • 83': Substitution, Qarabag. Maksim Medvedev replaces Marko Vesovic because of an injury.
    • 83': Substitution, Qarabag. Toral Bayramov replaces Yassine Benzia.
    • 84': Delay in match because of an injury Andrey Lunev (Qarabag).
    • 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 85': Substitution, Qarabag. Luka Gugeshashvili replaces Andrey Lunev because of an injury.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 88': Abdellah Zoubir (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 89': Substitution, Qarabag. Badavi Hüseynov replaces Elvin Cafarquliyev.
    • 90': Attempt blocked. Juninho (Qarabag) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Toral Bayramov.
    • 90'+1': Penalty conceded by Maksim Medvedev (Qarabag) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
    • 90'+2': VAR Decision: Penalty Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
    • 90'+3': Luka Gugeshashvili (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+4': Goal! Qarabag 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Juninho (Qarabag).
    • 90'+5': Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+7': Toral Bayramov (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+7': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Florian Wirtz.
    • 90'+8': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich tries a through ball, but Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
    • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Qarabag 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Qarabag 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 9
    2 Yellow Cards 5
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 0
    5 Corner Kicks 4
    2 Saves 2
    61.7 Possession 38.3
    11 SHOTS 11
    3 ON GOAL 2
    0.3 On Target % 0.2
    1 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    446 Accurate Passes 251
    518 Passes 319
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 3
    12 Crosses 11
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    35 Long Balls 49
    18 Accurate Long Balls 18
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    0 Blocked Shots 5
    5 Effective Tackles 13
    9 Tackles 17
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    3 Interceptions 11
    11 Effective Clearances 13
    11 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
    Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
    Attendance: 30,055

    Line-Ups

    QAR FK Qarabag (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    99 Andrey Lunev (GK)
    81 Kevin Medina Yellow Card
    13 Bahlul Mustafazada
    6 Julio Rodrigues Romao Yellow Card
    44 Elvin Cafarquliyev
    29 Marko Vesovic Yellow Card
    8 Marko Jankovic
    7 Yassine Benzia
    10 Abdellah Zoubir
    15 Leandro Andrade
    18 Juninho
    FK Qarabag Substitutes:
    Patrick Andrade, Nariman Akhundzade, Amin Ramazanov, Luka Gugeshashvili, Abbas Huseynov, Redon Xhixha, Hamidou Keyta, Badavi Hüseynov, Maksim Medvedev, Tural Bayramov, Richard Almeida, Rahil Mammadov.

    B04 Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    17 Matej Kovar (GK)
    4 Jonathan Tah
    3 Piero Hincapié
    2 Josip Stanisic
    8 Robert Andrich
    34 Granit Xhaka Yellow Card
    20 Alejandro Grimaldo
    19 Nathan Tella
    22 Victor Boniface
    21 Amine Adli
    10 Florian Wirtz Yellow Card
    Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes:
    Gustavo Puerta, Noah Mbamba, Ayman Aourir, Adam Hlozek, Lukas Hradecky, Jeremie Frimpong, Odilon Kossounou, Niklas Lomb, Jonas Hofmann.

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