German Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen vs Arminia Bielefeld, 2021-22 German Bundesliga

· German Bundesliga
  • 30': Lucas Alario
  • 57': Moussa Diaby
  • 81': Moussa Diaby
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3 - 0

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 Bayern Munich 30 +80 79
2 Borussia Dortmund 30 +30 64
3 RB Leipzig 30 +22 59
4 VfB Stuttgart 30 +20 56
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

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

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