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UEFA Europa LeagueMatchday 3OFI vs Bayer Leverkusen 0-2
- Jonas Hofmann35'
- Jonas Hofmann37'
- Kick-off
- Thu, 22 Oct 2026 · 16:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
- Referee
- Oleksiy Derevinskiy
Match timeline
- 87’Yellow card
OFIBorja González - 86’Yellow card
Bayer LeverkusenEqui Fernández - 83’SubstitutionOFIBorja González ONKonstantinos Kostoulas OFF
- 83’SubstitutionOFIThanasis Sitmalidis ONThiago Nuss OFF
- 79’Yellow cardBayer LeverkusenJarell Quansah
- 74’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenEdmond Tapsoba ONLucas Vázquez OFF
- 74’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenMoussa Diaby ONMalik Tillman OFF
- 72’SubstitutionOFIGiannis Theodosoulakis ONAitor Cantalapiedra OFF
Show 9 earlier events
- 72’SubstitutionOFIGiannis Apostolakis ONAndreas Bouchalakis OFF
- 64’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenIbrahim Maza ONJonas Hofmann OFF
- 64’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenNathan Tella ONPatrik Schick OFF
- 63’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenMiguel Gutiérrez ONFacundo Medina OFF
- 61’SubstitutionOFITaxiarchis Fountas ONKenan Kodro OFF
- 37’Goal!Bayer LeverkusenJonas HofmannAssist: Malik Tillman0 – 2
- 35’Goal!Bayer LeverkusenJonas Hofmann0 – 1
- 25’Yellow cardBayer LeverkusenAleix García
- 15’Yellow cardBayer LeverkusenCarles Martínez Novell
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
OFIBayer Leverkusen- 37%Possession63%
- 6Shots33
- 0.27xG3.11
- 2Shots on Target15
- 5Corners10
- 5Fouls21
- 0Offsides1
- 12Saves2
- 393Passes679
- 1Yellow Cards3
Lineups
Confirmed selections
OFI3 - 4 - 3
- 1Lilo
- 5Kostoulas
- 15Poungouras
- 2Krizmanić
- 24Dickmann
- 14Androutsos
- 41Bouchalakis
- 3Athanasiou
- 10Cantalapiedra
- 19Kodro
- 18Nuss
Substitutions
- 61’↑11 T. Fountas↓19 K. Kodro
- 72’↑46 G. Theodosoulakis↓10 Aitor Cantalapiedra
- 72’↑21 G. Apostolakis↓41 A. Bouchalakis
- 83’↑17 Borja González↓5 K. Kostoulas
- 83’↑71 Thanasis Sitmalidis↓18 T. Nuss
Unused substitutes 90 Pavlos Kenourgiakis, 23 Manuel Kalafatis, 8 G. Kanellópoulos, 6 Z. Karachalios, 13 P. Katsikas, 43 D. Nikolaou, 30 T. Romano
Coach C. Kontis
Bayer Leverkusen4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Substitutions
- 63’↑3 Miguel Gutiérrez↓2 F. Medina
- 64’↑30 I. Maza↓7 J. Hofmann
- 64’↑23 N. Tella↓14 P. Schick
- 74’↑12 E. Tapsoba↓17 Lucas Vázquez
- 74’↑19 M. Diaby↓10 M. Tillman
Unused substitutes 1 M. Flekken, 43 B. Hawighorst, 36 N. Lomb, 45 Gabriel Minutillo
Coach Carles Martínez
Match facts
- Competition
- UEFA Europa League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Date
- Thu, 22 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 16:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
- Referee
- Oleksiy Derevinskiy
- OFI coach
- C. Kontis
- Bayer Leverkusen coach
- Carles Martínez
League table
UEFA Europa League
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 12 |
| 2 |  Bournemouth | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 12 |
| 3 |  Ferencvarosi TC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 12 |
| 4 |  Union St. Gilloise | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +8 | 10 |
| 5 |  Juventus | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +7 | 10 |
| 7 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
| 16 |  OFI | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
Match related news
Player ratings
- 1
K. Lilo8.1 - 2
A. Bouchalakis6.8 - 3
K. Kodro6.7 - 4
K. Krizmanić6.6 - 5
A. Poungouras6.5 - 6
T. Androutsos6.5 - 7
G. Theodosoulakis6.4 - 8
T. Fountas6.4 - 9
Thanasis Sitmalidis6.3 - 10
L. Dickmann6.2 - 11
Aitor Cantalapiedra6.2 - 12
G. Apostolakis6.1 - 13
N. Athanasiou6.1 - 14
T. Nuss6.0 - 15
