German Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen vs Eintracht Frankfurt, 2023-24 German Bundesliga

· German Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen
  • 14': Victor Boniface
  • 51': Jeremie Frimpong
  • 57': Florian Wirtz
FT
3 - 0
Eintracht Frankfurt

    Leverkusen ease past Frankfurt 3-0 to open up seven-point lead

    Bayer Leverkusen's Victor Boniface scored once and helped to set up two more goals for a 3-0 victory over visitors Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday as the Bundesliga leaders opened up a provisional seven-point gap.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 3': Delay in match because of an injury Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 4': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Edmond Tapsoba.
    • 5': Attempt saved. Willian Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Niels Nkounkou.
    • 5': Foul by Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 5': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 7': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface is caught offside.
    • 8': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Álex Grimaldo.
    • 9': Offside, Eintracht Frankfurt. Farès Chaïbi is caught offside.
    • 10': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Foul by Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 10': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
    • 11': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Niels Nkounkou.
    • 12': Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 12': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 14': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 17': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 19': Foul by Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 19': Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Willian Pacho with a through ball.
    • 27': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Jonathan Tah.
    • 30': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Niels Nkounkou.
    • 32': Foul by Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 32': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 33': Foul by Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 33': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 33': Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 34': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
    • 36': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
    • 37': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 39': Foul by Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 39': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 40': Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Junior Dina Ebimbe.
    • 43': Foul by Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 43': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 44': Foul by Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 44': Willian Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
    • 48': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface is caught offside.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
    • 51': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
    • 55': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz is caught offside.
    • 57': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Victor Boniface.
    • 60': Delay in match because of an injury Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 64': Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Hrvoje Smolcic replaces Robin Koch because of an injury.
    • 64': Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Ellyes Skhiri replaces Mario Götze.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Farès Chaïbi (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ansgar Knauff.
    • 71': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Lukás Hrádecky.
    • 71': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Foul by Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 72': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Patrik Schick replaces Victor Boniface.
    • 72': Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Jens Petter Hauge replaces Junior Dina Ebimbe.
    • 73': Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Elias Baum replaces Hugo Larsson.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
    • 75': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 81': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong following a fast break.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Odilon Kossounou (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 82': Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Jessic Ngankam replaces Farès Chaïbi.
    • 82': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapié replaces Exequiel Palacios.
    • 83': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 83': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Jonas Hofmann.
    • 84': Foul by Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 84': Odilon Kossounou (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Nathan Tella with a cross.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
    • 87': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Florian Wirtz.
    • 90': Foul by Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt).
    • 90': Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Niels Nkounkou.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 90'+3': Jessic Ngankam (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Odilon Kossounou.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Willian Pacho.
    • 90'+5': VAR Decision: No Penalty Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 4
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 5
    5 Corner Kicks 5
    2 Saves 2
    39 Possession 61
    4 SHOTS 14
    2 ON GOAL 5
    0.5 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    386 Accurate Passes 646
    470 Passes 734
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 3
    8 Crosses 18
    0.0 Cross % 0.2
    49 Long Balls 37
    23 Accurate Long Balls 18
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 1
    15 Effective Tackles 7
    30 Tackles 13
    0.5 Tackle % 0.5
    10 Interceptions 7
    22 Effective Clearances 11
    22 Clearances 11

    Game Information

    Competition: German Bundesliga

    Venue: BayArena
    Location: Leverkusen, Germany
    Attendance: 30,210

    Bundesliga Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Bayer Leverkusen 30 +55 80
    2 Bayern Munich 30 +50 66
    3 VfB Stuttgart 30 +32 63
    4 RB Leipzig 30 +35 59
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    B04 Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Lukas Hradecky (GK)
    4 Jonathan Tah
    12 Edmond Tapsoba
    6 Odilon Kossounou
    34 Granit Xhaka
    25 Exequiel Palacios Yellow Card
    20 Alejandro Grimaldo
    30 Jeremie Frimpong
    22 Victor Boniface
    10 Florian Wirtz
    7 Jonas Hofmann
    Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes:
    Amine Adli, Patrik Schick, Adam Hlozek, Nathan Tella, Piero Hincapié, Matej Kovar, Josip Stanisic, Robert Andrich, Nadiem Amiri.

    SGE Eintracht Frankfurt (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    1 Kevin Trapp (GK)
    4 Robin Koch
    3 William Pacho
    35 Tuta
    16 Hugo Larsson
    27 Mario Götze Yellow Card
    29 Niels Nkounkou
    24 Buta
    8 Farès Chaïbi
    36 Ansgar Knauff
    26 Junior Dina Ebimbe
    Eintracht Frankfurt Substitutes:
    Ellyes Skhiri, Philipp Max, Jens Grahl, Elias Baum, Makoto Hasebe, Hrvoje Smolcic, Jessic Ngankam, Jens Hauge, Nacho Ferri.

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