A goal in each half sent Bayer Leverkusen into the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday with a comfortable 2-0 win over a toothless Sparta Prague side unable to offer much resistance to the German champions.

With just over an hour to go until kick-off, Bayer Leverkusen head coach Xabi Alonso has announced his starting eleven to take on a plucky Sparta Prague side. The team from the Czechia capital are

Leverkusen are eighth in the final automatic qualification spot with 13 points but their 2-1 defeat against Atletico Madrid on January 21 means they head into the final Champions League matchweek level on points with the five teams below them, while Sparta are 29th with four points and have already been eliminated.

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A goal in each half sent Bayer Leverkusen into the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday with a comfortable 2-0 win over a toothless Sparta Prague side unable to offer much resistance to the German champions.

Currently in eighth place in the Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen will be hoping to seal a top-eight finish and direct qualification for the last 16 with a win over Sparta Prague on Wednesday. After a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid a week ago, Die Werkself squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with RB Leipzig at the weekend.

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Die Werkself romped to three vital points and with it a place amongst the top-eight places to ensure direct passage to the quarter-final stage. Sparta Prague, whose European fate had already been