German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, August 23, 2008
Bayer Leverkusen LWLWL 2
–
VfB Stuttgart LWWWW 0
Mercedes-Benz Arena · 45,000 att.

Team Stats

23
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
6
46.3
Possession
53.7
16
SHOTS
9
8
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
292
Accurate Passes
353
383
Passes
444
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
76
18
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
2
Effective Clearances
10
20
Clearances
21

Head to Head

B04 leads series 3-2

Lineups

VFB

  1. 1Jens LehmannG
  2. 5Serdar TasciD
  3. 15Arthur BokaD
  4. 3Ricardo OsorioD
  5. 17Matthieu DelpierreD
  6. 13Pavel PardoM
  7. 8Jan SimakM
  8. 19Roberto HilbertM
  9. 11Thomas HitzlspergerM
  10. 33Mario GómezF
  11. 9Ciprian MaricaF

Substitutes

  1. 12Alexander StolzSUB
  2. 38Danijel LjubojaSUB
  3. 10Yildiray BastürkSUB
  4. 31Matthias MorysSUB
  5. 7Martin LanigSUB
  6. 29Georges MandjeckSUB
  7. 23Manuel FischerSUB

B04

  1. 22Benedikt FernandezG
  2. 5Manuel FriedrichD
  3. 18Constant DjakpaD
  4. 27Chory CastroD
  5. 3HenriqueD
  6. 6Simon RolfesM
  7. 8Renato AugustoM
  8. 23Arturo VidalM
  9. 7Tranquillo BarnettaM
  10. 11Stefan KiesslingF
  11. 9Patrick HelmesF

Substitutes

  1. 14Sascha DumSUB
  2. 45Jens HegelerSUB
  3. 10Theofanis GekasSUB
  4. 34Erik DomaschkeSUB
  5. 2Karim HagguiSUB
  6. 33Stefan ReinartzSUB
  7. 16Pirmin SchweglerSUB

Timeline

  1. 35'
  2. 45'
  3. 62'
  4. 67'
  5. 74'
  6. 78'
  7. 78'
  8. 82'

Bundesliga News

All news
ESPN ESPN A global experiment: Can ESPN predict the Ballon d'Or awards? The Ballon d'Or awards are typically tough to predict, but can ESPN and our global resources do just that? ESPN PA Bayern Munich hold off Freiburg in first game without Kompany Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga table thanks to a 3-1 away win at Freiburg on Sunday. News Associated Press Bayern Munich's Vincent Kompany 'stable,' could be away for weeks after collapse Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany will have more tests to determine why he collapsed during a training session the previous day, the club said Saturday. News ESPN News Services USMNT's Scally scores, helps Gladbach avoid worst-ever Bundesliga start Borussia Mönchengladbach avoided becoming the first team in Bundesliga history to lose seven straight games to start the season, thanks to a 3-2 win at Stuttgart on Friday.