K. Kostoulas5.9 - 16
Borja González5.7 - 17
T. Romano0.0 - 18
D. Nikolaou0.0 - 19
P. Katsikas0.0 - 20
Z. Karachalios0.0 - 21
G. Kanellópoulos0.0 - 22Manuel Kalafatis0.0
- 23
Pavlos Kenourgiakis0.0
- 1
J. Hofmann9.6 - 2
M. Tillman7.9 - 3
Lucas Vázquez7.7 - 4
F. Medina7.7 - 5
I. Maza7.6 - 6
L. Badé7.4 - 7
Miguel Gutiérrez7.4 - 8
E. Fernández7.2 - 9
Aleix García7.2 - 10
J. Blaswich7.1 - 11
J. Quansah7.1 - 12
E. Tapsoba7.0 - 13
N. Tella6.6 - 14
P. Schick6.6 - 15
Afonso Moreira6.5 - 16
M. Diaby6.5 - 17
M. Flekken0.0 - 18
B. Hawighorst0.0 - 19
N. Lomb0.0 - 20Gabriel Minutillo0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
J. Hofmann
Bayer Leverkusen
- 2
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
Rated 9.6, the best on the pitch — 2 goals in 64 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
OFI- W-D-L
- 1-1-3
- Scored / match
- 1.6
- Conceded / match
- 2.2
Bayer Leverkusen- W-D-L
- 5-0-0
- Scored / match
- 2.8
- Conceded / match
- 0.8
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How the fans called it
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- Bayer LeverkusenResult0%
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What happened
Match report
Bayer Leverkusen won 2-0 at OFI in the UEFA Europa League after Jonas Hofmann scored twice in the first half. His goals in the 35th and 37th minutes settled the match before the interval.
Hofmann opened the scoring in the 35th minute, then made it 2-0 two minutes later from Malik Tillman's assist. That was the half-time score.
OFI made a change on 61 minutes and Bayer Leverkusen answered with two substitutions on 63 and 64 minutes, including Hofmann going off after his second of the match. The visitors made another two changes on 74 minutes, while OFI used two more on 72 minutes and two again on 83 minutes. There were no more goals.
The numbers backed up the result. Bayer Leverkusen had 63% of the possession, 679 passes to OFI's 393, 33 shots to 6, 15 on target to 2 and 3.11 expected goals to 0.27. OFI managed 5 corners to Bayer Leverkusen's 10, had 12 saves to the visitors' 2, and both sides were limited to 1 offside for Bayer Leverkusen and none for OFI.
Bayer Leverkusen were booked three times, with Carles Martínez Novell on 15 minutes, Aleix García on 25 minutes and Jarell Quansah on 79 minutes. Equi Fernández was also booked on 86 minutes, while OFI's only yellow card went to Borja González on 87 minutes.
Match record
- Competition
- UEFA Europa League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
- Referee
- Oleksiy Derevinskiy
- Match ID
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17 events
- 15’Yellow cardBayer LeverkusenCarles Martínez Novell
- 25’Yellow cardBayer LeverkusenAleix García
- 35’Goal!Bayer LeverkusenJonas Hofmann0 – 1
- 37’Goal!Bayer LeverkusenJonas HofmannAssist: Malik Tillman0 – 2
- 61’SubstitutionOFITaxiarchis Fountas ONKenan Kodro OFF
- 63’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenMiguel Gutiérrez ONFacundo Medina OFF
- 64’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenIbrahim Maza ONJonas Hofmann OFF
- 64’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenNathan Tella ONPatrik Schick OFF
- 72’SubstitutionOFIGiannis Theodosoulakis ONAitor Cantalapiedra OFF
- 72’SubstitutionOFIGiannis Apostolakis ONAndreas Bouchalakis OFF
- 74’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenEdmond Tapsoba ONLucas Vázquez OFF
- 74’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenMoussa Diaby ONMalik Tillman OFF
- 79’Yellow cardBayer LeverkusenJarell Quansah
- 83’SubstitutionOFIBorja González ONKonstantinos Kostoulas OFF
- 83’SubstitutionOFIThanasis Sitmalidis ONThiago Nuss OFF
- 86’Yellow cardBayer LeverkusenEqui Fernández
- 87’Yellow cardOFIBorja González