Bayer Leverkusen crush Lech Poznan 4-0 in the Europa League

Bayer Leverkusen secured a big win over hosts Lech Poznan by 4-0 in the match played as part of the second round of the league phase in the Europa League, which kicked off at 19:45 Damascus time.

Patrik Schick opened the scoring for Bayer Leverkusen from a penalty kick in the 29th minute, before Malik Leon Tillman added the second goal in the 32nd minute. Schick then returned to score his second personal goal and his side's third from another penalty in the 41st minute, settling the first-half result. In the 88th minute, Ibrahim Maza added the fourth goal to cap off Leverkusen's crushing win away from home.

Patrik Schick was named man of the match after scoring two goals in 58 minutes played on the pitch, with a rating of 8.5.

Bayer Leverkusen dominated the course of the match, with possession of 61 percent compared to 39 percent for their hosts, and recorded 22 attempts compared to 10 for Lech Poznan, including 10 shots on target compared to just 3 for the Polish side. The expected goals value reached 5.4 in favour of Leverkusen compared to 0.54 for Lech Poznan.

In terms of discipline, the match saw no red cards, while Lech Poznan received one yellow card compared to two yellow cards for Bayer Leverkusen. The match was officiated by referee Milos Milanovic.

With this result, Bayer Leverkusen raised their tally to 3 points from one win in one match, occupying eighth place in the competition's overall standings, having scored two goals and conceded none so far. In contrast, Lech Poznan remained without points after their only loss in their first match, occupying thirty-fifth place after conceding 4 goals and failing to score any goal.