Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 21 January 2025
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Champions League · Tuesday 21 January 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report
Atlético de Madrid won against Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 January 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.
Piero Hincapié opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Julián Alvarez (52') and Julián Alvarez (90'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Piero Hincapié (45+1').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 17th on 12 points from 6 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10th on 13 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 5-4-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Julián Alvarez of Atlético de Madrid (8.8), ahead of Ángel Correa (7.7).
Key events
- 23'Red card · Pablo Barrios
- 44'Yellow card · Florian Wirtz
- 45+1'Goal · Piero Hincapié
- 45+2'Yellow card · José María Giménez
- 45+2'Yellow card · Nathan Tella
- 45+4'Yellow card · Piero Hincapié
- 52'Goal · Julián Alvarez
- 66'Yellow card · Giuliano Simeone
- 76'Second yellow · Piero Hincapié
- 90'Goal · Julián Alvarez
Head-to-head
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Atlético de Madrid line-up (5-4-1)
Jan Oblak, Giuliano Simeone, Nahuel Molina, José María Giménez, Clément Lenglet, Javi Galán, Marcos Llorente, Rodrigo De Paul, Pablo Barrios, Antoine Griezmann, Julián Alvarez
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matej Kovar, Nordi Mukiele, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba, Piero Hincapié, Granit Xhaka, Exequiel Palacios, Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz, Alejandro Grimaldo, Nathan Tella