Season so far

UEFA Champions League

Key, Leverkusen v Sparta Prague
League position, Bayer Leverkusen 8th, Sparta Prague 29thTotal points, Bayer Leverkusen 13, Sparta Prague 4

Goals scored

Bayer Leverkusen 13Sparta Prague 7

Form guide

All competitions

Bayer Leverkusen lose
v Atlético Madrid
2
1
UEFA Champions League
Sparta Prague lose
v Inter Milan
0
1
UEFA Champions League
Bayer Leverkusen won
v Borussia M'gladbach
3
1
Bundesliga
Sparta Prague won
v Bodø / Glimt
3
0
Club Friendlies
Bayer Leverkusen won
v Mainz 05
1
0
Bundesliga
Sparta Prague won
v Malmö FF
3
1
Club Friendlies
Bayer Leverkusen won
v Borussia Dortmund
2
3
Bundesliga
Sparta Prague won
v Jablonec
2
1
Czech Liga
Bayer Leverkusen won
v Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2
0
Club Friendlies
Sparta Prague lose
v Feyenoord
4
2
UEFA Champions League

Previous meetings

All competitions

Bayer Leverkusen and Sparta Prague
Played
1
Bayer Leverkusen Won 1Sparta Prague Won 0Draw 0

Previous scores

All competitions

UEFA Europa League

Bayer Leverkusen 1 , Sparta Prague 0 on the 6th of December 2007
Bayer Leverkusen
Sparta Prague
6th of December 2007

Match Facts

  • The only previous meetings between Bayer Leverkusen and Sparta Prague in European competition came in the 2007-08 UEFA Cup group stage with Die Werkself winning 1-0 at BayArena.

  • Sparta Prague’s only previous win away to German opposition in European competition came against SV Werder Bremen in the 1992-93 Cup Winner’s Cup, going six without a win to such teams since then (D4 L2).

  • Bayer Leverkusen have won their last three home UEFA Champions League matches without conceding a single goal – they have never previously won four in a row on home soil in the competition, with their current run their fourth sequence of three consecutive wins.

  • Sparta Prague are winless in their last 15 away UEFA Champions League matches (D3 L12), conceding 38 goals in this time since a 1-0 win over FC Porto back in December 2001.

  • Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last 12 home major European matches (W9 D3), their best ever home unbeaten run. They are also looking to keep four consecutive home clean sheets in the same season for the first time since doing so in the 1987-88 UEFA Cup.

  • Bayer Leverkusen lost away to Atlético de Madrid in their previous UEFA Champions League game, but have never previously lost back-to-back games in European competition under Xabi Alonso (P31 W17 D8 L6). Meanwhile, none of their last four defeats in Europe have occurred on home soil.

  • Sparta Prague are the team with the lowest completion rate on passes made under high-intensity pressure in the UEFA Champions League this season (69.6%). Meanwhile, only Manchester City (87.1%) have a higher such completion rate than Bayer Leverkusen (85.6%) in 2024-25.

  • Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz is one of only three players to have scored 5+ goals (5), created 10+ chances in open play (18) and completed 10+ dribbles (16) in the UEFA Champions League this season, along with Vinícius Júnior and Raphinha.

  • Florian Wirtz has scored nine goals in 19 home major European matches for Bayer Leverkusen, level with Michael Ballack, who scored nine in 14 games. The only player with more is Ulf Kirtsen (16 in 23 games).

  • Among players to have attempted 100+ passes under high-intensity pressure, Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Aleix García has the highest such completion rate in the UEFA Champions League this season (93.6% - 103/110).