Ramalho gets his name taken by the referee as he mistimes a challenge late on for Leverkusen. He's been good since he came off the bench, setting up Bellarabi's second on the night.
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Leverkusen are keeping hold of possession in the dying minutes here as we await the referee to blow his whistle. Sporting have tried but just haven't been quite good enough on the night.
90' +1
CLOSE! Mehmedi steams forward on the counter-attack as Leverkusen look to rub salt into Sporting's wounds. The forward curls a low ball across the face of goal towards Hernandez but Ewerton makes a good block for the visitors.
89'
The fourth official on the touchline indicates that a minimum of four minutes is being added on here at the BayArena. Leverkusen are marching through to the next round and it will take a very good team, you feel, to stop them going far.
88'
R. Kruse enters the game and replaces K. Papadopoulos.
Schmidt makes his third and final change of the game for Leverkusen tonight as Papadopoulos, who has been struggling with injury for a large chunk of the second period, comes off late on for Kruse.
87'
H. Çalhanoğlu has scored a goal for Bayer Leverkusen! Assist by J. Tah.
Tah grabs the assist for Leverkusen's third on the night. The defender clips a simple pass forward towards Calhanoglu and sits back and watches his team-mate fire a great shot into the top corner from close range.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!! It's 3-1 to Leverkusen! It's game over here at the BayArena as Calhanoglu fires past Patricio with aplomb. The Turkey international blasts a great beyond the helpless Sporting goalkeeper after receiving the ball from Tah.
85'
Kramer is the latest Leverkusen player to pick up what appears to be a slight knock tonight. The midfielder clutches his leg after taking a whack in the middle of the park. Papadopoulos also continues to struggle in pain.
83'
Sporting haven't managed to test Leno enough on the night, in truth, and it doesn't look as though that is going to change in the dying minutes here at the BayArena. Slimani has fed on scraps since coming off the bench.
81'
Leverkusen have dropped off slightly in the last couple of minutes or so, appearing happy to protect what they have in the closing stages of this game. The onus is all on Sporting now.
80'
A. Mehmedi gets yellow.
Mehmedi gets his name taken as he gives away a foul inside Sporting's half. The referee hasn't been called into booking too many this evening.
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79'
Sporting are the ones driving forward now in hope of finding a late equaliser on the night. Papadopoulos still looks in a bit of pain and targetting him could be a source of joy for the visitors.
78'
Gelson Martins enters the game and replaces Bruno César.
Jesus makes his third and final change of the match for Sporting as Martins comes on in place of Cesar, who has been lively in the second half with his runs forward on the counter-attack.
77'
Papadopoulos heads back onto the pitch as Schmidt opts against making another change for Leverkusen. Sporting, however, do look as though they are about to bring on Martins late on.
75'
Papadopoulos gets walked off the pitch by the physios in pain as Leverkusen weigh up whether to bring on a substitute in place. In the meantime, play has resumed and it's the hosts who are on the attack.
73'
A short suspension in play occurs as Papadopoulos goes down holding his knee in the centre of the pitch. Schmidt has already lost Kiessling to injury this evening and will be sweating on possibly losing another now.
71'
GREAT SAVE! Sporting break through on the counter-attack through Ruiz, who slips a pass through to Jefferson. The full-back wastes little time as he curls in a first-time cross towards Slimani, but Leno smells the danger well as he rushes off his line to snatch the ball quickly.
69'
It's a close shave for Sporting as Hernandez falls to the floor under pressure from Ewerton, who is the last man chasing back, but the referee waves away his appeals for a foul. The Leverkusen striker is livid.
67'
I. Slimani enters the game and replaces T. Gutiérrez.
Jesus makes his second change of the match for Sporting as Gutierrez, who struggled to get going in truth, comes off in place of Slimani with the visitors in need of a quick goal to have any chance of going through.
CLOSE! Leverkusen can smell blood and are piling on the pressure in search for a third this evening. Calhanoglu dips infield from the left and lofts a delightful cross into the box towards Hernandez, who heads straight at Patricio.
65'
K. Bellarabi has scored a goal for Bayer Leverkusen!
Ramalho comes off the bench and makes an immediate impact for Leverkusen by registering an assist. He simply rolls a pass towards Bellarabi, who goes on to score a magnificent goal to put the hosts well in control.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLL!! It's 2-1 to Leverkusen! It's an absolute wonderstrike from that man Bellarabi, who has now scored against Sporting for the third time. The winger cuts infield from the left-hand side and smashes a shot from distance past Patricio.
63'
André Ramalho enters the game and replaces S. Kießling.
Schmidt makes his second change of the game for Leverkusen and it's a forced one. Kiessling has picked up a knock and is therefore coming off in place of Ramalho just after the hour mark.
62'
B. Ruiz enters the game and replaces Carlos Mané.
Ruiz is stripped and ready to come on for Sporting as soon as the ball runs out of play. The Costa Rica international has been one of the Portuguese outfit's best players this season, meaning Jesus is certainly going for it here.
