Bayer 04 Leverkusen prevails over Celtic after recovering from a 1-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen found a way to reverse the scoreline against Celtic.

November 26, 2021

LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen was able to turn the tables against Celtic. Bayer 04 Leverkusen took advantage of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Sidiropoulos with the support of Polychronis Kostaras and Chrysoula Kourompylia. The 4th official was Aristotelis Diamantopoulos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.7 degrees Celsius or 40.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.

Match Statistics

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3 - 2

Celtic

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

16 Total 5
7 On Target 3
9 Off Target 2
1 Shots blocked 2

133 Attack 96
55 Dangerous attack 40
75 Ball safe 86

0 Penalties 1
11 Corners 3
2 Off Sides 3

Fouls

10 Total 7
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a superior ball possession 58% while Celtic was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bayer 04 Leverkusen was was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the match.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Celtic shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards (L. Hradecky and E. Palacios). On the opposite side, Celtic received 1 yellow card (C. Carter-Vickers).

Match Timeline

Robert Andrich(goal)F. Wirtz

16'

Exequiel Palacios- Yellow

33'

Lukas Hradecky - Yellow

39'

Kyogo Furuhashi(var)

40'

56'

69'

Cameron Carter-Vickers- Yellow

72'

75'

76'

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have 13 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Celtic will stay with 6 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Europa League, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will play away against Ferencváros on the 9th of December with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (0 draws).

Celtic will host Real Betis on the 9th of December with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Real Betis (0 draws).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Lukas Hradecky 1.Finland

6.2

39'

Jonathan Tah 4.Germany

7.1

Jeremie Frimpong 30.Netherlands

5.8

Odilon Kossounou 6.Ivory Coast

6.7

Piero Hincapié 33.Ecuador

6.8

75'

Robert Andrich 8.Germany

8.7

16', 82'

Exequiel Palacios 25.Argentina

8.0

33'

Moussa Diaby 19.France

7.1

87'

Paulinho 7.Brazil

6.7

75'

Amine Adli 31.France

5.5

Florian Wirtz 27.Germany

8.7

89'

Substitutes

Andrey Lunev 40.Russia

Rene Gilmartin 36.Germany

Daley Sinkgraven 22.Netherlands

7.0

75'

Edmond Tapsoba 12.Burkina Faso

6.8

89'

Panagiotis Retsos 3.Greece

Nadiem Amiri 11.Germany

7.6

75'

Emrehan Gedikli 37.Germany

Bayer 04 Leverkusen started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Gerardo Seoane decided to play with the following team: Lukáš Hrádecký (6.2), Jeremie Frimpong (5.8), Odilon Kossounou (6.7), Jonathan Tah (7.1), Piero Hincapie (6.8), Moussa Diaby (7.1), Robert Andrich (8.7), Exequiel Palacios (8.0), Paulinho (6.7), Amine Adli (5.5) and Florian Wirtz (8.7).

The home team had on the bench: Daley Sinkgraven (7.0), Emrehan Gedikli, Andrey Lunev, Nadiem Amiri (7.6), Niklas Lomb, Edmond Tapsoba (6.8) and Panagiotis Retsos.

Substitutions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 3 changes: Paulinho for N. Amiri (75′), P. Hincapie for D. Sinkgraven (75′) and F. Wirtz for E. Tapsoba (89′).

Best player: Robert Andrich

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Robert Andrich.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 70 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10.

Celtic – Formation

Celtic

Joe Hart 15.England

6.7

Cameron Carter-Vickers 20.United States

6.3

69'

Josip Juranovic 88.Croatia

6.5

40'

A. Ralston 56.Scotland

6.3

Stephen Welsh 57.Scotland

7.2

N. Bitton 6.Israel

7.6

76'

James Forrest 49.Scotland

6.4

72'

Callum McGregor 42.Scotland

6.2

D. Turnbull 14.Scotland

6.3

Jota 17.Portugal

7.0

72'

56'

Kyogo Furuhashi 8.Japan

7.2

76'

Substitutes

Toby Oluwayemi 71.England

Scott Bain 29.Scotland

Liam Scales 5.Republic of Ireland

Osaze Urhoghide 26.England

Adam Montgomery 54.Scotland

I. Soro 12.Ivory Coast

D. Murray 47.Scotland

Liam Shaw 30.England

James McCarthy 16.Republic of Ireland

6.3

76'

Mikey Johnston 19.Scotland

6.1

72'

Liel Abada 11.Israel

6.1

72'

Albian Ajeti 10.Switzerland

6.8

76'

Celtic started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Angelos Postecoglou played with: Joe Hart (6.7), Anthony Ralston (6.3), Cameron Carter-Vickers (6.3), Stephen Welsh (7.2), Josip Juranović (6.5), Nir Bitton (7.6), James Forrest (6.4), David Turnbull (6.3), Callum McGregor (6.2), Jota (7.0) and Kyogo Furuhashi (7.2).

They had on the bench: Ismaila Soro, Tobi Oluwayemi, Liam Scales, Scott Bain, Dane Murray, Liel Abada (6.1), Liam Shaw, Osaze Urhoghide, Albian Ajeti (6.8), James McCarthy (6.3), Adam Montgomery and Michael Johnston (6.1).

Substitutions

Celtic made 4 changes: Jota for M. Johnston (72′), J. Forrest for L. Abada (72′), N. Bitton for J. McCarthy (76′) and K. Furuhashi for A. Ajeti (76′).