German Bundesliga

FT Friday, March 13, 2015
VfB Stuttgart LLLDD 0
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Bayer Leverkusen DWWWW 4
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B04224
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Match Report

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Bayer Leverkusen move up to to third thanks to Josip Drmic brace

Bayer Leverkusen moved up to third in the Bundesliga on Friday night, leaving Stuttgart rooted to the foot of the table with a 4-0 win.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
25
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
5
48.1
Possession
51.9
9
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
276
Accurate Passes
321
406
Passes
443
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.5
75
Long Balls
65
30
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
21
Effective Tackles
21
25
Tackles
28
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
21
18
Clearances
21

Head to Head

B04 leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

B04 · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 14Kyriakos PapadopoulosCD-L
  3. 21Ömer ToprakCD-R
  4. 18WendellLB
  5. 13Roberto HilbertRB
  6. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluAM
  7. 6Simon RolfesLM
  8. 27Gonzalo CastroRM
  9. 9Josip DrmicF
  10. 7Son Heung-MinAM-L
  11. 38Karim BellarabiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Julian BrandtSUB
  2. 17Sebastian BoenischSUB
  3. 35Vladlen YurchenkoSUB
  4. 25Dario KresicSUB
  5. 26Giulio DonatiSUB
  6. 11Stefan KiesslingSUB
  7. 3Stefan ReinartzSUB

VFB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sven UlreichG
  2. 6Georg NiedermeierCD-L
  3. 3Daniel SchwaabCD-R
  4. 2Gotoku SakaiLB
  5. 16Florian KleinRB
  6. 44Alexandru MaximAM
  7. 20Christian GentnerLM
  8. 26Serey DiéRM
  9. 33Daniel GinczekF
  10. 19Timo WernerAM-L
  11. 18Filip KosticAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Vedad IbisevicSUB
  2. 22Thorsten KirschbaumSUB
  3. 13Oriol RomeuSUB
  4. 32Timo BaumgartlSUB
  5. 21Adam HlousekSUB
  6. 42Jerome KiesewetterSUB
  7. 11Carlos GruezoSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Roberto Hilbert (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, VfB Stuttgart 0. Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 35' Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 36' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfB Stuttgart 0. Josip Drmic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roberto Hilbert with a cross.
  5. 45' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Jerome Kiesewetter replaces Filip Kostic.
  6. 48' Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 50' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, VfB Stuttgart 0. Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Castro.
  8. 59' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, VfB Stuttgart 0. Josip Drmic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
  9. 60' Geoffroy Serey Dié (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 61' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Adam Hlousek replaces Gotoku Sakai.
  11. 63' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Stefan Reinartz replaces Roberto Hilbert.
  12. 63' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Julian Brandt replaces Karim Bellarabi.
  13. 64' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Oriol Romeu replaces Geoffroy Serey Dié.
  14. 74' Alexandru Maxim (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 83' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Stefan Kießling replaces Josip Drmic.
  16. 84' Adam Hlousek (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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