German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, October 21, 2023
Bayer Leverkusen WWWWW 2
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VfL Wolfsburg LWLWL 1
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B04112
WOB101
Volkswagen Arena · 28,917 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Leverkusen stay in top spot with 2-1 win over Wolfsburg

Leverkusen battled to a 2-1 win over hosts VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday with goals from Frimpong and Grimaldo, to stay in top spot in the Bundesliga

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
5
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
5
58.5
Possession
41.5
13
SHOTS
18
7
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
539
Accurate Passes
343
619
Passes
431
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.3
38
Long Balls
52
21
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
5
Effective Tackles
2
9
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.2
8
Interceptions
14
11
Effective Clearances
16
11
Clearances
16

Head to Head

WOB leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WOB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 12Pavao PervanG
  2. 25Moritz JenzCD
  3. 4Maxence LacroixCD-L
  4. 3Sebastiaan BornauwCD-R
  5. 27Maximilian ArnoldCM-L
  6. 32Mattias SvanbergCM-R
  7. 21Joakim MaehleLM
  8. 20Ridle BakuRM
  9. 23Jonas WindF
  10. 11Tiago TomásCF-L
  11. 31Yannick GerhardtCF-R

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  4. 2Josip StanisicCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 25Exequiel PalaciosCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  9. 22Victor BonifaceF
  10. 21Amine AdliCF-L
  11. 7Jonas HofmannCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Victor Boniface following a fast break.
  2. 36' Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 41' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Maxence Lacroix (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moritz Jenz following a corner.
  5. 45' Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Amin Sarr replaces Tiago Tomás.
  7. 55' Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 56' Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 60' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz replaces Amine Adli.
  10. 62' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
  11. 65' Joakim Mæhle (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 71' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Lovro Majer replaces Mattias Svanberg.
  13. 74' Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 78' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Kevin Paredes replaces Yannick Gerhardt.
  15. 78' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Jakub Kaminski replaces Sebastiaan Bornauw.
  16. 86' Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 88' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Jonas Hofmann.
  18. 88' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Odilon Kossounou replaces Josip Stanisic.
  19. 88' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.

Bundesliga News

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