ShareBayer Leverkusen still have maximum points in the league stage of the Europa League, following Thursday's 2-0 away win over OFI Crete.Jonas Hofmann's quickfire brace was enough to guide Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-0 win over OFI Crete, lifting them to nine points from three Europa League games.Hofmann scored twice in the space of 174 seconds late in the first half to decide Thursday's game, with the Bundesliga giants never looking to be in any trouble against their Greek opponents.Carles Martinez's visitors were arguably unfortunate not to go ahead earlier, with Klidman Lilo forced to push a Hofmann sighter to safety and Malik Tillman unable to beat the OFI shot-stopper from close range.But the deadlock was broken in the 35th minute, with Hofmann perfectly placed to slot home after Lilo failed to hold Afonso Moreira's 25-yard attempt. Hofmann's second goal, which arrived just under three minutes later, was more impressive as he struck Tillman's pass without breaking stride, sending a lovely finish skidding into the bottom-left corner from just outside the area.Hofmann almost secured the match ball early in the second half, with Lilo equal to his efforts this time around as he punched his curler beyond the post, while Miguel Gutierrez came off the bench to force another strong save out of the home shot-stopper.But Leverkusen ultimately did not need a third goal, and Janis Blaswich was only called into two routine saves at the other end as OFI were held at arm's length.Lilo kept busy as Leverkusen impressThis match looked like a potential banana skin for Leverkusen, after OFI registered an eye-catching 2-0 win at home to their Bundesliga rivals Hoffenheim on matchday one.In fact, the Greek side had won nine of their first 11 home games in major European competitions and were hoping to become the first team to reach 10 home wins in as few as 12 matches since Middlesbrough in 2004-05 and 2005-06.But Leverkusen – who have now won six straight games in all competitions – passed that test with flying colours.They racked up 33 shots, 15 of which hit the target, and tallied 3.1 expected goals. OFI, meanwhile, were restricted to six attempts, two of which hit the target, and 0.23 xG.Just to underline the extent of Leverkusen's dominance, Lilo in the OFI net was forced into 12 saves – the joint-most by any goalkeeper in a Europa League game since August 2020, when Copenhagen's Karl-Johan Johnsson made 13 in a 1-0 quarter-final loss to Manchester United.Bayer Leverkusen still have maximum points in the league stage of the Europa League, following Thursday's 2-0 away win over OFI Crete.Jonas Hofmann's quickfire brace was enough to guide Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-0 win over OFI Crete, lifting them to nine points from three Europa League games.Hofmann scored twice in the space of 174 seconds late in the first half to decide Thursday's game, with the Bundesliga giants never looking to be in any trouble against their Greek opponents.Carles Martinez's visitors were arguably unfortunate not to go ahead earlier, with Klidman Lilo forced to push a Hofmann sighter to safety and Malik Tillman unable to beat the OFI shot-stopper from close range.But the deadlock was broken in the 35th minute, with Hofmann perfectly placed to slot home after Lilo failed to hold Afonso Moreira's 25-yard attempt. Hofmann's second goal, which arrived just under three minutes later, was more impressive as he struck Tillman's pass without breaking stride, sending a lovely finish skidding into the bottom-left corner from just outside the area.Hofmann almost secured the match ball early in the second half, with Lilo equal to his efforts this time around as he punched his curler beyond the post, while Miguel Gutierrez came off the bench to force another strong save out of the home shot-stopper.But Leverkusen ultimately did not need a third goal, and Janis Blaswich was only called into two routine saves at the other end as OFI were held at arm's length.Lilo kept busy as Leverkusen impressThis match looked like a potential banana skin for Leverkusen, after OFI registered an eye-catching 2-0 win at home to their Bundesliga rivals Hoffenheim on matchday one.In fact, the Greek side had won nine of their first 11 home games in major European competitions and were hoping to become the first team to reach 10 home wins in as few as 12 matches since Middlesbrough in 2004-05 and 2005-06.But Leverkusen – who have now won six straight games in all competitions – passed that test with flying colours.They racked up 33 shots, 15 of which hit the target, and tallied 3.1 expected goals. OFI, meanwhile, were restricted to six attempts, two of which hit the target, and 0.23 xG.Just to underline the extent of Leverkusen's dominance, Lilo in the OFI net was forced into 12 saves – the joint-most by any goalkeeper in a Europa League game since August 2020, when Copenhagen's Karl-Johan Johnsson made 13 in a 1-0 quarter-final loss to Manchester United.