UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS BayArena - Leverkusen Thursday 10 December 2020 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Bayer 04 Leverkusen Group C - Matchday 6 SK Slavia Praha Last updated 27/08/2021 23:19CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - SK Slavia Praha Thursday 10 December 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit BayArena, Leverkusen Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SK Slavia Praha - Bayer 04 29/10/2020 GS 1-0 Prague Olayinka 80 Leverkusen Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 SK Slavia Praha 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bayer 04 Leverkusen - AC 06/12/2007 GS 1-0 Leverkusen M. Friedrich 71 Sparta Praha UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Baník Ostrava - Bayer 04 2-1 Papadopulos 38, 25/08/2004 QR3 Ostrava Leverkusen agg: 2-6 Žůrek 82; Berbatov 76 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC Baník França 11, 67, 88, 11/08/2004 QR3 5-0 Leverkusen Ostrava Juan 74, Berbatov 82 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Zbrojovka Brno - Bayer 04 0-3 Kirsten 15, Fischer 29/09/1993 R1 Brno Leverkusen agg: 0-5 59, Wörns 75 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC 14/09/1993 R1 2-0 Leverkusen Hapal 29, Thom 65 Zbrojovka Brno UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FK Dukla 1-1 04/11/1986 R2 Leverkusen Götz 17; Vadura 78 Praha agg: 1-1 ag FK Dukla Praha - Bayer 04 22/10/1986 R2 0-0 Prague Leverkusen SK Slavia Praha - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Borussia Dortmund - SK Slavia Sancho 10, Brandt 10/12/2019 GS 2-1 Dortmund Praha 61; Souček 43 SK Slavia Praha - Borussia 02/10/2019 GS 0-2 Prague Hakimi 35, 89 Dortmund 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - SK Slavia Praha Thursday 10 December 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit BayArena, Leverkusen UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olić 30, Petrić 90+1 04/12/2008 GS SK Slavia Praha - Hamburger SV 0-2 Prague (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Barbarez 9, Emile 15/12/2005 GS Hamburger SV - SK Slavia Praha 2-0 Hamburg Mpenza 56 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1. FC Kaiserslautern - SK Slavia 1-0 22/02/2001 R4 Kaiserslautern Lokvenc 60 Praha agg: 1-0 SK Slavia Praha - 1. FC 15/02/2001 R4 0-0 Prague Kaiserslautern UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 29/09/1998 R1 SK Slavia Praha - FC Schalke 04 agg: 1-1 (aet, 5- Prague Dostálek 18 4 pens) 15/09/1998 R1 FC Schalke 04 - SK Slavia Praha 1-0 Gelsenkirchen Wilmots 40 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 19/03/1998 QF VfB Stuttgart - SK Slavia Praha Stuttgart Balakov 9, 88 agg: 3-1 Vácha 39; Poschner 05/03/1998 QF SK Slavia Praha - VfB Stuttgart 1-1 Prague 51 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 26/09/1995 R1 SK Slavia Praha - SC Freiburg Prague agg: 2-1 Todt 77; Novotný 22, 12/09/1995 R1 SC Freiburg - SK Slavia Praha 1-2 Freiburg Penicka 74 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 FC Carl Zeiss Jena - SK Slavia 02/10/1974 R1 agg: 1-1 (aet, 3- Jena Stein 23 Praha 2 pens) SK Slavia Praha - FC Carl Zeiss 18/09/1974 R1 1-0 Prague Herda 90 Jena Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 3 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 13 4 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 3 2 7 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 15 4 3 8 7 15 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - SK Slavia Praha Thursday 10 December 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit BayArena, Leverkusen Match background Bayer Leverkusen and Slavia Praha both sealed qualification for the knockout phase on Matchday 5 and now meet in Germany to determine which of the two clubs will win Group C. • The German side won 3-2 at Nice last time out, goals from Moussa Diaby, Aleksandar Dragović and Julian Baumgartlinger making it three group wins in a row, while the Czech champions made it four victories on the trot by winning 3-0 at home to Hapoel Beer-Sheva, first-half goals by Abdallah