Schick’s penalties drive Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-0 win

Bayer Leverkusen beat Lech Poznan 4-0 in the UEFA Europa League League Stage - 2, with Patrik Schick’s 2 goals setting the visitors on course for a comfortable victory. Leverkusen led 3-0 at half-time before Ibrahim Maza completed the scoring.

Schick strikes twice before the interval

Schick opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 29th minute, making it 0-1. Malik Tillman then scored a normal goal in the 32nd minute to extend Bayer Leverkusen’s lead to 0-2.

Schick converted another penalty in the 41st minute for 0-3. He was replaced by Martin Terrier in the 18th minute and returned to the match data as a 58-minute performer, earning an 8.5 rating with 2 shots on target and 2 key passes. Maza added a normal goal in the 88th minute, assisted by Afonso Moreira, to make it 0-4.

Leverkusen control the contest

The statistics supported a dominant away performance. Bayer Leverkusen had 61% possession, completed 534 accurate passes and recorded 22 total shots, compared with Lech Poznan’s 39%, 295 accurate passes and 10 shots. Their expected-goals figure was 5.22 against Lech’s 0.57, while Lech goalkeeper saves totalled 7.

Mateusz Skrzypczak, Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby received yellow cards in the 40th, 68th and 80th minutes respectively. Neither team received a red card.

Table position after the match

Bayer Leverkusen are ranked #2 with 6 points from 2 games, while Lech Poznan are ranked #36 with 0 points from 2 games. Leverkusen are 6 points ahead of Lech Poznan (6 v 0), matching league leader Juventus on points. The result extended Bayer’s pre-match run of Win, Win, while Lech arrived after Win, Win, Win, Draw, Loss, Loss.