German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, September 2, 2023
SV Darmstadt 98 LLLLL 1
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Bayer Leverkusen WWWWW 5
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SVD101
B04145
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Match Report

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Boniface scores twice again as five-star Leverkusen crush Darmstadt

Victor Boniface scored twice for the second consecutive week as Bayer Leverkusen blew Darmstadt 98 away 5-1 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
4
8
Saves
0
27.8
Possession
72.2
5
SHOTS
25
1
ON GOAL
13
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
210
Accurate Passes
701
297
Passes
774
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
4
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
17
16
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.3
Long Balls %
0.8
4
Blocked Shots
7
15
Effective Tackles
4
22
Tackles
7
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
14
Interceptions
4
22
Effective Clearances
3
22
Clearances
3

Head to Head

B04 leads series 3-1

Lineups

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  4. 6Odilon KossounouCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 25Exequiel PalaciosCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  9. 22Victor BonifaceF
  10. 10Florian WirtzCF-L
  11. 7Jonas HofmannCF-R

SVD · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Marcel SchuhenG
  2. 4Christoph ZimmermanCD
  3. 3Thomas IsherwoodCD-L
  4. 14Christoph KlarerCD-R
  5. 32Fabian HollandCM-L
  6. 28Bartol FranjicCM-R
  7. 6Marvin MehlemAM
  8. 15Fabian NürnbergerLM
  9. 26Matthias BaderRM
  10. 29Oscar WilhelmssonCF-L
  11. 24Luca PfeifferCF-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Darmstadt 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong following a fast break.
  2. 24' Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 24' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Darmstadt 1. Oscar Vilhelmsson (Darmstadt) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Christoph Klarer with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  4. 26' Substitution, Darmstadt. Emir Karic replaces Fabian Nürnberger because of an injury.
  5. 26' Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 31' Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 49' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Darmstadt 1. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
  8. 53' Oscar Vilhelmsson (Darmstadt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 58' Substitution, Darmstadt. Tim Skarke replaces Oscar Vilhelmsson.
  10. 58' Substitution, Darmstadt. Filip Stojilkovic replaces Thomas Isherwood.
  11. 61' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Darmstadt 1. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
  12. 65' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Exequiel Palacios.
  13. 67' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Darmstadt 1. Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Boniface.
  14. 68' Substitution, Darmstadt. Matej Maglica replaces Christoph Zimmermann because of an injury.
  15. 69' Substitution, Darmstadt. Tobias Kempe replaces Marvin Mehlem.
  16. 72' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Josip Stanisic replaces Jonathan Tah.
  17. 72' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
  18. 80' Christoph Klarer (Darmstadt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 80' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Florian Wirtz.
  20. 80' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Noah Mbamba replaces Granit Xhaka.
  21. 83' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5, Darmstadt 1. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Noah Mbamba with a cross.

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