German Bundesliga

FT Sunday, September 21, 2014
Bayer Leverkusen WWWDL 1
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VfL Wolfsburg DLDDL 4
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B04101
WOB224
Volkswagen Arena · 27,811 att.

Match Report

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Wolfsburg cruise against 10-man Bayer Leverkusen

Wolfsburg bounced straight back from their 4-1 European humbling at the hands of Everton on Thursday night by beating 10-man Bayer Leverkusen by the same score on Sunday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
0
36.5
Possession
63.5
12
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
9
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
211
Accurate Passes
461
314
Passes
557
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
85
15
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
7
Blocked Shots
2
19
Effective Tackles
16
23
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
22
19
Clearances
22

Head to Head

WOB leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WOB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Diego BenaglioG
  2. 31Robin KnocheCD-L
  3. 25NaldoCD-R
  4. 34Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 24Sebastian JungRB
  6. 14Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 19Junior MalandaLM
  8. 22Luiz GustavoRM
  9. 3Nicklas BendtnerF
  10. 7Daniel CaligiuriAM-L
  11. 8VieirinhaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Bas DostSUB
  2. 11Ivica OlicSUB
  3. 20Max GrünSUB
  4. 4Marcel SchäferSUB
  5. 10Aaron HuntSUB
  6. 28Mateusz KlichSUB
  7. 5Timm KloseSUB

B04 · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 5Emir SpahicCD-L
  3. 16Tin JedvajCD-R
  4. 18WendellLB
  5. 26Giulio DonatiRB
  6. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluAM
  7. 8Lars BenderLM
  8. 27Gonzalo CastroRM
  9. 9Josip DrmicF
  10. 15Levin ÖztunaliAM-L
  11. 38Karim BellarabiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Son Heung-MinSUB
  2. 11Stefan KiesslingSUB
  3. 25Dario KresicSUB
  4. 13Roberto HilbertSUB
  5. 3Stefan ReinartzSUB
  6. 23Robbie KruseSUB
  7. 17Sebastian BoenischSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Giulio Donati (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the red card.
  2. 8' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 11' Luiz Gustavo (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 25' Lars Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 29' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Josip Drmic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Bellarabi with a headed pass.
  6. 45' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Vieirinha (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ricardo Rodriguez.
  7. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Sebastian Boenisch replaces Levin Öztunali.
  8. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Stefan Reinartz replaces Lars Bender.
  9. 63' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne following a corner.
  10. 66' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Stefan Kießling replaces Karim Bellarabi.
  11. 68' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Aaron Hunt replaces Daniel Caligiuri.
  12. 81' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 4, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Aaron Hunt (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Junior Malanda.
  13. 84' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Marcel Schäfer replaces Junior Malanda.
  14. 89' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Timm Klose replaces Naldo.

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