Jesus makes his first change of the game for Sporting tonight as Ruiz does come on in place of Mane, whose shot towards goal brought about Mario's equaliser for the visitors.
60'
The replay shows that Wendell does lash out with his arm and catch Cesar, which forces the Sporting wide man to hit the deck. The Leverkusen defender is very lucky to have escaped a sending off there.
58'
Chaos has erupted at the BayArena as Cesar falls to the floor in a heap with players pushing and shoving all over the place. The Sporting winger claims he was elbowed by Wendell as both contested for the ball right in front of the fourth official.
56'
It's very important defending from Aquilani as he drops deep inside his own half and cancels out a Leverkusen attack. Kramer plays a cutback inside the box towards Calhanoglu, but the Sporting midfielder makes an important intervention in the nick of time.
54'
Mane's eyes light up as he sees the goal open up in front of him in good space outside Leverkusen's penalty area. But as Sporting forward weighs up a shot from distance, Papadopoulos gets tight to him quickly and makes an important tackle.
52'
Kiessling gives away a soft free-kick inside Sporting's half and fumes at the referee in anger. The Leverkusen skipper, therefore, remains lucky to have escaped a booking there as he gets a telling off instead.
50'
Cesar attempts to maraud forward down the right but he gets stopped in his tracks by Bellarabi. Aquilani steps up and curls in the resulting set play towards the back post, but it agonisingly flies beyond all of his team-mates and away from the danger zone.
48'
The opening opportunity of the second period falls Leverkusen's way as Calhanoglu bends in a lovely set play towards the back post. However as Mehmedi looks to get a shot away unmarked, Pereira just about gets a toe to the ball to nip the chance in the bud ahead of him.
46'
A. Mehmedi enters the game and replaces J. Brandt.
Schmidt makes his first change of the game for Leverkusen this evening as Mehmedi comes on in place of Brandt, who occasionally got beyond Jefferson but faded as the opening period fizzled out.
Welcome back! Sporting get us under way again for the second half here at the BayArena.
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CHANCE! Jefferson plays a delightful one-two with Mario down the left-hand side and steams forward towards Leverkusen's penalty area. The left-back knocks the ball around Kramer and curls in a cross towards Gutierrez, but Papadopoulos gets there first and heads away the danger.
42'
Leverkusen are on the attack as time ticks on in the first half here at BayArena, but Sporting are fighting for every second ball with great determination and will. It's perfectly poised for an entertaining second period as things stand.
40'
Sporting will fancy they can pull off a great comeback now thanks to Mario's strike. They have cancelled out Leverkusen's away goal and with good options on the bench as well, all of a sudden the momentum is slowly swinging the way of the visitors.
38'
João Mário has scored a goal for Sporting Lisbon!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLL!! It's 1-1 and Sporting are right back in this tie! Just like that, the visitors drag themselves level and cancel out Leverkusen's away goal. Mane drives a shot towards goal from a Pereira cross which Leno parries out wide to Mario, who taps home from close range.
37'
WHAT A WASTE! Pereira steams forward down the right-hand side and curls in a good cross towards Mane, who shifts the ball from right to left right in front of goal but strangely turns back on himself as the chance goes begging. Why he didn't shoot first time remains a mystery.
35'
Sporting have kept hold of the ball well enough so far but are struggling to convert that into opportunities in front of goal. It will be interesting to see whether Jesus will look to bring on Ruiz or Slimani for the second half, with the tie slipping away.
33'
William Carvalho gets yellow.
Kramer wins Leverkusen a free-kick in the centre of the pitch after getting his body in the way of the ball cleverly. Calhanoglu stands over the set play with interest as the hosts send forward their big men from the back.
Carvalho picks up the first caution of the game as he mistimes a challenge in the middle of the park. Tackling in general has been few and far between at the BayArena so far tonight, let alone of a good quality.
31'
Leverkusen had looked the better for a while in an attacking-sense, though Sporting were starting to grow into the game before Bellarabi found the back of the net. That will have well and truly knocked the stuffing out of the visitors for the time being.
29'
K. Bellarabi has scored a goal for Bayer Leverkusen! Assist by J. Hernández.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAALLLL!! It's 1-0 to Leverkusen! The hosts sucker-punch Sporting on the counter-attack as Bellarabi scores for the second time in this tie. The winger gets fed through by Hernandez before he smashes a shot which bounces off both of Patricio's legs on route to goal.
Hernandez registers the assist for Leverkusen's opener this evening. The Mexico international feeds a quality through pass past Ewerton towards Bellarabi, who does the rest with a powerful finish inside the penalty area.
28'
CLOSE! Sporting threaten again as Cesar receives a pass from Mario before he plays a neat cutback towards the latter, who tries to get a shot away but fails to sort his feet out as Tah clears the danger away.
26'
CHANCE! Sporting register a shot at the other end, though it appears as though it wasn't particularly meant. Cesar steams down the left to receive a pass from Mario and as he looks up for options, he drives a powerful cross to close to Leno and that forces the Leverkusen man into making a save.
