Europe: Europa League
★Leverkusen⚽ L. Bailey (8) , ⚽ L. Bailey (32) , ⚽ M. Diaby (59) , ⚽ K. Bellarabi (90)
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Bailey brace leads Leverkusen to group win
By Rune Gjerulff
Leon Bailey scored a double as Bayer Leverkusen beat Slavia Prague 4-0.
| Leon Bailey. | Photo: Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
Bayer Leverkusen sealed the top spot in Group C of the Europa League with a crushing 4-0 victory over Slavia Prague on Thursday.
A brace from Leon Bailey earned 'Die Werkself' a 2-0 lead at half-time.
After the break, Moussa Diaby and Karim Bellarabi added to the lead to cement the victory.
The win means Leverkusen go through in first place, three points clear of second-placed Slavia Prague.
Elsewhere, Hoffenheim, who had already secured the top spot in Group L, beat Gent 4-1.
| Leverkusen | |
|---|---|
| (4-2-3-1) | |
| 36 | Niklas Lomb |
| 16 | Tin Jedvaj |
| 6 | Aleksandar Dragović |
| 12 | Edmond Tapsoba |
| 18 | Wendell |
| 15 | Julian Baumgartlinger (C) ↩62 |
| 22 | Daley Sinkgraven ↩62 |
| 38 | Karim Bellarabi ⚽ |
| 11 | Nadiem Amiri ↩74 |
| 9 | Leon Bailey ⚽⚽ ↩46 |
| 14 | Patrik Schick ↩46 |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 21 | Lennart Grill |
| 19 | Moussa Diaby ↪46 ⚽ |
| 37 | Emrehan Gedikli ↪46 |
| 4 | Jonathan Tah |
| 8 | Lars Bender ↪62 |
| 32 | Samed Onur ↪62 |
| 39 | Cem Tuna Türkmen ↪74 |
| Slavia Prague | |
|---|---|
| (4-5-1) | |
| 1 | Ondřej Kolář |
| 28 | Lukáš Masopust |
| 18 | Jan Bořil (C) |
| 6 | David Zima |
| 19 | Oscar Dorley |
| 12 | Abdallah Dipo Sima ↩82 |
| 23 | Petr Ševčík ↩19 |
| 27 | Ibrahim Traore ↩82 |
| 32 | Ondřej Lingr ↩82 |
| 9 | Peter Olayinka |
| 33 | Petar Musa ↩53 |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 31 | Přemysl Kovář |
| 34 | Matyás Vágner |
| 11 | Stanislav Tecl ↪53 |
| 16 | Jan Kuchta |
| 37 | Matěj Jurásek ↪82 |
| 4 | Ondřej Karafiát ↪82 |
| 15 | Ondřej Kúdela |
| 7 | Nicolae Stanciu ↪19 |
| 17 | Lukáš Provod |
| 39 | Jakub Křišťan |
| 40 | Tomáš Rigo ↪82 |