German Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen vs Arminia Bielefeld, 2021-22 German Bundesliga

· German Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen
  • 30': Lucas Alario
  • 57': Moussa Diaby
  • 81': Moussa Diaby
FT
3 - 0
Arminia Bielefeld

    Diaby double means Leverkusen tighten grip on third place

    Bayer Leverkusen's in-form winger Moussa Diaby scored twice as they cruised past Arminia Bielefeld 3-0 on Saturday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Corner, DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Conceded by Charles Aránguiz.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Moussa Diaby.
    • 4': Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Jacob Laursen (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 4': Attempt missed. Paulinho (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
    • 6': Attempt saved. Sebastian Vasiliadis (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 7': Attempt saved. Paulinho (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a through ball.
    • 9': Fabian Kunze (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Charles Aránguiz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Patrick Wimmer (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Janni Serra.
    • 12': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Guilherme Ramos.
    • 12': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 12': Masaya Okugawa (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Lucas Alario (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mitchel Bakker with a cross.
    • 18': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Jacob Laursen.
    • 20': Foul by Paulinho (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 20': Nathan de Medina (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Attempt saved. Paulinho (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 25': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios tries a through ball, but Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
    • 27': Foul by Masaya Okugawa (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 27': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 27': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Moussa Diaby tries a through ball, but Paulinho is caught offside.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Schöpf (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Janni Serra.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Nathan de Medina (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Paulinho (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 30': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0. Lucas Alario (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Paulinho.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Patrick Wimmer (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Janni Serra.
    • 36': Foul by Fabian Kunze (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 36': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Fabian Kunze (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Masaya Okugawa.
    • 39': Attempt saved. Lucas Alario (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a through ball.
    • 39': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Stefan Ortega Moreno.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charles Aránguiz.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Paulinho (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Charles Aránguiz with a headed pass.
    • 42': Foul by Masaya Okugawa (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 42': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 44': Sebastian Vasiliadis (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Hand ball by Masaya Okugawa (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 45': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45': Foul by Fabian Kunze (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0.
    • 45': Substitution, DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Bryan Lasme replaces Janni Serra.
    • 45': Substitution, DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Gonzalo Castro replaces Sebastian Vasiliadis.
    • 47': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Alessandro Schöpf.
    • 48': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Paulinho tries a through ball, but Lucas Alario is caught offside.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Bryan Lasme (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patrick Wimmer.
    • 50': Foul by Patrick Wimmer (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 50': Mitchel Bakker (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Alessandro Schöpf (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Masaya Okugawa.
    • 55': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 55': Foul by Guilherme Ramos (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Alario with a headed pass.
    • 57': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0. Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 58': Foul by Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 58': Patrick Wimmer (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 60': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Fabian Kunze (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 60': Fabian Kunze (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) is shown the yellow card.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moussa Diaby.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Charles Aránguiz.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Fabian Kunze (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Patrick Wimmer.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 65': Bryan Lasme (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 65': Foul by Paulinho (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 66': Alessandro Schöpf (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 68': Offside, DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Guilherme Ramos tries a through ball, but Bryan Lasme is caught offside.
    • 73': Hand ball by Bryan Lasme (DSC Arminia Bielefeld).
    • 76': Substitution, DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Robin Hack replaces Patrick Wimmer.
    • 76': Substitution, DSC Arminia Bielefeld. George Bello replaces Masaya Okugawa.
    • 76': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Timothy Fosu-Mensah replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 76': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Kerem Demirbay replaces Exequiel Palacios.
    • 79': Corner, DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Conceded by Charles Aránguiz.
    • 81': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0. Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner.
    • 82': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapié replaces Mitchel Bakker.
    • 82': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Moussa Diaby.
    • 83': Corner, DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Conceded by Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Lucas Alario (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charles Aránguiz.
    • 85': Foul by Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 85': Nathan de Medina (DSC Arminia Bielefeld) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Joakim Nilsson.
    • 86': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Odilon Kossounou replaces Jonathan Tah.
    • 87': Substitution, DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Florian Krüger replaces Alessandro Schöpf.
    • 87': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Gonzalo Castro.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Edmond Tapsoba with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 90'+1': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 8
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 3
    3 Corner Kicks 6
    6 Saves 3
    28.2 Possession 71.8
    9 SHOTS 21
    3 ON GOAL 9
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    241 Accurate Passes 718
    315 Passes 796
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 5
    5 Crosses 21
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    51 Long Balls 40
    23 Accurate Long Balls 25
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    3 Blocked Shots 3
    16 Effective Tackles 16
    23 Tackles 25
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    21 Interceptions 10
    25 Effective Clearances 5
    25 Clearances 5

    Game Information

    Competition: German Bundesliga

    Venue: BayArena
    Location: Leverkusen, Germany
    Attendance: 10,000

    Bundesliga Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 SC Freiburg 5 +10 13
    2 Borussia Dortmund 5 +7 13
    3 Bayern Munich 5 +12 11
    4 Bayer Leverkusen 5 +6 10
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    B04 Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Lukas Hradecky (GK)
    12 Edmond Tapsoba
    4 Jonathan Tah
    5 Mitchel Bakker
    30 Jeremie Frimpong
    27 Florian Wirtz
    25 Exequiel Palacios
    20 Charles Aránguiz
    13 Lucas Alario
    7 Paulinho
    19 Moussa Diaby
    Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes:
    Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Kerem Demirbay, Daley Sinkgraven, Odilon Kossounou, Niklas Lomb, Amine Adli, Lennart Grill, Piero Hincapié, Robert Andrich.

    DSC Arminia Bielefeld (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Stefan Ortega (GK)
    4 Joakim Nilsson
    3 Guilherme Ramos
    5 Jacob Barrett Laursen
    15 Nathan de Medina
    8 Alessandro Schöpf
    39 Sebastian Vasiliadis
    16 Fabian Kunze Yellow Card
    23 Janni Serra
    11 Masaya Okugawa
    20 Patrick Wimmer
    Arminia Bielefeld Substitutes:
    Andrés Andrade, Bryan Lasme, Gonzalo Castro, Amos Pieper, Florian Krüger, Stefanos Kapino, Fabian Klos, Robin Hack, George Bello.

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