Bayer Leverkusen vs Arminia Bielefeld, 2021-22 German Bundesliga
· German BundesligaDiaby 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
 DSC |
B04 |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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
Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 10,000
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Augsburg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
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 |
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  |
| 23 | Janni Serra |
| 11 | Masaya Okugawa |
| 20 | Patrick Wimmer |
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