Zürich 3-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2018

Result

Zürich 3-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2018, 16:55 UTC · half-time 1-0

Zürich · Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Europa League predictions

Zürich 3-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Zürich defeated Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 October 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Antonio Marchesano opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Zürich's goals came from Antonio Marchesano (44'), Toni Domgjoni (59') and Stephen Odey (78'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Karim Bellarabi (49') and Karim Bellarabi (53').

Discipline: Zürich received 2 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Zürich were 69th on 6 points from 2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 61st on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Zürich lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kai Havertz of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.1), ahead of Antonio Marchesano (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Zürich wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Pa Modou JagneZürich
  • 42'Yellow card · L. BaileyBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 44'Goal · Antonio MarchesanoZürich · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Karim BellarabiBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 53'Goal · Karim BellarabiBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-2
  • 59'Goal · Toni DomgjoniZürich · 2-2
  • 78'Goal · Stephen OdeyZürich · 3-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Roberto RodriguezZürich
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Lars BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Zürich 0, draws 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.

Team news

Zürich line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yanick Brecher, Kevin Rüegg, Umaru Bangura, Andreas Maxsø, Pa Modou Jagne, Toni Domgjoni, Hekuran Kryeziu, Adrian Winter, Antonio Marchesano, Benjamin Kololli, Stephen Odey

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lukas Hradecky, Lars Bender, Tin Jedvaj, Sven Bender, Wendell, Aleksandar Dragovic, Dominik Kohr, Karim Bellarabi, Kai Havertz, Leon Bailey, Isaac Kiese Thelin