MADRID. Atlético Madrid managed to find the solution against Bayer 04 Leverkusen to win 2-1. J. Álvarez was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Bayer 04 Leverkusen to strike first with a goal of Piero Hincapié at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 52′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Julián Álvarez gave the win to Atlético Madrid in the 90′ minute scoring a double. Bayer 04 Leverkusen was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (70%).
Atlético Madrid remained in players after Pablo Barrios received a red card in the 25′. Notwithstanding, Atlético Madrid still was able to win this match competing only in 10.
The match was played at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Tuesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa assisted by Ciro Carbone and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Michael Fabbri. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.42 degrees Celsius or 47.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 5 Total 13
- 2 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 63 Attack 125
- 43 Dangerous attack 84
- 48 Ball safe 56
- 14 Free Kicks 7
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
Fouls
- 7 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 1 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Bayer 04 Leverkusen was in firm control of the ball 70% while Atlético Madrid was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bayer 04 Leverkusen was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Atlético Madrid managed to find the solution to win this match.
Atlético Madrid shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Atlético Madrid received 2 yellow cards (Giuliano Simeone and José María Giménez). Regarding the opposition, Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards (Florian Wirtz, Piero Hincapié and Nathan Tella).
(Atlético Madrid) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (25′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Atlético Madrid has 15 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Bayer 04 Leverkusen stays with 13 points like Arsenal, Inter, Aston Villa, Brest, Monaco, LOSC Lille and Club Brugge to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Champions League, Atlético Madrid will play away with Salzburg on the 29th of January with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Atlético Madrid (0 draws).
Bayer 04 Leverkusen will host Sparta Praha on the 29th of January with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (0 draws).
Atlético Madrid – Formation

Atlético Madrid started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Diego Pablo Simeone decided to play with the following team: Jan Oblak
, Giuliano Simeone , Nahuel Molina Lucero , José María Giménez de Vargas , Clément Lenglet , Javier Galán Gil , Marcos Llorente Moreno , Rodrigo Javier de Paul , Pablo Barrios Rivas , Antoine Griezmann and Julián Álvarez .The home team had on the bench: Antonio Gomís, Conor Gallagher, Robin Aime Robert Le Normand
, Juan Agustín Musso, César Azpilicueta Tanco, Jorge Resurrección Merodio, Ángel Martín Correa , Thomas Lemar, Samuel Dias Lino , Rodrigo Riquelme Reche, Axel Witsel, Reinildo Isnard Mandava and Antonio Gomis Alemán.Substitutions
Atlético Madrid made 4 changes: Javi Galán for Reinildo Isnard Mandava (46′), Julián Álvarez for Robin Le Normand (90′), Giuliano Simeone for Samuel Lino (87′) and Antoine Griezmann for Ángel Correa (87′).
Player of the match: Julián Álvarez
The most impressive player for Atlético Madrid was Julián Álvarez.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 17 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

Bayer 04 Leverkusen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Xabier Alonso Olano played with: Matěj Kovář
, Nordi Mukiele Mulere , Jonathan Tah , Edmond Fayçal Tapsoba , Piero Martín Hincapié Reyna , Granit Xhaka , Exequiel Alejandro Palacios , Jeremie Frimpong , Florian Wirtz , Alejandro Grimaldo García and Nathan Tella .The following players were sitting on the bench: Kerim Alajbegovic, Lukáš Hradecký, Patrik Schick
, Aleix García Serrano , Jonas Hofmann , Robert Andrich, Arthur Augusto de Matos Soares , Victor Okoh Boniface, Ben Hawighorst, Artem Stepanov, Niklas Lomb and Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka.Substitutions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 4 changes: Nordi Mukiele for Patrik Schick (46′), Nathan Tella for Jonas Hofmann (68′), Jeremie Frimpong for Arthur (82′) and Florian Wirtz for Aleix García (89′).
Player of the match: Alejandro Grimaldo García
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Alejandro Grimaldo García.
His rating is
with 74 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 9 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- Atalanta – Sturm Graz – 5-0
- Monaco – Aston Villa – 1-0
- Atlético Madrid – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 2-1
- Benfica – FC Barcelona – 4-5
- Bologna – Borussia Dortmund – 2-1
- Club Brugge – Juventus – 1-0
- Crvena Zvezda – PSV – 2-3
- Liverpool – LOSC Lille – 2-1
- Slovan Bratislava – VfB Stuttgart – 1-3