24'
Bellarabi plays a one-two with Hernandez down the left as another Leverkusen chance beckons. However, as the former plays in a reverse cross towards the latter, the linesman cancels out the lively attack with his raised offside flag.
22'
It's lovely play from Leverkusen as Brandt shows great strength to barge past Jefferson to play in Bellarabi. The Germany international quickly feeds in an onrushing Wendell first time down the left but Pereira reads the game well and makes an important tackle on the hosts' left-back.
20'
The resulting set play comes in and goes to waste as Kiessling fails to anticipate it reaching him. Sporting are back in control of possession, looking to patiently carve out an opportunity through the heart of Leverkusen's defence.
18'
Wendell gets bundled to the floor by Mane as both players contest for the ball in the air. The hosts win a free-kick which could spell trouble for Sporting as Calhanoglu's delivery has worried them so far.
16'
Mario passes up a chance to get Sporting in down the left as he takes a foul throw. Leverkusen look the much better side in attacking-sense so far this evening, with Sporting still yet to test Leno.
14'
Calhanoglu fouls Mario down the left-hand side of the pitch and hands Sporting a free-kick as a result. Aquilani curls in towards Leverkusen's six-yard box as Tah rises highest to head away the danger, with the visitors retaining possession.
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CHANCE FOR LEVERKUSEN! The hosts come close to breaking the deadlock again and this time it's Wendell who has a sight of goal. The left-back drives a low shot towards Patricio who parries wide. Kiessling picks up the spillage but he fails to get a shot away from a tight angle.
10'
Mane latches onto possession in the centre of the pitch and looks to drive Sporting up the field with his quick pace. However, the forward struggles to get a head of steam as Kramer steals the ball off him with a neat challenge.
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CLOSE! Calhanoglu causes Sporting problems again with his pinpoint set-piece delivery as he bends in a cracking cross towards Hernandez, who just fails to get his head to the ball at the back stick above a sprawling Patricio.
6'
Bellarabi ignores the advances of his team-mates alongside him on the counter-attack for Leverkusen and the attack soon fizzles out as he shoots wide of the target. The winger appeals for a corner but the referee waves away his protests.
4'
Jefferson picks up possession down the left-hand side and attempts to feed a pass through towards Gutierrez, but Jedvaj gets a good block in for the hosts. Sporting are starting to get a grip of the ball now after what was a bright start from Leverkusen.
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SAVE! The first chance of the game falls to Leverkusen as Calhanoglu curls in a decent free-kick from the middle of the park towards Papadopoulos, who heads powerfully at Patricio from close range. Ewerton gave away the foul for the visitors.
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Leverkusen get us under way here at the BayArena. The man in charge of the cards for tonight's affair is Ruddy Buquet.
Good evening and welcome to our LIVE text commentary on today's UEFA Europa League clash between Bayer Leverkusen and Sporting Lisbon from the BayArena. Kick-off is at 6:00pm GMT.
Leverkusen are currently in the driving seat in this tie after earning a 1-0 victory over Sporting in the first leg in Portugal. The Bundesliga outfit are looking to build on their slender advantage with a strong display on home soil tonight.
Sporting, on the flip side, may have lost the first leg against Leverkusen but they're arriving in Germany this evening in good spirits after defeating Boavista at the weekend, maintaining their position at the top of the Portuguese league as a result.
TEAM NEWS: Roger Schmidt has made three changes to the side which started Leverkusen's 1-0 loss at the hands of Borussia Dortmund on Sunday. Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Hakan Calhanoglu and Julian Brandt all come into the first eleven to face Sporting tonight.
TEAM NEWS: Jorge Jesus has made a whopping seven alterations to the team which started Sporting's 2-0 win over Boavista last time out. Joao Pereira, Naldo, Jefferson, William Carvalho, Alberto Aquilani, Bruno Cesar and Carlos Mane all get the chance to impress from the get go against Leverkusen.
Both sets of players are stripped and raring to go as they leave the tunnel and enter onto the field here at the BayArena. We are just moments away from seeing the action start to unfold.
It's honours even here in Germany as both sets of players head down the tunnel for the half-time interval. The scoreline is 1-1 thanks to goals from Karim Bellarabi and Joao Mario after the opening 45 minutes.
Leverkusen, who created the more clear-cut chances in the first half, deservedly took the lead through Bellarabi after he drove a low shot between Patricio's legs, giving the hosts a two-goal cushion on aggregate. However, Mario responded moments later with a tap-in, cancelling out the Germans' away goal from the first leg in the process.
FULL TIME: BAYER LEVERKUSEN 3-1 SPORTING LISBON
That's all from us and it has been a great pleasure talking you through all of tonight's action here at the BayArena. Leverkusen are through by four goals to one on aggregate. We hope you can join us again very soon. Take care!
Bayer Leverkusen booked their place in the Europa League last-16 with a 3-1 win over Sporting Lisbon at BayArena, securing a 4-1 victory on aggregate. A superb brace from Karim Bellarabi, either side of Joao Mario's equaliser, and a solitary strike from Hakan Calhanoglu done the damage on the night.
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