UEFA Champions League 25/26, Round of 16 · 17 Mar 2026

Arsenal 2–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Feb 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Arsenal favourites at 72%.

Arsenal won and made the better chances: 1.7 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Montrell Culbreath, 100.0 in 30′.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Bukayo Saka Forward	90	0	0	0.31	67.5
Declan Rice Midfielder	90	1	0	0.11	66.1
Eberechi Eze Midfielder	69	1	0	0.30	63.1
David Raya Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	54.3
Piero Hincapié Defender	90	0	0	–	53.3
Gabriel Magalhães Defender	90	0	0	0.26	50.7
Leandro Trossard Forward	69	0	1	0.35	50.4
William Saliba Defender	90	0	0	–	46.5
Martín Zubimendi Midfielder	68	0	0	–	45.8
Kai Havertz Forward	21	0	0	–	45.6
Viktor Gyökeres Forward	89	0	0	0.11	44.9
Gabriel Martinelli Forward	21	0	0	–	43.3
Ben White Defender	69	0	0	0.29	43.0
Cristhian Mosquera Defender	21	0	0	–	42.9
Christian Nørgaard Midfielder	22	0	0	0.02	41.5
Myles Lewis-Skelly Defender	1	0	0	–	0.9

Player	Min	xG	Score
Montrell Culbreath Midfielder	30	–	100.0
Alejandro Grimaldo Midfielder	90	–	81.9
Aleix García Midfielder	90	–	76.7
Edmond Tapsoba Defender	90	0.01	71.1
Janis Blaswich Goalkeeper	90	–	64.6
Christian Kofane Forward	90	0.32	57.1
Exequiel Palacios Midfielder	70	0.03	55.7
Ibrahim Maza Forward	90	0.09	55.0
Ernest Poku Forward	60	–	51.7
Malik Tillman Midfielder	30	–	51.7
Jarell Quansah Defender	90	0.04	51.0
Ezequiel Fernández Midfielder	12	–	44.8
Patrik Schick Forward	20	–	43.8
Martin Terrier Forward	60	–	42.2
Robert Andrich Defender	83	0.02	41.8