German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, May 23, 2020
Bayer Leverkusen DWWWW 3
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Borussia Mönchengladbach DWLWW 1
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Match Report

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Havertz brace takes Leverkusen third in front of cardboard cutout fans

Kai Havertz scored a brace for the second match in the row to lead Bayer Leverkusen to a 3-1 win at Borussia Monchengladbach.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
4
54.9
Possession
45.1
14
SHOTS
17
8
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
434
Accurate Passes
330
527
Passes
420
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
8
7
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.4
66
Long Balls
50
30
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
10
13
Effective Clearances
6
13
Clearances
6

Head to Head

BMG leads series 3-2

Lineups

BMG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 30Nico ElvediCD-L
  3. 28Matthias GinterCD-R
  4. 25Ramy BensebainiLB
  5. 18Stefan LainerRB
  6. 36Breel EmboloAM
  7. 32Florian NeuhausLM
  8. 5Tobias StroblRM
  9. 14Alassane PléaF
  10. 10Marcus ThuramAM-L
  11. 23Jonas HofmannAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22László BénesSUB
  2. 7Patrick HerrmannSUB
  3. 24Tony JantschkeSUB
  4. 13Lars StindlSUB
  5. 21Tobias SippelSUB
  6. 11RaffaelSUB
  7. 16Ibrahima TraoréSUB
  8. 6Christoph KramerSUB
  9. 17Oscar WendtSUB

B04 · 3-4-3

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 5Sven BenderCD
  3. 6Aleksandar DragovicCD-L
  4. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-R
  5. 10Kerem DemirbayCM-L
  6. 20Charles AránguizCM-R
  7. 22Daley SinkgravenLM
  8. 23Mitchell WeiserRM
  9. 29Kai HavertzF
  10. 19Moussa DiabyCF-L
  11. 38Karim BellarabiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Florian WirtzSUB
  2. 9Leon BaileySUB
  3. 18WendellSUB
  4. 28Ramazan ÖzcanSUB
  5. 11Nadiem AmiriSUB
  6. 15Julian BaumgartlingerSUB
  7. 7PaulinhoSUB
  8. 13Lucas AlarioSUB
  9. 36Niklas LombSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Kai Havertz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Karim Bellarabi following a fast break.
  2. 12' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Lars Stindl replaces Breel Embolo because of an injury.
  3. 52' Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alassane Pléa.
  4. 56' VAR Decision: Penalty Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
  5. 58' Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Kai Havertz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 62' Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 66' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Leon Bailey replaces Karim Bellarabi.
  8. 71' Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. László Bénes replaces Tobias Strobl.
  10. 78' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Oscar Wendt replaces Marcus Thuram.
  11. 81' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Julian Baumgartlinger replaces Aleksandar Dragovic.
  12. 81' Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Sven Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kerem Demirbay with a cross following a set piece situation.

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