Club Brugge vs Leverkusen 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

Club Brugge

42': Abakar Sylla

FT
1 - 0

Bayer Leverkusen

Teenager Sylla earns Club Brugge winning start in Group B

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Teenager Abakar Sylla scored the only goal just before halftime as hosts Club Brugge beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
42': Goal! Club Brugge 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Abakar Sylla (Club Brugge) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andreas Skov Olsen with a cross following a corner.
45': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Charles Aránguiz.
59': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
64': Substitution, Club Brugge. Roman Yaremchuk replaces Ferran Jutglà.
67': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Kerem Demirbay replaces Robert Andrich.
67': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Mitchel Bakker.
68': Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78': Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Substitution, Club Brugge. Éder Balanta replaces Raphael Onyedika.
83': Substitution, Club Brugge. Cisse Sandra replaces Andreas Skov Olsen.
86': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
86': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Sardar Azmoun replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
89': Substitution, Club Brugge. Eduard Sobol replaces Kamal Sowah.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Jan Breydelstadion
Location: Brugge, Belgium
Attendance: 21,235

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+12	Arsenal	6	13	1
-2	PSV Eindhoven	6	9	1
-5	Lens	6	8	2
-5	Sevilla	6	2	4

Full Table

Statistics

B04		BRU
11	Fouls	4
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
7	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	6
2	Saves	3
52.2	Possession	47.8
14	SHOTS	9
3	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
433	Accurate Passes	396
523	Passes	483
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	4
20	Crosses	17
0.2	Cross %	0.2
45	Long Balls	65
19	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	4
17	Effective Tackles	7
20	Tackles	10
0.9	Tackle %	0.7
8	Interceptions	10
9	Effective Clearances	16
9	Clearances	16

Line-Ups

Club Brugge (4-3-3)

No.	Name
22	Simon Mignolet (GK)
94	Abakar Sylla
44	Brandon Mechele
14	Bjorn Meijer
6	Denis Odoi
15	Raphael Onyedika
20	Hans Vanaken
27	Casper Nielsen
9	Ferran Jutglà
19	Kamal Sowah
7	Andreas Skov Olsen

Substitutes:

Roman Yaremchuk, Cyle Larin, Lynnt Audoor, Antonio Nusa, Senne Lammens, Dedryck Boyata, Cisse Sandra, Éder Balanta, Eduard Sobol.

Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
3	Piero Hincapié
4	Jonathan Tah
5	Mitchel Bakker
6	Odilon Kossounou
19	Moussa Diaby
8	Robert Andrich
20	Charles Aránguiz
14	Patrik Schick
17	Callum Hudson-Odoi
30	Jeremie Frimpong

Substitutes:

Edmond Tapsoba, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Sardar Azmoun, Paulinho, Nadiem Amiri, Maximilian Neutgens, Niklas Lomb, Kerem Demirbay, Adam Hlozek, Exequiel Palacios.