German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, November 25, 2023
Bayer Leverkusen WWWWW 3
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Werder Bremen LLWDD 0
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B04213
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Weserstadion · 42,100 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Bayer Leverkusen back on top with 3-0 win at Werder Bremen

Bayer Leverkusen cruised to a 3-0 victory at Werder Bremen on Saturday to take over the lead in the Bundesliga with a club record-equalling eighth consecutive victory.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
6
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
2
59.4
Possession
40.6
14
SHOTS
2
4
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
647
Accurate Passes
410
740
Passes
503
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
47
25
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
0
9
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
10
13
Effective Clearances
19
13
Clearances
19

Head to Head

B04 leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

SVW · 3-5-2

  1. 30Michael ZettererG
  2. 32Marco FriedlCD
  3. 3Anthony JungCD-L
  4. 13Milos VeljkovicCD-R
  5. 20Romano SchmidCM-L
  6. 10Leonardo BittencourtCM-R
  7. 6Jens StageAM
  8. 2Olivier DemanLM
  9. 8Mitchell WeiserRM
  10. 7Marvin DuckschCF-L
  11. 19Rafael BorréCF-R

B04 · 3-4-2-1

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

Timeline

  1. 9' Own Goal by Olivier Deman, SV Werder Bremen. SV Werder Bremen 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
  2. 14' Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 36' Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Goal! SV Werder Bremen 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Piero Hincapié following a corner.
  5. 54' Olivier Deman (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Felix Agu replaces Olivier Deman.
  7. 71' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Victor Boniface.
  8. 72' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Nick Woltemade replaces Rafael Borré.
  9. 72' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Justin Njinmah replaces Leonardo Bittencourt.
  10. 76' Goal! SV Werder Bremen 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Amine Adli.
  11. 77' Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  12. 81' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Florian Wirtz.
  13. 81' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
  14. 83' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Senne Lynen replaces Romano Schmid.
  15. 83' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Niklas Stark replaces Anthony Jung.
  16. 89' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Jonas Hofmann.
  17. 89' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Gustavo Puerta replaces Granit Xhaka.

Bundesliga News

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