Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 Sporting CP: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 25 February 2016

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 Sporting CP

Europa League · Thursday 25 February 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 Sporting CP: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won against Sporting CP 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 February 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Karim Bellarabi opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Karim Bellarabi (29'), Karim Bellarabi (65') and Hakan Calhanoglu (87'). Sporting CP scored through João Mário (38').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting CP in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakan Çalhanoğlu of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.0), ahead of Jonathan Tah (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen win, 2 draws and 0 for Sporting CP.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Karim BellarabiBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · William CarvalhoSporting CP
  • 38'Goal · João MárioSporting CP · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · Karim BellarabiBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · A. MehmediBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 87'Goal · Hakan CalhanogluBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · André RamalhoBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, draws 2, Sporting CP 0.

Team news

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-4-2)

Bernd Leno, Jonathan Tah, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Tin Jedvaj, Wendell, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Julian Brandt, Christoph Kramer, Karim Bellarabi, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Stefan Kießling

Sporting CP line-up (4-4-2)

Rui Patrício, Jefferson, Ewerton, João Pereira, Naldo, Alberto Aquilani, Bruno César, William Carvalho, João Mário, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Carlos Mané