Sima and Nicolae Stanciu preceding an own goal. Leverkusen will top the group with a victory, Slavia with a win or a draw. Previous meetings • On Matchday 2, in the clubs' first UEFA encounter, Slavia beat Leverkusen 1-0 in Prague, an 80th-minute winner from Peter Olayinka ending the resistance of their ten-man visitors following Karim Bellarabi's first-half red card and Stanciu's missed penalty. • Leverkusen are unbeaten in their four games at home to Czech opponents (W3 D1) and have kept clean sheets in the three wins, the most recent of which took place in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage, when they beat Slavia's city rivals Sparta Praha. • Slavia's overall record against German clubs is W4 D3 L8, five successive defeats preceding their Matchday 2 victory. They remain on a run of five straight losses in Germany, most recently going down 2-1 at Borussia Dortmund in last season's UEFA Champions League group stage. Form guide Leverkusen • Fifth place in the 2019/20 Bundesliga earned Leverkusen a return to the UEFA Europa League, where they reached the quarter-finals last season after finishing third in their UEFA Champions League group. They won both legs against Porto in the round of 32 (2-1 h, 3-1 a) and Rangers in the round of 16 (3-1 a, 1-0 h) before losing their last-eight encounter 2-1 to Internazionale in nearby Düsseldorf. They also reached the final of last season's DFB-Pokal, losing 4-2 to Bayern München. • This is the 1987/88 UEFA Cup winners' sixth appearance in the UEFA Europa League proper and fourth in the group stage. They have never failed to progress to the knockout phase, topping the group in their most recent participation two seasons ago ahead of Ludogorets, Zürich and AEK Larnaca. • The Werkself's overall home record in the UEFA Europa League, play-offs included, is W13 D5 L2, with no defeats in the last ten matches (W7 D3), which include two big wins at the BayArena this season – 6-2 against Nice and 4-1 against Hapoel Beer-Sheva. Slavia • Champions of the Czech Republic for the third time in four years last season, Slavia missed out on a second successive UEFA Champions League group stage adventure this term when, led again by coach Jindřich Trpišovský, they were defeated by Midtjylland in the play-offs (0-0 h, 1-4 a). • Fourth in their UEFA Champions League section last season, behind Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Internazionale, Slavia are competing in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the fourth time. They failed to make further progress in 2009/10 and 2017/18 but went all the way to the quarter-finals on their last appearance, in 2018/19, despite scoring just four goals in the group stage. • Slavia's 3-1 win at Nice on Matchday 4 was only the second victory in their last nine European away fixtures (D3 L4), though they did draw at both Inter (1-1) and Barcelona (0-0) in last season's UEFA Champions League. Their overall record on the road in the UEFA Europa League proper is W4 D4 L6, the latest defeat 3-1 at Hapoel Beer-Sheva on Matchday 1. Links and trivia • Leverkusen's Prague-born forward Patrik Schick has scored nine goals in 22 appearances for the Czech Republic and is a national team-mate of several Slavia players. He began his career with Slavia's main rivals Sparta Praha and also spent 2015/16 on loan with Bohemians 1905, playing in two league draws against Slavia (2-2 a, 0-0 h). • Peter Bosz's side are the top scorers in this season's group stage with 17 goals in their first five matches – one more than Arsenal (Group B) and Benfica (D). Their current tally matches the German record, which they share with Werder Bremen (2009/10) and Eintracht Frankfurt (2018/19). The record number of goals scored in a UEFA Europa League group is 22, set by Napoli in 2015/16. • Leverkusen's fourth appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stage is a record for a German club. They are also now the highest-scoring Bundesliga side in the competition, on 75 goals, having overtaken Eintracht Frankfurt (62) with their fifth goal in the 6-2 win at home to Nice on Matchday 1.