Bayer Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg, 2020-21 German Bundesliga
· German BundesligaLeverkusen lose to Freiburg to drift away from top four
Bayer Leverkusen slumped to a 2-1 home loss to Freiburg on Sunday to drift further away from a top-four finish and cap a dismal week.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 5': Foul by Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 5': Jonathan Schmid (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 5': Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Günter.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría.
- 7': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Dominique Heintz.
- 10': Attempt saved. Leon Bailey (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Alario.
- 10': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Florian Müller.
- 11': Attempt saved. Lucas Alario (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross.
- 11': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Florian Müller.
- 12': Dangerous play by Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 12': Leon Bailey (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 12': Attempt missed. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Nadiem Amiri following a set piece situation.
- 13': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 13': Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 17': Foul by Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 17': Foul by Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 17': Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charles Aránguiz.
- 20': Demarai Gray (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 20': Foul by Lukas Kübler (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 21': Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Ermedin Demirovic (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 21': Ermedin Demirovic (Sport-Club Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 22': Attempt saved. Demarai Gray (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Charles Aránguiz.
- 22': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Florian Müller.
- 24': Demarai Gray (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Lukas Kübler (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 31': Dominique Heintz (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Leon Bailey (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 33': Attempt missed. Lucas Alario (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 33': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Lucas Alario tries a through ball, but Leon Bailey is caught offside.
- 34': Attempt saved. Demarai Gray (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Alario.
- 37': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Philipp Lienhart.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Nadiem Amiri (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
- 38': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Ermedin Demirovic.
- 38': Attempt missed. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Leon Bailey with a cross following a corner.
- 39': Foul by Demarai Gray (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 39': Lukas Kübler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Florian Wirtz.
- 44': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Aleksandar Dragovic replaces Timothy Fosu-Mensah because of an injury.
- 45': Attempt saved. Ermedin Demirovic (Sport-Club Freiburg) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo with a cross.
- 45'+1': Foul by Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 45'+1': Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Sport-Club Freiburg 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Sport-Club Freiburg 0.
- 45': Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Manuel Gulde replaces Philipp Lienhart.
- 48': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Nicolas Höfler.
- 49': Foul by Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 49': Lukas Kübler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Sport-Club Freiburg 1. Ermedin Demirovic (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Höler.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leon Bailey with a cross.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Nadiem Amiri (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Alario.
- 55': Hand ball by Manuel Gulde (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 60': Foul by Demarai Gray (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 60': Lukas Kübler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, Sport-Club Freiburg 2. Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo following a fast break.
- 63': Foul by Christian Günter (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 63': Leon Bailey (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Nadiem Amiri (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 64': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Ermedin Demirovic.
- 67': Ermedin Demirovic (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 67': Foul by Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 67': Offside, Sport-Club Freiburg. Dominique Heintz tries a through ball, but Lucas Höler is caught offside.
- 67': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Patrik Schick replaces Nadiem Amiri.
- 67': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong replaces Demarai Gray.
- 68': Foul by Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 68': Lucas Höler (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 68': Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Sport-Club Freiburg 2. Leon Bailey (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Alario.
- 71': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Wendell.
- 71': Leon Bailey (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
- 73': Foul by Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 73': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 73': Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Edmond Tapsoba.
- 76': Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Keven Schlotterbeck replaces Lukas Kübler.
- 76': Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Roland Sallai replaces Lucas Höler.
- 76': Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Janik Haberer replaces Vincenzo Grifo.
- 77': Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Foul by Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 77': Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79': Attempt missed. Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 82': Foul by Christian Günter (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 82': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Woo-Yeong Jeong replaces Ermedin Demirovic.
- 83': Attempt missed. Baptiste Santamaría (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Janik Haberer.
- 84': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Charles Aránguiz.
- 84': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Karim Bellarabi replaces Jeremie Frimpong because of an injury.
- 85': Attempt missed. Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Edmond Tapsoba.
- 86': Foul by Janik Haberer (Sport-Club Freiburg).
- 86': Leon Bailey (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 89': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Karim Bellarabi with a cross.
- 90': Attempt missed. Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Karim Bellarabi with a cross.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
- 90'+4': Dominique Heintz (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Lucas Alario (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Sport-Club Freiburg 2.
- 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Sport-Club Freiburg 2.
Statistics
 SCF |
B04 |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 12 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 33.4 | Possession | 66.6 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 22 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 233 | Accurate Passes | 564 |
| 325 | Passes | 652 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 15 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 72 | Long Balls | 50 |
| 28 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 2 |
| 11 | Tackles | 4 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 26 | Effective Clearances | 19 |
| 26 | Clearances | 19 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 27 | +72 | 70 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 27 | +30 | 61 |
| 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 27 | +20 | 53 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 27 | +18 | 50 |
Line-Ups
Bayer Leverkusen (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 21 | Lennart Grill (GK) |
| 12 | Edmond Tapsoba |
| 4 | Jonathan Tah |
| 18 | Wendell |
| 24 | Timothy Fosu-Mensah |
| 20 | Charles Aránguiz  |
| 27 | Florian Wirtz |
| 11 | Nadiem Amiri |
| 13 | Lucas Alario |
| 28 | Demarai Gray |
| 9 | Leon Bailey |
SC Freiburg (4-2-2-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 21 | Florian Müller (GK) |
| 23 | Dominique Heintz |
| 3 | Philipp Lienhart |
| 30 | Christian Günter |
| 17 | Lukas Kübler |
| 27 | Nicolas Höfler |
| 8 | Baptiste Santamaria |
| 9 | Lucas Höler |
| 11 | Ermedin Demirovic |
| 32 | Vincenzo Grifo |
| 7 | Jonathan Schmid |
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